Today, we explore three eerily similar stories spanning 100 years. Meet Mary Ann Cotton, Tillie Klimek, and Roberta Elder: female serial killers with a hefty body count. You’re going to need a strong-bodied tea for this one! 

Content warning: This episode references the killing of children. 

Tea of the Day: English Breakfast

Theme Music by Brad Frank

Sources:

• Black Widow by Cara Davidson
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/mary-ann-cotton
• https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/typhoid-fever/symptoms-causes/syc-20378661
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Ann-Cotton
• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mary-ann-cotton-englands_b_8339314
• https://youtu.be/Gjc-U0dt6bg
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201906/why-female-psychopaths-are-different-breed
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/communication-success/201810/7-characteristics-the-modern-psychopath
• https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/chicagos-mrs-bluebeard-tillie-klimek
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/surviving-the-female-psychopath/202107/how-does-female-psychopath-behave
• https://anchor.fm/blacktruecrimepodcast/episodes/17-Roberta-Elder-eqoqpi
• https://blacktruecrime.com
• http://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2011/09/roberta-elder-georgia-serial-killer-1952.html
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201610/psychopathy-clinical-diagnosis
• https://www.aaihs.org/roberta-elder-the-case-of-a-black-woman-serial-killer/
• https://medium.com/@AlexisLyons/roberta-elder-black-widow-e0a86b5cdb41
• https://murderpedia.org/female.K/k/klimek-tillie.htm
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/surviving-the-female-psychopath/202201/the-female-psychopath-s-use-devaluation