Compact Murder
Amelia Dyer
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About this episode
In March 1896, Evalina Marmon answered an advertisement offering a home for her daughter Doris. She paid ten pounds and obtained a written agreement that the woman would bring Doris up as her own. Around the same time, police in Reading were tracing an address found on a parcel recovered from the Thames. Their enquiries led them to Amelia Dyer. Compact Murder follows the lives of Doris Marmon and Harry Simmons through the people who arranged their care, the investigation that connected their deaths and the evidence presented at Dyer's trial for Doris's murder. The episode also looks at how Parliament discussed the case during an existing campaign to strengthen infant protection. Visit our website: Compact Murder Find us on our social media sites: • Facebook • Instagram • Pinterest • Youtube #CompactMurder #CompactHistories #AmeliaDyer #DorisMarmon #HarrySimmons #VictorianHistory #OldBailey #ReadingHistory #TrueCrimePodcast