The murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan remains one of London’s most notorious unsolved cases. On March 10, 1987, the 37 year-old father-of-two was hacked to death with an axe outside the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham. Why was he killed? His family, including brother Alastair, are convinced that Daniel was close to exposing a …
Category archives: Historical Murders
Searching for the family of a murder victim: Christopher Ainscough
Christopher Ainscough was 50 years old when he was found dead at his home in Windmill Court, Shoot-Up Hill, Kilburn, in December 1983. He had suffered head injuries at some point between the 2 and 5 December. The Metropolitan Police launched a murder investigation but were unable to identify his attacker. Tragically they were also never …
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‘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: Percy Andre
On the evening 16th May 1888, three boys were playing football in the street in Queen’s Park, northwest London. As usually happens, the ball ended up going over the fence into a resident’s garden and one of the boys entered through the gate to go and retrieve it. It was… You must be a paid …
Year of the Ripper: Robert Marjoram
Beyond the “East End”, on the other side of the River Lea, lay the parish of West Ham and the industrial suburb of Stratford. Here were mills, porcelain factories and chemical works. Perhaps most importantly for the area there were the works of the Great Eastern Railway. For forty years… You must be a paid …