The Murderess of Newington Butts | The Strange Case of Agnes Norman

In Victorian London, 15-year-old Agnes Norman was working as a nursemaid when a 14-month-old girl in her care died suddenly and mysteriously. When suspicions were raised, police uncovered a disturbing pattern. Over the previous three years, Agnes had worked in several households, and each time, a string of sudden deaths – children and pets alike - followed in her wake. Was it cold-blooded murder, or a stunningly tragic coincidence? Subscribe to my free newsletter: https://prashganendran.com Full playlist:    • Prash's Murder Map: True Crime Podcast   📘 Learn more about my latest book Wartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Warti... ❤️ Super Thanks If you’re watching on YouTube and would like to support the channel, you can do so via Super Thanks — click the heart icon with the dollar sign below the video. ☕ Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap 💵 PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap 🙏 Thank you for watching. Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated. Sources: Ancestry.co.uk, including Census Records for 1851, 1861, and 1871. England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1954, FamilySearch Old Bailey Online. Sun & Central Press, Saturday 6 May 1871. Norwood News, Saturday 13 May 1871. Public Opinion, Saturday 2 September 1871. Essex Times, Wednesday 19 July 1871. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, Saturday 20 May 1871. Lucy Lethbridge, Servants: A Downstairs View of Twentieth-century Britain(Bloomsbury Publishing). Simon Read, Scotland Yard: A Bloody History (Headline). Paul Thomas Murphy, Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane. All illustrations featured on this channel are original works and remain the intellectual property of Prash Ganendran / Prash’s Murder Map. These images are not public domain. Any reproduction, redistribution, screen capture, AI processing, colour alteration, or reuse — in whole or in part — without explicit written consent is prohibited and will be pursued through YouTube’s copyright enforcement process.