Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire Witch

Mary Harker Bateman, aka the Yorkshire Witch was a petty criminal and fortune teller in the late 18th and early 19th century. But eventually she moved into murder as well. Sources: Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events/Mary Bateman, Witch and Murderess by Sabine Baring-Gould, pp 401-424. Knotmagick101.wordpress.com The Elements of Murder by John Emsley NIH.gov: Balali-Mood M, et al, Toxic Mechanisms of Five Heavy Metals: Mercury, Lead, Chromium, Cadmium, and Arsenic. Front Pharmacol. 2021 Apr 13;12:643972. Knife, William (1867). "Mary Bateman". Criminal chronology of York castle; with a reister of criminals capitally convicted and executed at the County assizes, commencing March 1st, 1379, to the present time. pp 145-149.