Lydia Sherman

Serial poisoner, husbands, children

The Poison Fiend! Life, Crimes, and Conviction of Lydia Sherman, 
(the Modern Lucretia Borgia,) Recently Tried in New Haven, Conn., 
for Poisoning Three Husbands and Eight of Her Children... 
Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., 1873. $150


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