{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60032060-080e-42c5-ac26-f93fc2b4d612/64abbeece61305001213790c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Victorian Baby Farming Killer: Amelia Dyer ","description":"<p>In Victorian Britain, there was no formalised state adoption. Instead, desperate mothers paid other families to take their newborns. This tragic system was known as baby farming.</p><p><br></p><p>As we’ll find out in today’s episode, Amelia Dyer was a notorious serial killer who saw this as a money-making opportunity, cruelly deceiving mothers and killing infants over a 30 year period.</p><p><br></p><p>How did she get away with it for so long? What was society’s reaction to these shocking revelations? Kate is joined by Angela Buckley, author of <em>Amelia Dyer and the Baby Farm Murders, </em>to take us back to Victorian Britain and find out.</p><p><br></p><p>If you're enjoying Betwixt please vote for us at the British Podcast Awards <a href=\"https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>. It would mean the world to us!</p><p><br></p><p>Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free original podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented by world renowned historians like Kate Lister, Dan Snow, Suzannah Lipscomb, Lucy Worsley, Mary Beard and more.</p><p><br></p><p>Get 50% off your first 3 months with code <a href=\"https://access.historyhit.com/checkout/subscribe/purchase?code=betwixt&amp;plan=monthly\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BETWIXT</a>. Download the app on your smart TV or in the app store or sign up at historyhit.com/subscribe.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"History Hit"}