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As one of the UK's leading commentators, David Wilson shows how some serial killers stay in the headlines whilst others rapidly become invisible - or “unseen”. Yet Mary Ann Cotton is not just the first but perhaps the 1st's most prolific female serial killer, with more victims than Myra Hindley, Rosemary West, Beverly Allit or male predators such as Jack the Ripper and Dennis Nilsen. But her own north east of England (and criminologists) apart, she remains largely forgotten, despite poisoning to death up to 21 victims in Britain's ‘arsenic century'. Exploding myths that every serial killer is a ‘monster', the author draws attention to Cotton's charms, allure, capability, skill and ambition - drawing parallels or contrasting the methods and lifestyles of other serial killers from Victorian to modern times. He also shows how events cannot be separated from their social context – here the industrial revolution, growing mobility, women's emancipation and greater assertiveness. And concerning the reticence of ‘human nature', like Dr Harold Shipman, Cotton was allowed to go on killing despite reasons to suspect her. The book contains other resonances to aid understanding of how serial mu

Author

David Wilson, David Wilson

Publisher

Waterside Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781909976191

Subjects

True Crime, Social Science, Crime

Rating

3.21 / 5 (16 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13