Related events:
Monday 24th of March 1873 (-) — Serial poisoner Mary Ann Cotton is executed by hanging by William Calcraft
Cotton may have murdered as many as 21 people including 11 of her 13 children. "Mary Ann Cotton, she's dead and she's rotten. Lying in bed with her eyes wide open. Sing, sing, oh what should I sing? Mary Ann Cotton, she's tied up with string. Where, where? Up in the air. Selling black puddings, a penny a pair. Mary Ann Cotton, she's dead and forgotten, Lying in bed with her bones all rotten. Sing, sing, what can I sing? Mary Ann Cotton, tied up with string." Monday 19th of November 1883 (-) — Murderer Peter Bray is executed by hanging
Wednesday 8th of December 1909 (-) — Murderer Abel Atherton is executed by hanging by Henry Pierrepoint
Thursday 26th of May 1938 (-) — Murderer Robert Hoolhouse is executed by hanging
Saturday 7th of May 1966 (x) — Serial killer Ian Brady enters the first day of his three life sentences
For his safety Brady asked to be held in solitary confinement in E Wing under Rule 43. Wednesday 30th of March 1983 (x) — Serial killer Myra Hindley is transferred to Cookham Wood in Borstal, Kent
Monday 17th of April 1995 (x) — Serial killer Myra Hindley falls in the exercise yard and fractures her left femur in several places
Thursday 18th of December 1997 (x) — Serial killer Myra Hindley is rushed to a hospital only hours after her appeal against having to spend the rest of her life in jail was turned down
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