Catherine Wilson
Female, Deceased Person
1822 – 1862
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Who was Catherine Wilson?
Catherine Wilson was a British woman who was hanged for one murder, but was generally thought at the time to have committed six others. She worked as a nurse and poisoned her victims after encouraging them to leave her money in their wills. She was described privately by the sentencing judge as "the greatest criminal that ever lived."
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