Shige Sakakura Deadly Baby Farm

Between 1898 and 1913, Japanese serial killer Shige Sakakura operated a so-called baby farm with accomplices Tsuta Oki and Naka Ikai. The group accepted infants from parents who could not raise them, then secretly killed the children instead of caring for them. Investigators later estimated that the operation caused the deaths of around 200 infants, making it one of the deadliest child murder cases in Japanese history. The crimes finally came to light when a geisha was denied access to the child she had placed in their care and alerted authorities. After a full investigation and trial, officials executed all three perpetrators by hanging in 1915.

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