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Amelia Dyer: Britain's Most Prolific Baby Killer Unveiled

7/2/2025

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In late-Victorian Britain, Amelia Dyer, a widowed nurse, ran a horrifying baby farming scheme, taking the lives of infants for £10 each. Over 25 years, she confessed to murdering as many as 3,900 babies before her arrest in 1896. Dyer's chilling legacy as the UK's most prolific killer lives on, with her bodice now displayed at The True Crime Museum.

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In late-Victorian Britain, Amelia Dyer, a widowed nurse, ran a horrifying baby farming scheme, taking the lives of infants for £10 each. Over 25 years, she confessed to murdering as many as 3,900 babies before her arrest in 1896. Dyer's chilling legacy as the UK's most prolific killer lives on, with her bodice now displayed at The True Crime Museum.