{"id":190,"date":"2015-01-11T06:09:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T06:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/?p=190"},"modified":"2019-10-07T16:31:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T20:31:45","slug":"she-was-and-still-is-the-most-prolific-serial-killer-in-all-of-british-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/she-was-and-still-is-the-most-prolific-serial-killer-in-all-of-british-history\/","title":{"rendered":"She Was And Still Is The Most Prolific Serial Killer In All Of British History"},"content":{"rendered":"
When it comes to British history, most people think that one killer, Jack the Ripper, was\u00a0the worst and most infamous. However, while the mystery of Jack the Ripper is very intriguing, the ripper had absolutely nothing on another serial killer from around the same time. Her\u00a0<\/strong>name was\u00a0Amelia Dyer.<\/p>\n To describe Dyer as pure evil wouldn’t be an overstatement. From the 1860s until her death in 1896, it’s estimated that Dyer was single-handedly\u00a0responsible\u00a0for the deaths of at least 400 infants<\/strong>.<\/p>\nDyer’s specialty was taking advantage of single, unwed, and poor mothers. She would convince them to let her adopt the child for a fee. She would promise to give the child a better life. Instead, though, Dyer would strangle the children with dressmaking tape. She would then dump their bodies in the River Thames.<\/h3>\n