Dark Histories

Eliza Grimwood & The Lambeth Ripper


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In 1838 a violent murder took place in the Lambeth area of London that set a trend for the stories of the Victorian penny papers for decades to come. Inspiring Charles Dickens, who paid close interest to the case, supplying him with the details he would later adapt to in several of his murder scenes, it was a grim affair that made headlines for months whilst the murderer was blindly chased across London. But was it really an isolated crime or part of something much bigger? Murder, confession and conspiracy all manage to play a role in what would become known as The Grimwood Murder.
 
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Somerville, Alexander (1841) Eliza Grimwood: A Domestic Legend of the Waterloo Road. B. D. Cousins, London, UK
 
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Bracebridge, Hemyng (1851) Prostitution in London. Griffin, Bohn & Co. London, UK.
 
Mayhew, Henry. Et al. (2005) The London Underworld In The Victorian Period. Dover Publications, USA.
 
Ion, J.L. (1838) Post Mortem Appearances of Eliza Grimwood. The Lancet, Volume 30, Issue 772, P399-400, June 16, 1838. UK.
 
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