Foul smell unmasked Australia's 'hellish' baby farmers
Foul smell unmasked Australia's âhellishâ baby farmers In a string of houses in the inner west lies a dark secret that left 13 tiny babies dead and revealed the âhellishâ black market that plagued colonial Sydney. Crime by Gillian McNally Premium Content It was the plumbing in a Sydney terrace that gave John and Sarah Makin away. On October 11, 1892, workers laying drains in the backyard of a house in Burren St, Macdonaldtown, found two bundles of foul-smelling clothing. The first was dismissed as a dead cat but when they unfurl...