Year of the Ripper: Hannah Potzdamer

Abraham Potzdamer, 25, and his wife Hannah, 20, were two of the estimated 60,000 Jews living in east London in 1888. It was rumoured they had arrived from Russia in September (although their surname hinted at a connection with Germany) and that she had formerly worked at a “house of…

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Year of the Ripper: The Walthamstow Mystery

Annie Mary French, a 22 year-old married woman, was alone at her home at 208 Boundary Road in Walthamstow, east London, when the errand boy arrived with a piece of paper. She looked at the note and replied simply: “Tell him yes”. The errand boy left and got on with…

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Year of the Ripper: Ann Rowley

On the evening of Saturday, 28th July 1888, a 74 year-old widow was on her way to Peckham from a visit to her grandson near Charing Cross. Ann Rowley walked to Westminster and paid two pence to board the tram heading to New Cross. As it reached the High Street…

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Year of the Ripper: Frank and Bertie Aston

The suspect under arrest was Emma Aston, a 39-year-old factory worker accused of murdering her two young sons. She had suffocated them both, first twelve-month old Frank and then two year-old Bertie. It took a long time for the eldest to die, for he was old enough to put up…

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Homicide victims in London in 2021

Total: 136 (last updated 5/12/25) See the map of homicides in London in 2021 Official Metropolitan Police Total Homicides: 134 Amani Iqbal Eileen Dean Paul Dalton Leon Street Anas Mezenner Tiparat Argatu Lavaun Witter Sven Badzak Hani Solomon Gabriel Bringye Jack Ampadu Drekwon Patterson Tyreke Watson Anna Ovsyannikova Ahmed Beker…

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