Victorian Baby Farming Killer: Amelia Dyer
From Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
Published 7/11/2023
From Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
Published 7/11/2023
In Victorian Britain, there was no formalised state adoption. Instead, desperate mothers paid other families to take their newborns. This tragic system was known as baby farming.As we’ll find out in today’s episode, Amelia Dyer was a notorious serial killer who saw this as a money-making…
