The Forgotten Serial Killers: Child Care Providers (“Baby Farmers”) Who Murdered Children

Abbott, Evelyn (USA), 1891 – scores of babies died

Ashmead, Elizabeth (USA), arrested 1904, 1909, 1911 – 100s of babies died

Atherton, Dr. Bessie (USA), (with Cramer), 1926 – 3 dead babies discovered
Bamberger, Henrietta (USA), 1899 – midwife; 300 est; conv of 1 abort-murder of mother

Barnes, Catherine (England), 1879 – 3 babies died

Barthian, Mme. (France), 1893 – 25 babies died
Batten, Annie (Australia), 1904 – “alleged wholesale infanticide”
“Berlin Baby Farmer” (Germany), 1892 – 15 bodies found
Bilien, Valentina (Germany), 1946 – 114 babies killed by severe neglect

Campbell, Nellie (USA), arrested 1902 – 8 babies died

Chard-Williams, Ada (England), 1899 – 1 baby died
Chivers, Daisy Ellen (England), 1928 – 1 baby murdered; suspicion of others
“Christiana Baby Farmers” (Norway), 1902 – “a small army of tiny corpses were dug up”

Claus, Charles & Catherine (USA), 1890 – 5 babies died
Compton, Mary (England), 1673 – willfully starved 4 children

Connelly, Matilda (USA), 1912 – 4 babies died

Cooper, Martha & Daniel (New Zealand), 1923 – 3 dead babies discovered

Cramer, Marie (USA), (with Atherton), 1926 – 3 dead babies discovered

Day, Gertrude (USA), 1914 – unsolved mystery

Dean, Minnie (New Zealand), 1895 – 3 babies & 1 toddler died
De Jesus, Luisa (Portugal), 1772 – poisoned to death 28 babies
Delaware, Miss (New Zealand), 1889 – many babies killed
Delpech, Madame (France), 1869 – murdered 10 babies
Dieden, Maude (USA), 1929 – 10 babies died

Douglas, Amy (England), 1899 – 3 babies died from starvation

Dyer, Amelia (England), 1896 – 100s of babies died

Eckhardt, Wilhelmena (USA), 1906 – 12 babies died
Geisen-Volk, Helen (USA), 1925 – 53 babies died

Gobay, Annie & Emma Kitchen (USA),1903 – at least 3 babies died

“Grey Nuns of Montreal” (Canada), 1876 – 631 babies died

Gunness, Belle (USA), 1908 – 21 babies “disappeared”

Guzovska, Madame (Poland), 1903 – “over 500” babies died

Hanson, Annie (USA), 1892 – at least 5 babies died

Holmen, Mrs. (Sweden), 1906 – over 1,000 babies died
Ishikawa, Miyuki  (Japan), 1948 – 103 babies died

Jager, Mari Azalai (Hungary), 1897 – a very large number of babies died

“Julienne” (France), 1869 – midwife, many victims

King, Jessie (Scotland), 1889 – 3 babies died
Knorr, Frances (Australia), 1894 – from 3 to an estimated 13 babies died

Konopkova, Marianne (Poland), 1906 – 30 babies died

Kreis Children’s Home: Schmidt, Ella, Liesel Bachor & Kathe Pisters (Germany), 1946 – 370 babies

Kusnezowa, Madame (Russia) 1913 – 1,012 babies died

Lacroix, Diana (Canada), 1927 – 7 babies died

“Limburg Baby Farmers” (Germany), 1892 – multiple babies died

Lowry, Mary (USA), 1904 – 2 babies died, 3 babies near death

Lynn, Rachel (USA), 1911 – unknown number of babies died

Mabre, Louise (France) 1763 – 62 babies died

Makin, Jane (Australia), 1892 – 13 babies died

McClosky, Margaret (USA), 1876 – 6 babies in starving condition

McDonald, Cynthia (USA), 1887 – 2 babies died, 2 babies in starving condition

Miller, Mrs. A. H. (USA), 1903 – 2 babies died; additional bodies searched

Mitchell, Alice (Australia), 1907 – 37 babies died
Mittlestedt, Pauline (USA), 1886 – “professional infant murderess”

