106. Angel Maker: The Baby Farm Murders

In Victorian England, beneath the smog-choked skies and soot-stained bricks, a quiet horror was unfolding. Amelia Dyer a former nurse turned baby farmer, promised desperate mothers care and comfort for their infants… but what she delivered was death. With white tape as her calling card and the Thames as her accomplice, Dyer became one of history’s most prolific serial killers, hiding in plain sight as London’s population boomed and its poorest slipped through the cracks. Macabrium is produced by Macabrium Creative and hosted by Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloë Kibbe, Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown. • Follow us on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.macabriumpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more! Show Sources & Further Reading Bastardy and Baby Farming in Victorian England Baby Farming, A Victorian Horror Story Victorian Baby Farming Baby farming - Wikipedia Nineteenth-Century Baby-Farming and the Demonisation of Working-Class Mothers Social Life in Victorian England The Victorian women forced to give up their babies Single, Unwed, and Pregnant in Victorian London Amelia Dyer - Wikipedia Amelia Dyer Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life Amelia Dyer | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers The Grisly Story Of How 'Baby Farmer' Amelia Dyer May Have Slaughtered As Many As 400 Children Amelia Dyer: The Victorian nurse who strangled babies - BBC News Amelia Dyer: The Victorian Baby Farmer - Owlcation Amelia Dyer: Baby Killers | Gresham College Amelia Dyer "The Reading Baby Farmer" - Crime Museum The Baby Farmer | Thames Valley Police Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices