This may sound silly, but the first time I saw The Edward Street Baby Farm classified as ‘true crime’, it took me by surprise. Of course, a non-fictional story centred around a murder trial must involve a crime. But as
Alice Mitchell remembered
One of the most frequent comments I hear about The Edward Street Baby Farm is ‘How come I’ve never heard about this before?’ That was my own reaction when I first came across the ‘baby farming case’ and the 1907