Instead, she pocketed the pay and strangled babies to death with dressmaking tape and dumped the remains in the River Thames.
Amelia preyed on mothers who couldn’t afford to keep their babies and offered to give them a “better life.” Officially named the ‘ Angel Maker,' Amelia Dyer is known for being the killer being murdering 400 babies during the 19th century in Britain. However, to this day, it’s still unclear whether or not the act of the slaying could be done by one mere man. He was eventually detained by the authorities after an anonymous letter declared the act and dubbed his own name “Jack the Ripper.” He was notorious for cutting prostitutes’ throats and hacking their bodies until they were barely recognizable. His area of terror localized around the Whitechapel district in London in 1888.
He is most famously known for stalking poor women and prostitutes and killing them.
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One of the most famous England serial killers is known as Jack the Ripper. Number of victims: Unknown, historically listed as 5 To help you understand these horrendous crimes and get in the mind of these murderers, we bring forward the most notorious serial killers from England. So famous that there's even shirts about Jack the Ripper. They could be anybody from a trusted doctor to a stranger walking down the street. What can possibly motivate someone into killing one person, let alone dozens? What factors led to these awful crimes? Who are these people? Serial killers are gruesome individuals who thrive on the fear and pain of others.