Full Name Lydia Danbury Criminal penalty life Cause of death cancer Span of killings 1863–1877 | Other names The Derby Poisoner Name Lydia Sherman Occupation Housekeeper Date apprehended June 7, 1871 | |
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Born December 24, 1824 Burlington, New Jersey, United States Victims 12 (including 3 husbands and 8 children, 6 of which her own) Died May 16, 1878, Wethersfield, Connecticut, United States Similar Lizzie Halliday, Lyda Southard, Martha Wise | ||
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Lydia Sherman (Burlington, New Jersey, United States, December 24, 1824 – May 16, 1878), also known as The Derby Poisoner, was an American serial killer and addicted to murder. She poisoned eight children in her care (6 of which were her own) and her three husbands and was convicted of second-degree murder in 1872. Five years into her sentence, she escaped under the pretext of being sick and got a job as housekeeper to a rich widower in Providence. She was caught and imprisoned again before dying on May 16, 1878 from cancer.
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