The Ogress of Reading - The Serial Killer Who Murdered Babies for Money

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<p>In Victorian England, desperate mothers entrusted their babies to a seemingly compassionate nurse named Amelia Dyer. But behind her promises of loving homes lay a horrifying secret. Known as the Ogress of Reading, Dyer exploited the unregulated practice of &ldquo;baby farming,&rdquo; taking money to care for unwanted infants before murdering them and disposing of their bodies in the River Thames. When a gruesome discovery in 1896 exposed her crimes, investigators uncovered one of Britain's most shocking serial murder cases, with some estimates placing her victims as high as 400 children.</p>