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Mary Ann Cotton, she’s dead and she’s rotten…
Join Lauren and Bally as they take a step back in time to 1800s Northern England, to uncover the case of the UK’s first ‘alleged’ female serial killer - Mary Ann Cotton, who used arsenic to kill at least 21 people.
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Sources:
Simpson, D. Mary Ann Cotton: Victorian Serial Killer. England's North East. https://englandsnortheast.co.uk/mary-ann-cotton/
Connelly, M. (2016). Mary Ann Cotton: Dark Angel: Britain’s First Female Serial Killer. Pen & Sword History.
UK Health Security Agency. (2017). Arsenic: Health effects, incidents and toxicology summary. GOV.UK. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/arsenic-properties-incident-management-and-toxicology
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Mary Ann Cotton. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Ann-Cotton
Wilson, D. She poisoned 21 people including her own mother, children and husbands. So why has no one heard of Britain’s first serial killer, Mary Ann Cotton? Murderpedia. https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cotton-mary-ann.htm
Abbott, G. (2006). Amazing True Stories of Female Executions. Summertime Publishing.
Nash, J. R. (1981). Look for the Woman: A Narrative Encyclopedia of Female Poisoners, Kidnappers, Thieves, Extortionists, Terrorists, Swindlers and Spies from Elizabethan Times to the Present. M. Evans and Company, Inc.
MacGowan, D. Mary Ann Cotton. Crime Library. https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cotton-mary-ann-macgowan.htm
Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). Mary Ann Cotton. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Cotton
Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL). Arsenic. Health and Environment. https://www.healthandenvironment.org/environmental-health/environmental-risks/chemical-toxic-exposures/arsenic
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