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History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Phantasmal Crime Ep. 48 - The Serial Killer Amelia Dyer

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

Travel, History, Places & Travel, Paranormal, Haunted, Society & Culture, Ghosts

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The Victorian Era in Britain was a tough time for women, particularly if they were single mothers. Desperate women would find themselves pregnant after giving themselves to a man hoping he would take care of them. Or many times they would fall into sex work and end up pregnant. The fix of an opium laden tincture to cause a miscarriage was incredibly dangerous, so there were not many options and most didn't have the means to care for a child. But they also didn't have time to care for their child because they needed to work. Thus, they would need to find someone to care for their child. And along came this angel named Amelia Dyer. She was willing to take on any child and care for them. But Dyer was anything but an angel. Her nickname became the "Baby Butcher" for good reason as it is possible that she murdered 400 babies. Eventually she was tried, convicted, sentenced to death and executed. Her end came at Newgate Prison and now her spirit seems to be haunting a couple of locations.

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Welcome to phantasmal crime.

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The Victorian era in Britain was a tough time for women, particularly if they were single mothers. Desperate women would find

1:46.2

themselves pregnant after giving themselves to a man hoping he would take care of them. Or many

1:51.6

times they would fall into sex work and end up pregnant. The fix of an opium-laden tincture to cause

1:57.8

a miscarriage was incredibly dangerous, so there were not many options for women

2:02.5

who did get pregnant, and most didn't have the means to care for a child. They also didn't have

2:08.0

time to care for their child, because they needed to work. So they're between a rock and a hard place,

2:13.7

you could say. Thus, they needed to find someone to care for their child. And along came

2:19.5

this angel named Amelia Dyer. She was willing to take on any child and care for them. But Dyer was

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