Female serial killers who shocked Victorian Britain: Fascinating pictures reveal 19th century husband killers, 'baby farmers' and a Jack the Ripper suspect
Female serial killers who shocked Victorian Britain: Fascinating pictures reveal 19th century husband killers, 'baby farmers' and a Jack the Ripper suspect Kate Webster killed and dismembered her employer Julia Martha in Richmond, South West London, in 1879 Marie Manning murdered her lover Patrick O'Connor in the 'Bermondsey Horror' case in London in 1849 Sunderland-born Mary Ann Cotton poisoned 21 people with her arsenic-filled teapot and was hanged in 1873 Amelia Dyer is said to have murdered at least 300 babies from Bristol and Reading and was hanged in 1896 A fascinating series of photographs and sketches have revealed the stories behind Victorian women serial killers whose crimes shocked Britain. The 19th century was a significant era for criminology with the rise of modern forensics, the birth of a national police force and the proliferation of news coverage - with women murderers figures of particular fascination. Well before the likes of Rose West ...