Mary Ann Cotton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mary Ann Cotton

British murderer

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1832

Place of Birth: Sunderland, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 24-Mar-1873

Profession: nurse, serial killer

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Mary Ann Cotton (née Robson; 31 October 1832 – 24 March 1873) was an English serial killer, convicted of, and hanged for, the murder by poisoning of her stepson Charles Edward Cotton.
It is likely that she murdered three of her four husbands, apparently in order to collect on their insurance policies, and many others.
She may have murdered as many as 21 people, including 11 of her 13 children.
She chiefly used arsenic poisoning, causing gastric pain and rapid decline of health.