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IS THIS WOMAN AUSTRALIA’S WORST SERIAL KILLER?

While Perth’s ‘Claremont Serial Killer’ Bradley Edwards is now regarded as one of Australia’s worst criminals, last century, another evil Western Australian killer was making national headlines for her crimes.

Between 1901 and 1907, nurse and midwife Alice Mitchell, who provided accommodation for the babies of single parents, was responsible for the deaths of dozens of babies in her care.

Under her sinister watch, at least 37 babies were left

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