The Hanging of Margaret Waters - October 11 2022

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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This Episode is sponsored by Better Help Get 10% off your first month with betterhelp.com/morningcup MERCH! https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ Our New Website: https://morningcupofmurder.com/ October 11th: Margaret Waters Executed (1870) Baby farming has been talked about a few times on our podcast. On October 11th 1870 a woman was hanged for the crimes she committed while baby farming. A woman who, depending on who you believe, may or may not have taken the lives of 19 children in her care. Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Listen to The Cryptid Catalog: (Scary stories for kids) https://open.spotify.com/show/7vwn8JNkTPOmxwRoHsVDc1 Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Waters, https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/waters-margaret.htm, https://www.nytimes.com/1870/10/15/archives/the-trade-of-murder-review-of-the-case-of-margaret-waters-the.html, https://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2013/06/the-tale-of-margaret-waters-brixtons-notorious-1870-baby-farmer-as-retold-through-the-spectators-archives/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
0:32.7	When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
0:36.1	We have a weird homicide.
0:38.9	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
0:42.3	A cop of murder...
0:44.3	Baby farming has been talked about a few times on our podcast.
0:49.1	On October 11th, 1870, a woman was hanged for the crime she committed while baby farming. A woman who,
0:56.8	depending on who you believe, may or may not, have taken the lives of the 19 children in her care.
1:04.7	So if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning
1:10.1	cup of murder.
1:14.9	Margaret Waters, born in 1835 and residing in Brixton, London, turned to the deadly job
1:20.9	of baby farming in 1864 after the death of her husband, left her unable to make her ends meet. Now, while not all baby farmers were killers, with the practice of her husband left her unable to make her ends meet.
1:28.2	Now, while not all baby farmers were killers,
1:31.0	with the practice being incredibly common in Britain
1:33.2	in the years following the Industrial Revolution,
1:36.2	many learned that they could simply get rid of the child
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