The Ogress of Reading

The Ogress of Reading

The Ogress of Reading was written by and Eithne Cullen. The 102 page book was published by in 2017 with an ISBN 10 of 1787195821. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. The Ogress of Reading mentions 1 serial killers including Amelia Dyer. The author Eithne Cullen has 1 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

Book Summary

The body of a baby found in a river, a young woman's sadness at giving up her child, one policeman's efforts to bring a killer to justice... Everyone has heard of Jack the Ripper who killed five women. Amelia Dyer, the Ogress of Reading, confessed to taking more than three hundred lives. She was a baby farmer and murderer in a society where unmarried women were shamed by pregnancy and the lives of their babies were not valued. The Ogress of Reading uses a mixture of fiction and fact to explore her crimes and the lives of those affected by them. The cover picture is "Bleeding Heart" by Joanna Bloor.