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
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