TV-14
S1 • E1
24-year-old Mary Ann Cotton returns home to Seaham, County Durham having eloped to Cornwall with Billy Mowbray. A terrible cycle of births and deaths has haunted the pair but as Mary's circumstances worsen she finds a deadly solution.
S1 • E2
Returning to Sunderland, Mary Ann discovers that James Robinson has had a change of heart over his relationship with her. Furious, she sets out to get rid of the impediments to their potential marriage - the children.
Mary Ann Cotton
George Stott
Isabella Mowbray
Maggie Cotton
William Robinson
Joe
Helen Robinson
Elizabeth Robinson
Dr. John Maling
James Robinson Jnr
