In the early hours of Tuesday, 6 August 1888, Martha Tabram was found dead on the first floor landing of a block of model dwellings in Whitechapel, the George Yard Buildings. She had been stabbed 39 times and it was reported at the inquest that her left lung had been… You must be a paid …
Category archives: Historical Murders
Year of the Ripper: Emma Smith
In the early hours of 3 April, 1888, Emma Smith staggered back to her home at a common lodging house at 18 George Street , Spitalfields. Her face and head were battered and bleeding and her ear was torn. She was also clutching “the lower part of the body.” Ms… You must be a paid …
Murder at the Priory: Charles Bravo
The Priory, a crenellated white mansion in Balham, south London, was the setting for a scandalous 19th Century murder which remains unsolved to this day. It was the home of 31 year-old barrister Charles Bravo and his new wife Florence, who had one previous marriage and a scandalous affair with… You must be a paid …
‘Jack The Ripper’: An unsolved murder mystery
Jack the Ripper has become the most famous serial killer in the world after spreading terror throughout London in the last years of the 19th century. His crimes have been pored over by untold numbers of experts and amateur sleuths – yet nobody has ever convincingly unmasked this notorious figure. Instead, conspiracy theories, myths and …
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Year of the Ripper: Alice Bowden
On 27 July 1888 a two-year-old girl was left at the Royal Free Hospital in central London. The child’s name was Alice Bowden, but she was already dead. Her body was so thin an emaciated that she weighed only 8.5lbs, when a child of that age would normally weigh at… You must be a paid …