The Baby Farmer: Amelia Dyer

Tea Time Crimes

In the summer of 1895, London was horrified by rumors of infants found dead in the River Thames. Authorities feared these murders may be the cause of a baby farming operation and began searching within the city and surrounding towns. What unravels before them is nothing short of horrific. Amelia Dyer is captured and charged with the death of three young children.

Content warning: This episode contains the harm and death of children

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Theme Music by Brad Frank

Sources:

• Amelia Dyer and the Baby Farm Murders by Angela Buckley
• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-39330793
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/amelia-dyer
• https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t18960518-451
• https://historycollection.com/liked-watch-tape-around-necks-amelia-elizabeth-dyer-baby-farmer-serial-killer/2/
• https://drangelabuckley.com/the-lost-victims-of-amelia-dyer/
• https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/baby-farming
• Little Falls Weekly Transcript - 19 Jun 1896, Fri ·Page 5 https://www.newspapers.com/image/174853636/
• Daily News - 08 Jun 1896, Mon ·Page 4 https://www.newspapers.com/image/390596952/
• The East Kent Gazette, etc.- 09 May 1896, Sat ·Page 2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/821010202/
• Sunday Dispatch - 24 May 1896, Sun ·Page 2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/813364389/
• Western Gazette - 13 Jun 1902, Fri ·Page 2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/815565758/
• The Times - 29 Apr 1862, Tue ·Page 8
  https://www.newspapers.com/image/32831144/
• The Western Times - 05 May 1896, Tue ·Page 8 https://www.newspapers.com/image/816749632/
• https://education-uk.org/documents/acts/1834-poor-law-amendment-act.html
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/XofoTY-4TfS71ha9ZbUw6g