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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).
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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. [158] 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
Today meteorologist Dylan Dreyer says she’s the “efficient mom” — and sometimes that means showering with her three sons. Dreyer, 42, told the Daily Mail in a story that ran Monday, March ...
Child murder by Constance Kent. Ann Widdecombe, John O'Farrell: 2 The Baby in the Bullrushes: 16 September 2002: Child murders by Amelia Dyer. Robert Elms, Yasmin Pasha 3 The Body in the Trunk: 30 September 2002: The Brighton trunk murders. Ken Follett, Rowan Pelling: 4 The Box Office Hit: 7 October 2002: The Bow cinema murder of 1934. Liza ...
A Florida man allegedly shot his ex-fiancée in the head after she called off their engagement. Timothy Hyder, 57, then allegedly asked the victim's daughter to call 911. Hyder was charged with ...