Myer, Frau (Germany), 1892 – 58 babies died

Newman, Isabella (Australia), 1913 – 3 babies died

“Nijni-Novrogod Nurse” (Russia), 1894 – 17 babies died

Nivison, Symenthe S. (USA), 1884 – 22 babies died
Noskina, Feige (Russia), 1892 – 65 babies died

“Odessa Baby Farmer” (Ukraine), 1887 – 10 babies died

“Osaka Baby Farmers” (Japan), 1902 – 300 babies died
“Osaka ‘Devil Woman’” (Japan), 1906 – 100 babies murdered

Ostrovoskafa, Rachel (Ukraine), 1885 – more than 3 babies died; infanticide cult

Overbye, Dagmar (Denmark), 1921 – 9-25 babies died
“Przemysi Baby Farmers” (Austria), 1893 – 27 babies buried in cigar boxes

Reignolds, Mary (USA), 1875 – 5 babies died
Rogers, Frances (England), 1871 – 4 children died, sentenced to 20 years
Roseberry, Edna (USA), 1948 – tortured babies routinely

Sach, Amelia & Annie Walters (Wales), 1902 – probably 100s of babies died

Seiffert, Jennie (USA), 1889 – 2 babies dead, 4 dying

Skoblinska, Madame (Poland), 1890 – 17 babies

Spinks, Ann (England), 1898 – at least 2 babies died
Tanaka, Mrs. & Mrs Juniki (Japan), 1924 – 8 babies murdered by fake foster parents
Tann, Georgia (USA), 1950 – 1,000s of babies died

Topper, Pearl (USA), (with Simmons), 1930 –

Turner, Maud (Canada), 1909 –suspected of numerous murders

Tydrych, Leontina (Poland), 1927 – 60 babies died

“Villa Vico Baby Farmer” (Portugal), 1854 – 9 babies died

“Vivienne Midwife” (France) 1906 – 120 babied died
Waters, Margaret (England), 1870 – 5 babies died  

Wiese, Elizabeth (Germany), 1903 – burned babies in stove
West, Mrs. Fred (USA), 1906 –

Willis, Rhoda (Wales), 1907 – 2 babies died

Winsor, Charlotte (England), 1865 – unknown number

Worcester, Rozilla (USA), 1877 – 6 babies died (in 30 day period)

Young, Lila & William (Canada), 1936 – an estimated 400-600 babies died

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NOTE: A few of the cases in the list involve non-serial killers: baby-torturers or providers who are confirmed to have killed only one or two of their charges.

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Murder Method (when known):

Battery – Geisen-Volk

Buried Alive – Ashmead, Wiese

Drown – Delpech, Overbye

Drugging, poisoning – Dean (laudanum), Jager (poison), Kusnezowa (poison), Mabre (arsenic), Reignolds (laudanum), Sach & Walters (chlorodyne), Topper (poison), West (laudanum), Nivison (morphine, belladonna)

Exposure – Tann (sun), Chivers (cold), Barnes (no clothing)

Incineration alive – Ashmead, Overbye, Stysinski (arson), West, Wiese

Needle into heart° – Makin (needle, heart), Mittlestedt (darning needle, heart)

Neglect – Ishikawa, Mitchell, Nivison, Rogers, Spinks, Waters, Young

Poison – Luisa de Jesus

Starvation – Barnes, Barthian, Campbell, Lowry, McClosky, Mitchell, Seifert, Tanaka

Strangling by hand or instrument – Chard-Williams*, Claus, Compton, Cooper, Douglas, Dyer, King, Knorr, Ostrovoskafa, Overbye, Turner

Suffocation – Dean, Newman, Winsor

Twisting baby’s neck – Eckhardt

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* Chard-Williams - Stunned, strangled and trussed up with cords

° Similar method used by nursemaid: Schnell (hairpin into brain)

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