The Cabinet of Curiosities by Aron Manke

Elizabeth sagrew was born in ireland in the mid 17 hundreds. Her husband died suddenly, leaving her to raise her two small children alone. She and her older child moved into a tiny house in roscommon. They resorted to pan handling and rummaging through trash to get by. One night she would take in a lodger, earning a few pennies for a night's stay. The more she thought about it, the darker her thoughts grew. Elizabeth then stabbed him as he slept with a coin purse full of gold coins. Filled with grief over the loss of her only son, she confessed her crimes. Was sentenced to death alongside a rogue's gallery of 25 other criminals