By David Lohr
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| Mary Ann Cotton |
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Serial Killer Story of the Week
CRIME LIBRARY — Mary Ann Cotton: Murdered between 15 and 21 of her close relatives by arsenic poisoning.Why?For money, personal dislike, or because they got in her way over something she wanted.
Serial Killer Trivia:
Last Week's Question and Answer:
Q: Which serial killer owned a construction company called "PDM Contractors"?
A: John Wayne Gacy
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| John Wayne Gacy |
John Wayne Gacy: One of the most notorious serial killers, "respectable" Chicago-area businessman hired young men to work in his contracting company, then raped and murdered scores of them, burying their bodies on his properties. In prison, he became the focus of researching the psychopathic mind. Read the full story here.
Crime Library reader Dr. Karin Varchmin-Schultheiss, from Germany, was the first person to answer correctly. Congratulations, Karin!
Each week the trivia winner will have the opportunity to pose the following week's question. This week, Karin asks readers:
Which serial killer hung himself (after being sentenced to life in prison) using the string from his prison jumpsuit with the same knot he had used on his victims from Prague, Austria and Los Angeles, CA?
Be the first to answer correctly and have your name listed here in next week's Serial Killer Briefs and earn the chance to come up with next week's trivia question.
Visit Crime Library'smessage boards today to discuss these and other fascinating true-crime cases.
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