Year of the Ripper: Mary Sandford

Mary Sandford was not the victim of a sudden or brutal attack. Instead she suffered a long, slow death from starvation and neglect. When the doctor was finally called to her bedside on the evening of June 11, 1888, her body was little more than skin and bone. Her clothes…

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Year of the Ripper: PC Michael Lewis

In 1888 PC Michael Lewis was 48 years old and had given 20 years to the Metropolitan Police. Born in Maryborough, Ireland, he had served in the Royal Irish Constabulary before moving to London with his wife. His beat at that time was Chelsea, one of the more comfortable ones…

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London Gangs and Murder: Brent, Stonebridge, Church Road and the SKG

At least 13 murders have been linked to feuds involving groups based in the northwest London borough On the night of 3 June a two-year-old boy was shot in what appears to be a targeted attack on a family in Energen Close, Harlesden, northwest London. Reports in The Times and…

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Year of the Ripper: Maria Rider

Maria Rider was 67 when she was knocked down by a horse-driven van in Borough, south London, on Thursday 19 January 1888. She was trying to cross the busy Borough end of Great Dover Street at the junction with Long Lane and had made it to the middle of the…

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Year of the Ripper: Michael Patten

Notting Hill and Notting Dale epitomised the contradictions of 19th Century London, a city wherein the poor lived yards away from people spending more in one day than they would in a year. In the sweeping crescents, gardens and walks along Ladbroke Grove down to Campden Hill and Holland Park…

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