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Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

"Ogress of Reading" Pt. 2 - Amelia Dyer

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

Spotify Studios

True Crime, Education, History

4.730.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this special crossover episode with Sami from Female Criminals, we find out that Amelia Dyer’s desire to murder babies was about more than the money. In the mid-1880s, Dyer was enjoying it so much, she left her home, her family, and even faked her own death to continue killing England's unwanted infants.  Sponsors! Upstart - Hurry to Upstart.com/SERIALKILLERS to find out HOW LOW your Upstart rate is! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Due to the graphic nature of this killer's crimes,

0:03.0

listener discretion is advised.

0:05.2

This episode includes discussions of murder and assault

0:08.5

that some people may find offensive.

0:10.6

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

0:15.0

When Tiny Helena Fry first gazed upon Amelia Dyer,

0:20.0

she had no idea she was staring into the face of her killer.

0:25.0

Rather, she saw a homely 59-year-old woman that gave off a grandmotherly warmth.

0:31.0

The elderly woman made baby Helena laugh.

0:34.3

Helena smiled as she looked back at her mother, but her mother wasn't smiling.

0:39.7

Instead, her mother kissed baby Helena goodbye and left the tiny cottage.

0:45.0

As Helena's mother disappeared from view, Helena began to cry.

0:49.0

But her cries were quickly stifled as the old woman wrapped tape around the baby's neck and

0:56.3

pulled.

0:57.3

Helena Fry was one of Amelia Dyer's final victims.

1:02.0

Her decomposed body stashed in a brown paper parcel was discovered

1:06.4

in the Thames hours after it had been thrown into the river.

1:10.6

This discovery led police directly to the doorstep of one of history's most prolific serial killers. I'm Greg Paulson and I'm Vanessa Richardson.

1:25.0

Welcome to Part 2 of our special crossover episode of Serialilers and

1:30.0

I'm Vanessa Richardson.

1:29.0

Welcome to Part 2 of our special crossover episode of Serial Killers and Female Criminals on the Parcast Network.

1:36.5

Today, the show where we delve into the minds and madness of notorious killers meets the show where we examine the psychology and atrocities of female criminals.

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