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Real life crime: Child stripping

ever hear of this? In Victorian times, well dressed children were lured away and had their clothes removed by female criminals. I'm sure it was shown in some period dramas

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Too morbid?

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Mary Wade stripped another little girl of her dress and petticoats and gave them to a pawn shop.

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Thank you

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Yes, I've heard of that in several shows. Wasn't it mentioned on something recently, maybe Ripper Street or Copper ?

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In a dramatisation of Dombey and Son, based on the novel bu Charles Dickens

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In one of the 1991 issues of our local newspaper, it was mentioned as an old news article in section that mentioned news from times past. This particular story mentioned two children who fell victim to the crime. A little girl and a three-year-old boy. The boy was beaten by the woman as she stripped him.

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And it happened in Ireland

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That last sentence should have read "The boy was beaten by the woman who stripped him". For some reason, I can't edit the post

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I hate it so much when people hurt children

If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana

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True. And steal from them as well.

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It guts me

If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana
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