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.

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