Amelia Dyer and the Baby Farm Murders

Angela Buckley

Manor Vale Associates, 2016 - True Crime - 80 pages

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 Reading police with their first clue. Can Chief Constable George Tewsley and his colleagues catch this heartless baby farmer before more infants meet a similar fate? The first in a new historical true crime series, Victorian Supersleuth Investigates, Angela Buckley recounts the frantic race to stop Amelia Dyer - one of Britain's most prolific murderers.

About the author

Angela's life in crime began with her own shady ancestors who struggled to survive in the dangerous slums of 19th century Manchester. Her first book was The Real Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Story of Jerome Caminada (Pen and Sword, 2014). Amelia Dyer and the Baby Farm Murders, is the first in a new true crime series, Victorian Supersleuth Investigates. Angela has shared many stories of Victorian crime in national magazines and newspapers, at literary festivals and events, and on BBC radio and television. She recently appeared on BBC One's The One Show. Angela writes for a wide range of publications and her work has featured in the Sunday Express, All About History, Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine and Your Family History. She has a regular crime slot on her local news service, Get Reading. Angela is a member of the Crime Writers' Association. Originally from Manchester, Angela now lives in Reading, close to the spot where Amelia Dyer's infant victims were found in the River Thames.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Amelia Dyer and the Baby Farm Murders; Victorian supersleuth investigates, Angela Buckley
• Author: Angela Buckley
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Manor Vale Associates, 2016
• ISBN: 0993564003, 9780993564000
• Length: 80 pages
• Subjects: True Crime / Murder / Serial Killers