The Baby Farmer's Cradle - The True Crime Story of Amelia Dyer
By Alana Sanchez
Length1h 7m
About this audiobook
She was trusted with society’s most vulnerable.
What she did instead shocked Victorian England.
In the shadowed streets of 19th-century Britain, where poverty and desperation left countless women with impossible choices, one figure lurked behind a façade of compassion. Amelia Dyer, known as the baby farmer, offered relief to desperate mothers — for a price.
What followed was one of the most chilling true crime stories in history.
Audiobook details
GenreTrue Crime, History
Length1 hr 7 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 26, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Baby Farmer's Cradle The Story of Amelia Dyer
2Chapter 1: A World of Desperation
3Chapter 2: The Making of a Monster
4Chapter 3: The Business of Betrayal
5Chapter 4: The Mothers' Plight
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6Chapter 5: The Silent Departures
7Chapter 6: A Trail of Discarded Lives
8Chapter 7: The Mask of Benevolence
9Chapter 8: The Predator's Routine
10Chapter 9: Whispers and Suspicions
11Chapter 10: The Discovery in the Thames
12Chapter 11: The Net Closes
13Chapter 12: The Trial of Amelia Dyer
14Chapter 13: The Hangman's Noose
15Chapter 14: A Legacy of Reform
16Epilogue: Echoes in the Water
17BIBLIOGRAPHY
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