Episode description
News of the Times Ep42v | 1658 - 1879
Stories of Baby Farmers in England
In this epsiode we explore 3 stories of baby farmers in England.
1658 Abigail Hill -who took the money for orphans to raise and then quietly killed them,
1865 Charlotte Winsor - the Baby Assassin for Hire,
1879 Annie Tooke who smothered then cut up a child on her care.
Hosted by Robin Coles.
#NewsofTheTimes #VictorianCrimeStories #HistoricalCrimeStories #Victorian Murders
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1888: The Story of: Whitechapel Wednesdays - Episode 2 | Ep41v
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1824: The Story of: The Cannibal Alexander Pearce | Ep27-1v
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Combining a background in Theatre, Psychology, History and English Literature, The News of the Times Team comb through archives to find stories that reflect the everyday person of the time. We look for stories that were trending, or reflect what was consuming people of the day.
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We offer daily content from as early as 1550’s to 1915, because you know, sometimes you just need your daily dose of historical crime.
Mondays – a random story that we have come across in our research that we think you will find interesting
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Wednesdays – Whitechapel Wednesdays where we chronologically go through the immense newspaper clippings related to the Whitechapel area leading to the series of gruesome crimes in 1888
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Fridays - a random story that we have come across in our research that we think you will find interesting
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