It Took 30 Years for This Serial Killer Grandmother to Get Caught
In 1896, a grandmotherly serial killer named Amelia Dyer spent her final days in Newgate Prison for her awful crimes. But this wasn't just a crime story — it was the inevitable result of a system that abandoned women and left their babies as collateral damage. Baby farming sounds almost quaint until you learn what it actually was: desperate mothers paying strangers to take their newborns, with no way to know — or ask — what happened next. Amelia Dyer didn't invent the problem. She just turned it into a thirty-year operation. ⚠️ Content warning: This episode involves the deaths of infants. If that's not something you can sit with today, no judgment — the yarn-attacking cats of YouTube await you. If you have a story that has piqued your interest, drop it in the comments. Until next time, consider yourself piqued. 0:00 — Meet James Billington, part-time hangman 0:37 — Content warning (infant deaths) 0:51 — The world Amelia Dyer operated in: The Poor Law & baby farming 2:16 — Who was Amelia Dyer? 3:14 — Her ads, her letters, her lies 4:23 — How she killed: from laudanum to white tape 6:06 — Polly: the daughter who walked free 7:38 — How she evaded detection for 30 years 9:41 — The Thames parcel that ended it all 10:47 — Arrest, trial, five-minute verdict 11:31 — The ending of a murderer See more videos like this one: • Workplace Crimes Visit us around the interwebs: • Instagram: / twin_piques • TikTok: / twin.piques • Substack: https://substack.com/@twinpiques FAIR USE DISCLAIMER This video contains copyrighted material that is used for educational and commentary purposes. In accordance with Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. The content used in this video is transformative in nature and does not seek to infringe on the original work’s market or value. All rights to the original content remain with the respective copyright holders. Viewers are encouraged to access the original material for full context and further information.
