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Riding the Forensic Wave
The Poison Fiend; Life and Conviction of Lydia Sherman… for Poisoning Three Husbands and Eight of Her Children…
, Philadelphia, 1873
Sherman, an arsenic poisoner, was sentenced to life in prison.
New-York Historical Society