Fresh Hell presents: Horrifying History - Baby Farming...Britain's Darkest Business

About this episode

The episode explores the horrifying world of Britain's baby farming industry during the Victorian era.

This week, we’re doing something a little different. We teamed up with Horrifying History for a feed swap, which means we’re sharing one of their episodes with you. And you know is: this one is absolute Victorian nightmare fuel. In this episode, host Brenda Ganske explores the horrifying world of Britain’s baby farming industry, a system that preyed on vulnerable women and led to neglect, abuse, and murder on a shocking scale. It’s a dark and heartbreaking story. We know you all enjoy the darker historical side of Fresh Hell, so there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy Horrifying History as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Brenda Ganske

Topics covered

• baby farming
• Victorian era
• true crime
• historical abuse
• neglect
• murder

Keywords

• baby farming
• Victorian nightmare
• true crime
• historical abuse
• Horrifying History

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Horrifying History

Books & works: Fresh Hell

Places: Britain

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