Victorian Sensation Novels: Through the Lens of Mary Ann Cotton, Britain’s First Female Serial Killer
Mary Ann Cotton Podcast:
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Image Citation:
“Cotton, Mary Ann.” Encyclopædia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/serial-murder#/media/1/2093345/219193
“Lady Audley Advertising Woodcut.” The Artifice, 20 Jan. 2021, https://the-artifice.com/lady-audleys-secret/.
“MARY ANN COTTON was yesterday committed for trial at the Assizes on a charge of wilful murder of her step-son.” Daily Gazette For Middlesbrough, 24 Aug. 1872, p. 2. British Library Newspapers, link-gale-com.prox.lib.ncsu.edu/apps/doc/R3211374188/BNCN?u=ncsu_main&sid=bookmark-BNCN&xid=794f8b84.
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