Mary Ball (c. 1818–1849) was a Nuneaton housewife who poisoned her husband with arsenic.

She was hanged in Cuckoo Lane, outside Coventry Gaol, before a crowd of about twenty thousand.

[1][2][3][4] A plaque on the former County Hall in Coventry marks the nearby site of her execution.

A historical account of the life, death and trail of Mary, The Life, Trial and Hanging of Mary Ball,[5] was written by her great-great grandson Robert Muscutt.

A musical concept album presenting a fictionalised account of Mary's story called "Mary Ball - The Musical Concept Album", was released in August 2024 by composers Ben Fellows and Richard Barnfather.