There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

We have a electricity line.

We're described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

We hear all of the time how executions can be met with contempt and disagreement.

On October 20th, 1862, the last woman publicly hanged in London stepped up to the gallows in front of 20,000 onlookers.

Onlookers, who, despite being a woman, had little to say after her death sentence.

So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning

cup of murder.

Catherine Wilson, born in 1822, began working as a live-in nurse for a woman named Sarah Carnell in

1862.

Mrs. Carnell seemed to enjoy her nurse, so much so that she rewrote her will to leave

almost everything to Catherine. But shortly after this little rewrite, Catherine brought the

ailing woman a liquid she said was soothing drought, telling her to, drink it down, love,

it will warm you, while helping Sarah take a large mouthful,

almost immediately, Sarah felt a strong burning sensation and spit out the liquid. When the droplets

hit her nightgown and blanket, it left behind small burnt holes. Catherine Wilson, realizing

she was caught, fled to London, though she was caught and arrested a few days later.

Turns out that little soothing drought that Catherine gave Sarah had enough sulfuric acid in it to kill 50 people.

She was brought to trial where she insists that the error was not hers, but the pharmacists who must have given her the

wrong bottle. Experts, however, disagreed, stating that the bottle contained so much acid

that it would have become red-hot or burst before it even made it to Sarah's bedside. Regardless,

Catherine Wilson was acquitted for attempted murder and headed off to begin her life again.

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