She trained as a nurse and midwife and from homes around Totterdown and Brislington she took in – for a fee – expectant mums or unwanted children. Thought to be one of the most prolific female serial killers in recorded history, Amelia Dyer seemed to be taking in and caring for many of Bristol's unwanted babies.īut she had a dark secret: she was killing them.ĭyer systematically starved and drugged the babies to death and the true number of her victims will never be known.Īmelia Dyer is thought to be one of Britain's worst serial killers Amelia Dyer: The most prolific female serial killer of all time? READ MORE: Biggest jail terms of Bristol convicts in the last six monthsĪnd in more recent times, the deaths of Joanna Yeates and Becky Watts remain seared in the memories of local people. They include the infamous "Babes in the Woods" case when siblings June and Royston Sheasby – aged just seven and five – were found brutally murdered after disappearing when going to look at some horses near their Stapleton home. The seven cases span 150 years of our region's history, from the 1860s to the present day. From a baby farmer who carried out killings for many decades before she was finally hanged, to some of the most shocking murders in recent memory, these are some of the most heinous crimes in the history of Bristol.
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