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Minnie Dean

January 5, 2018 in Modern Worthies

Minnie Dean

The Wickedest Woman in New Zealand

An unlicensed foster mom in an era desperately in need of them, she was unjustly made out to be a bloodthirsty murderer when one of the children in her care died of an accident.

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