Murder Maps

In 1849, a man suddenly disappeared in Bermondsey. The discovery that he had been brutally murdered enraptured the press and the public.

At the time of Jack The Ripper, London was home to some of the most terrible individuals the city has ever seen. One of the very worst was the elusive Borough Poisoner.

Having killed his wife and buried her in the basement, Dr. Crippen believed he had escaped on a ship to Canada. But the police managed to hunt him down.

George Smith had many aliases. He needed them for his many wives who he would soon murder in order to claim the inheritance.