The Chilling Tale Of Dagmar Overbye: Denmark’s Ruthless Baby Killer Who ‘Strangled, Drowned & Burnt’ Infants

Dagmar Overbye's modus operandi included strangulation, drowning, and burning the babies in her masonry stove. She was sentenced to death in 1921.

Dagmar Overbye, the Danish serial killer who confessed to murdering 16 babies between 1913-1920.

In 1921, a woman was sentenced to Denmark, the first such instance since 1861. Her crime? Convicted of killing nine babies, Dagmar Overbye is believed to have murdered as many as 25 infants, including one of her own. She herself claimed to have killed 16, Norwegian online newspaper, ABC Nyheter, reported. Dagmar Overbye got the babies by posing as a caretaker, and a link between unwed mothers and families looking to adopt. Her modus operandi included strangulation, drowning, and burning the