In the mid-19th century there lived a woman named Lydia Sherman, who came from a poor upbringing only to raise her position in life through the only means she saw possible, murder. She began by murdering her husband and children, and went on to become one of the worst serial killers you never heard of.

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Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009NH77LQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1https://connecticuthistory.org/lydia-sherman-the-derby-poisoner/https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/lydia-sherman-the-derby-poisoner-commits-the-horror-of-the-century/https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/sherman-lydia.htmhttps://midwesterncitizen.com/2021/02/the-luck-of-lydia-sherman-how-gender-in-the-19th-century-impacted-felony-prosecution-and-criminal-justice/

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