SinisterCrimes

On this day

30 March

  1. 1896

    A bargeman recovers the body of Helena Fry from the Thames at Reading.

    Amelia Dyer Executed

    For £10 'Mrs Harding' promised a mother's love to babies born outside marriage. In 1896 the Thames at Reading gave up what she had done with them.

  2. 1931

    Fred Barker is released from the Kansas State Penitentiary, where he met Alvin Karpis.

    Ma Barker Killed before trial

    Hoover called her the brains of a murderous gang. A robber who knew her said she couldn't plan breakfast. Kate Barker and the shootout at Lake Weir.