21Manson Family Murders
Manson Family was a cult led by Charles Manson. The group consisted of about 100 followers who were mostly young girls who were drawn to the commune by hippy culture and drug use. They were radicalized by Manson’s teaching and believed he was a manifestation of Jesus. In 1969, he sent five members of his “family” to two homes in Los Angeles to kill anyone who lived there. They killed actress Sharon Tate (who was 8-1/2 months pregnant) and four other people who were renting with her. They were also responsible for a number of other murders, assaults, petty crimes and thefts.
22Baby Farmer
Amelia Dyer was a "baby farmer", i.e., she housed pregnant women with unwanted or illegitimate babies for an upfront fee. When the babies were delivered, the mothers would leave the baby with her. She would care for them until they were adopted. In reality, Dyer was only interested in collecting the upfront fee for housing the mother. She neglected the babies until they died of malnutrition. She was arrested when investigators found 50 bodies of babies in Thames, wrapped in paper with her address printed on it. She is suspected of killing as many as 400 infants. She was hanged in 1896 in London.
