”THE MARRIED LADY wishes to care for a child. I would adopt one." (nydailynews) Advertisements like these were published in newspapers across England in the 1800s to reach women who wanted to give up their children for adoption, while those women actually published the opposite in hopes of getting rid of their child. This was very common throughout the 1800s, as many children were unwanted. When a woman named Evelina Marmon posted an ad, the response was quick, but the result was nowhere near what A Woman expected name Mrs. Harding wrote to Evelina that she seemed thrilled with the opportunity to adopt a child of her own. Evelina immediately agreed and sent her little bundle of joy to live with the sweet lady on the train. But Mrs. Harding wasn't exactly who she said she was. and she had a devious plan that no one expected. In fact “Mrs. Harding” was actually Amelia Dyer, a woman who hid a violent and misfortune-filled past. (Murder Casebook) She later became known as The Angel Maker. She was not convicted and forced to face her fate until many years after killing what were believed to be hundreds of innocent children. Amelia Dyer was born in a small town in the United Kingdom called Pyle Marsh in 1838. She was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Hobley and was the youngest of five children. He had a sister and three brothers who were all highly educated, but hadn't exactly had a happy childhood. Amelia's mother was extremely ill, suffering from a disease called typhus which left Amelia and her family watching as her life drained away. Both a blessing and a curse occurred when Amelia's mother was finally put out of her misery after the horrible disease finally sucked the life out of her, leaving ten-year-old Amelia motherless. Shortly after her mother's death the family disintegrated considerably and Amelia was sent away to live
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