Australian Baby Farms - August 15 2020 - Daily True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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August 15th: John Makin Dies (1893) Having a baby out of wedlock in the late 1800s was a shameful sin. It was so looked down upon that a strange, and frankly dangerous new profession blossomed from the stigma: baby farming. And, on August 15th 1893 one of the most infamous baby farmers was hanged after he took his new profession, to a dark and twisted level. Information collected from: Wikipedia, Murderpedia, The Paranormal Guide, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/, horrorfuel.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.8	I found my great-grandma Annie in the 1921 census on ancestry. I discovered she was widowed
0:35.9	in the First World War, living in York, raising six children
0:39.7	all by herself.
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1:00.6	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
1:02.8	We have a electricity line here described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird
1:08.8	murder.
1:11.9	Having a baby out of wedlock in the late 1800s was a shameful sin.
1:17.2	It was so looked down upon that a strange and frankly dangerous new profession blossomed from the stigma.
1:23.6	Baby farming.
1:25.1	And on August 15, 1893, one of the most infamous baby farmers was hanged after he took his new profession to a dark and twisted level.
1:35.1	So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.
1:45.0	John Macon and Sarah Macon, both born in 1845, married on August 27, 1871, and together
1:53.5	had five sons and five daughters while living in Australia.
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