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The premise
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.
Horror Vault's take
Based on the chilling true story of Victorian England's most prolific female serial killer, this miniseries follows Mary Ann Cotton as she moves through the North East, weaving herself into the lives of unsuspecting families with practiced charm and deadly intent. Her weapon of choice leaves no obvious trace, and a society unwilling to suspect a woman of such crimes gives her a terrifying degree of cover. Joanne Froggatt delivers a compelling central performance as a woman hiding monstrous ambition behind a respectable domestic façade. A slow-burn portrait of manipulation set against the grim backdrop of nineteenth-century working-class England.
Content: Depictions Of Poisoning, Death Of Children, Domestic Violence Themes, Disturbing Subject Matter
Episode Guide
S1.E1 · Episode 1Premiere5.0Oct 31, 2016 · 62 min
24-year-old Mary Ann Cotton returns home to Seaham, County Durham having eloped to Cornwall with Billy Mowbray. A terrible cycle of births and deaths has haunted the pair but as Mary's circumstances worsen she finds a deadly solution.
S1.E2 · Episode 25.0Nov 7, 2016 · 63 min
Cast
Joanne Froggatt
Mary Ann Cotton
Mark Underwood
Fred Cotton
Alun Armstrong
George Stot
Jonas Armstrong
Joe
John Bowler
Mr. Johnson
Sam Hoare
James Robinson
John Hollingworth
Dr. John Maling
Thomas Howes
George Ward
Jamie B. Chambers
Robert Evans
Paul Brennen
Mr. Riley
Michael Culkin
Sunderland vicar
Bill Fellows
Mr. Brownlee
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