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It is uncertain how many more children Amelia Dyer murdered. However, inquiries from mothers, evidence of other witnesses, and material found in Dyer's homes, including letters and many babies' clothes, pointed to many more. [6] The Dyer case caused a scandal. She became known as the "Ogress of Reading", and she inspired a popular ballad:
The ghostly figure of a Victorian murderess is among the spectres believed to wander the halls of the Old Bailey. Nurse Amelia Dyer was aged 58 when she was hanged at the Newgate Prison on June 10 ...
He claimed that the Crown had failed to prove a murder had been committed, that the cause of death had not been given in regard to any of the infants referred to in the evidence, and as such it was "an insult to their intelligence" that the jury members should be asked to think that because certain children had been found dead, that the child ...
Several baby farmers were tried for murder, manslaughter, or criminal neglect and were hanged. Margaret Waters (executed 1870) and Amelia Dyer (executed 1896) were two infamous British baby farmers, as were Amelia Sach and Annie Walters (executed 1903). [2] The last baby farmer to be executed in Britain was Rhoda Willis, who was hanged in Wales ...
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With ‘cult mom’ Lori Vallow jailed for life for the murders of her children and her spouse’s first wife and Chad Daybell now on trial, Rachel Sharp delves into the deeply disturbing tale of ...
Notorious Bristol "baby farmer" Amelia Dyer spent six months at Shepton Mallet Prison. Her trial was held at Long Ashton on 29 August 1879, and two newspapers report the summing-up of the judge, stating that she would reflect on her actions behind the walls of Shepton Mallet Gaol, for the period of six months under hard labour.
A Pennsylvania mom convicted in the hanging murders of her two young children was sentenced to prison, according to multiple reports.. According to NBC News, the Reading Eagle and WPVI, 41-year ...