London, 1870. This is Baby Thomas. He’s three months old. And he’s been “adopted” by a woman who will murder him for profit. Thomas’s unmarried mother paid five pounds to have him “adopted.” She can’t keep him—society won’t allow it. She believes he’s going to a good home. He’s not. He’s going to a baby farmer. The baby farmer: ∙ Takes in unwanted infants for a fee ∙ Promises to care for them, find them families ∙ Has 15 babies in her house right now ∙ Keeping all the adoption fees She feeds Thomas watered-down milk mixed with laudanum—opium to keep him quiet: ∙ Just enough to stop him crying ∙ Not enough to keep him alive Two weeks from now, Thomas will be dead: ∙ Starvation ∙ Neglect ∙ Or laudanum overdose The baby farmer will claim he was “sickly” when she got him. Bury him in an unmarked grave. Then take in another baby. Another five pounds. London, 1870. When murdering infants for profit was called “adoption.” And it was legal. Drop a 👶 for Baby Thomas and the baby farmi...