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Nov 2020
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Amelia Dyer Pt. 2: “Britain’s Baby Butch...

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Over three decades, Amelia Dyer killed upwards of four hundred infants. She conned desperate mothers while fine-tuning the details of her operation, until a bargeman’s discovery in 1896 forced the baby-farmer to have a reckoning.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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