July 31, 2017
The Thames Torso Murders of 1887-89 by Gerard Spicer Dismemberment Murders While Jack the Ripper’s knife tore the social fabric of Victorian London to shreds another murder series played out, seemingly unnoticed, in the background. Dubbed the “Thames Mysteries” or Read more…
July 17, 2017
Bridgeport Murder Case In September 1898, the mutilated body of a young woman was found in a pond in Bridgeport, Conncecticut. Her name—let alone the name of her murderer—remained a complete mystery until Frank Perkins, a resident of Middleborough, Read more…
July 10, 2017
The Lambeth Poisoner Dr. Thomas Neill Cream Between October 1891 and April 1892 a series of murders in London racked the city with a terror reminiscent of the fear surrounding Jack the Ripper’s murders, just three years earlier. Once again Read more…
July 5, 2017
The Pimlico Poisoning Mystery Adelaide Blanche de la Tremoille was 19 when she married successful grocer Thomas Edwin Bartlett (29 and known as Edwin) in 1875. It would seem that theirs was not a happy marriage with some Read more…
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