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." (24 March 1873)
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Union Township
Unionville, Missouri, United States.
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Tuesday 22nd of May 1962 (-) — Mass murderer Thomas Doty detonates a bomb in the right rear lavatory of Continental Airlines Flight 11 Boeing 707 killing himself and the 36 other passengers and 8 crew in the explosion and resulting crash of the airplane. Doty had purchased a life insurance policy from Mutual of Omaha for $150.000. His death would also bring in another $150.000 in additional insurance purchased at the airport and death benefits.