Fifty-six-year-old Elizabeth Bartlett was known in her neighbourhood on the Isle of Dogs in east London as a hard working and industrious woman who ran a shop selling cakes and milk. By contrast, her husband Levi Bartlett had earned a reputation for eccentric and sometimes violent behaviour that deteriorated even… You must be a paid …
Category archives: Historical Murders
Year of the Ripper: David Cavalier
At 8.30pm on Sunday, July 8, a 22-month-old boy was playing on the pavement outside his home in Warner Place, Bethnal Green, east London. David Cavalier ought to have been safe. Further down the road two plain clothes policemen were patrolling. There was no traffic and all seemed quiet. Then… You must be a paid …
Year of the Ripper: Elizabeth Gibbs
As the church bells rang in the New Year across central London, the first homicide victim of 1888 lay dying at St George’s Hospital in Hyde Park. Elizabeth Gibbs, 68, was a respectable married woman living in the wealthy area of Belgravia. She had been enjoying a pleasant walk along… You must be a paid …
Year of the Ripper: Elizabeth Gorman
On 14 February 1888, a 27 year-old chimneysweep’s widow named Elizabeth Gorman died in suspicious circumstances at her home at 4 Callow Street, Fulham Road, Chelsea. According to witnesses, Mrs Gorman had called a series of medical men to see her in the days before her death. But when asked… You must be a paid …
Year of the Ripper: Eliza Schumacher
Eliza Schumacher was convinced she was pregnant. She was a 39 year old married dressmaker who had lived apart from her husband for several years and already had two children. So in early June 1888 she decided she did not want to have a third child and decided to seek… You must be a paid …