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Amelia Dyer was born the youngest of five (with three brothers – Thomas, James and William – and a sister, Ann) in the small village of Pyle Marsh, [2] just east of Bristol, the daughter of master shoemaker Samuel Hobley and Sarah Hobley (née Weymouth). Amelia learned to read and write and developed a love of literature and poetry.
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 ...
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.
Amelia Dyer: United Kingdom: 1879–1896: 6–400+ Baby farmer who strangled the babies in her care. Hanged. [159] Alexe Popova: Russia: 1879–1909: 300: Samara poisoner for hire who was employed by women in unhappy marriages. After her arrest, she confessed to having poisoned some 300 men in a 30-year period but was adamant that she had never ...
Fox News 3 hours ago American teacher jailed in Russia is wrongfully detained, State Department formally says. The State Department said an American teacher arrested in Russian on drug charges in 2021 has been designated by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained.
A convicted killer signed a $50,000 (£40,000) deal with his victim’s family to finally reveal what happened to her body, having kept it secret for more than 50 years.. Nizamodeen Hosein was ...
Dyer, Amelia: 1869–1896 6 400+ Executed in 1896 Known as "The Ogress of Reading"; baby farmer who murdered infants in her care [26] Erskine, Kenneth: 1986 7 11 Sentenced to life imprisonment Known as "The Stockwell Strangler"; gerontophile who murdered elderly citizens in London [27] Grieveson, Steven: 1990–1994 4 4+ Sentenced to life ...
A man accused of stabbing a woman to death on a beach told police he had an interest in true crime and horror movies, a jury has heard. Nasen Saadi killed Amie Gray, 34, and seriously injured 38 ...