TALKS BEYOND TIME AND PLACE – EPISODE 16: ANGELA BUCKLEY

Angela Buckley is the author of the historical true crime series "Victorian Supersleuth Investigates". Her first book was "The Real Sherlock Holmes", but in this episode we will focus on her second book (and the first of the series), which recounts the frantic race to stop one of Britain's most prolific murderers: Amelia Dyer.

Amelia Dyer and the Baby Farm Murders

On 30 March 1896, a bargeman hooked a parcel from the river Thames at Caversham. Inside the brown paper package was the body of a baby girl – she had been strangled with tape. When two more tiny bodies were found in a carpet bag, the police launched a nationwide hunt for a serial killer. A faint name and address on the sodden wrapping provided the Reading police with their first clue in the frantic race to capture baby farmer Amelia Dyer, one of Britain’s most prolific murderers.

Angela and I will talk about this horrifying series of murders and about baby farming in general.

LINKS

Angela Buckley – Victorian Supersleuth - Investigating 19th century crime:
https://victorian-supersleuth.com/

Amelia Dyer and the Baby Farm Murders: https://victorian-supersleuth.com/books/amelia-dyer-and-the-baby-farm-murders/

TALKS BEYOND TIME AND PLACE

"Talks beyond time and place" is a series of online conversations by author Philipp Röttgers of "London beyond time and place". Philipp and his guests chat about how London influences their lives. In every episode, they cover certain topics, depending on the individual guest. Among his guests are scholars, historians, tour guides and more and the atmosphere feels like a conversation in a pub.

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