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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:
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). [3] The last baby farmer to be executed in Britain was Rhoda Willis, who was hanged in Wales ...
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 ...
A phantasmal woman seen lurking outside a jury room is believed by some to be that of nurse Amelia Dyer, dubbed the Ogress of Reading. Old Bailey hauntings: Victorian baby killer, ghostly ...
Allegedly confessed to being Jack the Ripper before his execution by hanging in 1892, although he was in prison at the time of the Ripper murders. [157] Amelia Dyer: United Kingdom: 1879–1896: 6–400+ Baby farmer who strangled the babies in her care. Hanged. [158] Alexe Popova: Russia: 1879–1909: 300
Like Amelia Dyer, Ada Chard Williams had her own "signature" way of tying up bodies she wished to dispose of, using a knot called a Fisherman's knot or bend and which was a crucial piece of evidence at her trial at the Old Bailey on 16 and 17 February 1900.
Examples include Mary Ann Cotton, who murdered many of her 15 children as well as three husbands; Margaret Waters, the 'Brixton Baby Farmer', a professional baby-farmer who was found guilty of infanticide in 1870; Jessie King, who was hanged in 1889; Amelia Dyer, the 'Angel Maker', who murdered over 400 babies in her care; and Ada Chard ...
Serial Killers Around the World: The Global Dimensions of Serial Murder. Bentham Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60805-842-6. Hall, Susan (2020). "Facts and Figures". The World Encyclopedia of Serial Killers: T-Z. Vol. 4. Denver, Colorado: WildBlue Press. ISBN 9781952225369. Mellor, Lee (3 March 2012). Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder ...