@drangelabuckley.bsky.socialClappers Bridge, Caversham. A peaceful spot on the Thames today, but in 1896 the bodies of Amelia Dyer's victims were found in the water here. Her story is in Amelia Dyer and the Baby Farm Murders, new edition out now: books2read.com/Amelia-Dyer
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@drangelabuckley.bsky.socialEveryone knows the name Amelia Dyer. Far fewer know the names of the babies she killed.
Today's Detective's Notebook uncovers their hidden histories: drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/the-lost-v...
@drangelabuckley.bsky.social📺 Out today on YouTube! I had a great time filming The Harry Hill Show, as the “Theme of the Week” guest talking Victorian crime with comedian Sunil Patel. Watch here: youtu.be/buICTseSefM?...
Thanks to @pastpreservers.bsky.social
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@regencyrelatives.bsky.socialCharring in the late 19th century was low-status, casual work, often intermittent and poorly paid. Her husband Matthew was a “hammerman”, a manual industrial worker. Together, their occupations suggest a household living with financial precarity.
@regencyrelatives.bsky.socialUpdate: This is Martha Lawrence (née Charles), my 4x great-grandaunt. Born in Frampton-on-Severn c.1845, she married Matthew Lawrence in 1870 before moving to Aston, Birmingham.
@bakerstreetholmes.bsky.socialDick Turpin and the Ride That Never Happened — the real man died on a rope at Knavesmire, not on Black Bess across the North. https://bakerstreetholmes.substack.com/p/dick-turpin-and-the-ride-that-never #VictorianCrime #TrueCrime