Murder Maps
Season 4
Ep 15. The Black Widow
- March 13, 2024
- 43 min
Born in 1832 the story of the Black Widow is a classic Victorian tale Mary Ann Cotton traveled around the northeast of England marrying lonely men getting them to take out life insurance and then murdering them Arsenic was her preferred means of killing Once dead she would cash in and move on After her execution it was suspected that she was responsible for the murders of a further 21 people