This is part 2 of the three part story on Sarah Haviland, a woman who murdered her three children in 1865 in Battle Creek, Michigan.

In this episode, I cover her sinister plan that she created with Dr. Daniel Baker, and how it unfolded, resulting in the death of three children. Her plans were foiled by the innocence of one of her surviving daughters, Phoebe.

Sarah Haviland and Daniel Baker are charged and convicted on three counts of murder in 1866.

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In this eposide I begin a three part series on the story of Sarah Haviland from my book 'Victorian Southwest Michigan True Crime'.

In this part we follow her life as a mother, through divorce and her involvement with spiritualism.

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Charles Sherwood Stratton AKA 'General Tom Thumb' had a condition known as pituitary dwarfism, and only grew to 2 feet, 10 inches tall in his life.

He worked for years with showman P.T. Barnum, and in 1852 toured through southern Michigan, stopping in several southwest michigan towns.

His 1863 wedding to a woman his same height was a national sensation, and for nearly 150+ years later it has inspired reinactments of the event for everything from charity fundraisers to graduation ceremonies. These events were very popular in Michigan in the 1890's, but had been continued on to as recent as 2005.

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For information on the Michigan Historical Society and Michigan History Magazine, visit: https://www.hsmichigan.org/