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Cast

Joanne Froggatt, Mark Underwood, Alun Armstrong, Jonas Armstrong, Sam Hoare, Thomas Howes, Michael Culkin, Emma Fielding

Genre

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Overview

The story of Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton, a poisoner whose methods leave no visible scars, allowing her tally of victims to mount, unsuspected by a Victorian society unable to conceive of a woman capable of such terrible crimes. Traveling around the North East, she insinuates herself into unsuspecting families, marrying and creating new families of her own - before killing them, taking their money and moving on.