Episode 32 - Amelia Dyer Part 2: The River Reveals All

In the final part of our series on Amelia Dyer, we’ll see how the infamous baby farmer changed her business practices bytaking in both unwanted babies and older children, killing them via strangulation, and disposing of their bodies herself. Using a variety of aliases, Amelia may have killed hundreds of young victims. Although it was the discovery of Helena Fry’s body in 1896 that led to the police investigation that would finally bring Amelia to justice and end her decades-long career, it was the murders of Doris Marmon and Harry Simmons that sent her to the gallows.Sources: https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/police-forces/thames-valley-police/areas/au/about-us/thames-valley-police-museum/the-baby-farmer/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGkqFun-xxo&t=53s https://abortionrights.org.uk/history-of-abortion-law-in-the-uk/ https://join-us.nspcc.org.uk/volunteers/our-story/#:~:text=Our%20history,by%20the%20Reverend%20Benjamin%20Waugh. https://berkshire.muddystilettos.co.uk/best-places-to-live/berkshire/caversham/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-39330793https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-berkshire-39308448 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-39186837  https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/amelia-dyer-the-woman-who-murdered-300-babies-8507570.htmlhttps://www.cheminst.ca/magazine/article/opium-and-laudanum-historys-wonder-drugs/ https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/discover-your-ancestors/periodical/39/the-forgotten-carers-5396/https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18960518-451  https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/amelia-dyer https://core.ac.uk/download/492499909.pdf  https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/sep/19/victorian-women-forced-to-give-up-their-babies-new-exhibitionhttps://glastonbury.nub.news/news/local-news/from-asylum-to-atrocity-amelia-dyers-somerset-connection-to-one-of-britains-darkest-crimes-263737 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSsgjz45I0E https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/146642403305400803?download=true https://thetcj.org/child-care-history-policy/%E2%80%98the-hope-is-in-children-the-times-671908 https://livingwithdying.leeds.ac.uk/2022/11/01/unloved-and-undisciplined-nineteenth-century-baby-farming-and-the-demonisation-of-working-class-mothers-across-the-ages/ https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/v/object-718109/confession-execution-of-m-waters-the-baby-farmer-at-horsemonger-lane-gaol-on-tuesday-october-11th/ https://academic.oup.com/jvc/article/18/1/17/4102742 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pelisse https://guthrie-ghani.co.uk/blogs/blog/laurens-guide-to-interfacing-and-tapes-for-dressmaking?srsltid=AfmBOoplfYOfCJBU7HfWyu6gdJm2yw8_dYErjEBAbZkjtFDuV5_EXxiw https://readingoldcemetery.uk/doris-marmon/ https://readingoldcemetery.uk/harry-simmons/ http://collections.readingmuseum.org.uk/index.asp?page=record&mwsquery=%20%7Bcollection%7D=%7Bhistory%7D&filename=REDMG&hitsStart=4323 https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/women-victorian-era https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/morphinomania-in-the-19th-century https://farewells.co.uk/unpurchased-pauper-graves/