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Mary Ann Cotton

British murderer (1832-1873)

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  • Wikipedia11K
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Lived 1832–1873, aged 41
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  • Era
    1832–1873
    Aged 41
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Updated 2026-06-19

Mary Ann Cotton was an English convicted murderer who was executed for poisoning her stepson. Despite her sole conviction for murder, she is believed to have been a serial killer who killed many others including 11 of her 13 children and three of her four husbands for their life insurance policies. Her preferred method of killing was poisoning with arsenic.

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