In this week’s delightfully dark dive, Marguerite unpacks the Victorian scandal that rocked New Zealand—when Minnie Dean, a respectable lady with a fondness for babies and bonnets, became the only woman ever hanged in the country’s history. Angela’s jaw hits the floor faster than Minnie could buy a secondhand pram as the tale unfolds: missing infants, mysterious hatboxes, and the questionable business model of “baby farming.” Between gasps and giggles, the ladies sift through the murky morality of motherhood, money, and murder in an era when corsets were tight and ethics were looser than a teething ring in a thunderstorm.Sources : Minnie Dean | Search Results | True Crime New Zealand (NZ) (truecrimenz.com) Papers Past | Newspapers | NZ Truth | 9 December 1922 | MINNIE DEAN, CHILD MURDERESS (natlib.govt.nz)crime.co.nzMinnie Dean - Baby farmers | NZHistory, New Zealand history onlineMeet Minnie Dean, New Zealand's Deadly 'Baby Farmer' (allthatsinteresting.com)Was Minnie Dean Really the Wickedest Woman in New Zealand History? - Atlas ObscuraThe Omaru Mail, 1895 articlesFM78.qxd (aifs.gov.au)In Defence of Minnie Dean, the first episode of NZ miniseries based on her defense counsel Alf Hanlon, Hanlon - In Defence of Minnie Dean | Television | NZ On Screen  You can watch it online for free.Dean, Williamina – Dictionary of New Zealand Biography – Te AraOpium - Its History and Use with Babies Whilst Teething | Small Acorn UK

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