The Worst Serial Killer Baby Farmers

Many people still wrongly believe that baby farming was strictly a Victorian British phenomenon. The fact is that baby farming was practiced throughout the world dating from well before the nineteenth century and well into the twentieth century.

Amelia Dyer is well-known because her case received wide and sensational publicity in the English language press – which was translated and reported in many foreign nations – and because she was executed for her crimes, causing the sensational publicity to remain constant from the time of her arrest through (and a fairly long time following) the execution.

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►Prolific Murderesses Who Were Baby Farmers:

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

Bamberger, Henrietta (USA), 1899 – midwife; 300 est; conv of 1 abort-murd of mother

Bilien, Valentina (Germany), 1946 – 114 babies killed by severe neglect

Dyer, Amelia (England), 1896 – 100s of babies died; est. 300

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

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

Holmen, Mrs. (Sweden), 1906 – over 1,000 babies died

Ishikawa, Miyuki (Japan), 1948 – 103 babies died

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

“Osaka Baby Farmers” (Japan), 1902 – 300 babies died

“Osaka ‘Devil Woman’” (Japan), 1906 – 100 babies murdered

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

Sánchez Aguillón, Felícitas (or Sánchez Neyra) (Mexico), 1941 – 40-<100 murders

Tann, Georgia (USA), 1950 – 1,000s of babies died

Veuve Charier (France) 1906 – 1,500 babies died

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

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►Executed Baby Serial Killer Baby Farmers:

Chard-Williams, Ada (England), 1899 – 1 baby died

De Jesus, Luisa (Portugal), 1772 – poisoned to death 28 babies

Dean, Minnie (New Zealand), 1895 – 3 babies & 1 toddler died

Dyer, Amelia (England), 1896 – 100s of babies died; est. 300

King, Jessie (Scotland), 1889 – 3 babies died

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

Porro, Rose & Margarite Coraldi (Italy), 1873 –  8 babies killed

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

Waters, Margaret – 1870 – County of Surrey, England

Wiese, Elizabeth (Germany), 1903 – Burned babies in stove

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►Particularly Cruel Baby Farmers:

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

Delpech, Anne Gaillard (France), 1868 – murdered 10 babies

Geisen-Volk, Helene (USA), 1925 – 53 babies died

Julien, Madame (France), 1867 – midwife, many victims
Lynn, Rachel (USA) 1911 – babies burned alive

Sánchez Aguillón, Felícitas (or Sánchez Neyra) (Mexico), 1941 – 40-<100 murders

Skoublinska, Marianne (Poland), 1890 – 76 babies

Tann, Georgia (USA), 1950 – 1,000s of babies died

“Warasdin Baby Farmers” (Croatia), 1893 – torture & maiming, child trafficking
West, Mrs. Fred (Clara) (USA) – babies burned alive

Wiese, Elizabeth (Germany), 1903 – Burned babies in stove

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Cultural amnesia about Violence by Women (VbW) is the direct result of censorship and avoidance fostered by feminist professionals who see a benefit to their political agendas in diminishing the amount of knowledge available to scholars, professionals, government officials and the general public.

Cathy Young is one of the rare high-profile journalist to risk discussing this state of affairs in public.

►SEE: Cathy Young, “The Surprising Truth About Women and Violence,” TIME,

June 25, 2014

http://time.com/2921491/hope-solo-women-violence/

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SEE MORE: Female Serial Killer Collections

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For more cases of “Baby Farmers,” professional child care providers who murdered children see The Forgotten Serial Killers.

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