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One of the interesting things about contemporary press reports regarding the Whitechapel murders is the insight they give us into the lines of investigation that the police were following at the time. It soon becomes apparent that the […]

In a previous blog, I covered the story of the shooting of George Merritt by an American surgeon whose name was William Chester Minar. The Manchester Evening News, in its edition of Monday the 19th of February 1872, […]

When murders were committed in Victorian London, they were reported all over the world, often within a few hours of the crime having been perpetrated. This haste to get the news out there meant that the initial reports […]

For this true crime tale, we’re heading south of the River Thames to the district of Southwark where, according to The Croydon Times, in its edition of Wednesday the 23rd of June 1869, a brutal murder had taken […]

The Old Bull and Bush on North End Way, is a legendary Hampstead pub that, in the 19th century, was a favourite Sunday and Bank Holiday resort with Eastenders. It was immortalised in the song Down at the […]

The Ten Bells Pub is a true survivor from the age of Jack the Ripper. Its interior, resplendent with a magnificent tiled wall panel depicting Spitalfields in olden times, has changed very little since the late 19th century, […]

Today I want to bring you a case from the 1850s that shares many similarities with the Netflix dram Baby Reindeer, even down to the fact that the two main protagonists shared a Christian name and an occupation […]

In a previous article I featured the details of the murder of Mr. Shepherd, which took place in December, 1832. At the inquest into his death it was suggested that a man named Samuel Newland may have been […]

In December, 1832, London was shocked by a terrible murder that had taken place in Clerkenwell, just to the north of the City of London. The Northampton Mercury  gave full details of what had occurred in its edition […]

Although murders such as those committed by Jack the Ripper were shocking, and were given plenty of press coverage, there were, nonetheless, plenty of other murders that took place in London at the time. There were stories of […]