The Metropolis

Victorian baby farming - just as disturbing as it sounds

Mike Pollitt | Friday 10 June, 2011 13:06

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On this day in 1896, Amelia Dyer – having been tried and found guilty at the Old Bailey – was hanged at Newgate prison for murder. Her victim was a baby called Doris Marmon. But baby Doris was one of possibly hundreds of babies murdered by Dyer in her role as a “baby farmer”.”

So begins a gruesomely fascinating post over at the London Historians’ blog.

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