Lydia Green - The Gruesome Murder That Shocked Victorian London
News of the Times Episode 395 | 1877
In today’s episode it is 1887, some two miles north of Whitechapel.
A horrific crime has taken place against Lydia Green within her own home in the morning hours whilst the rest of her family are downstairs starting breakfast.
A suspect is quickly identified and then claims of sweeping police incompetence come to the fore – not very unlike the claims that would be made during the ripper investigations that would take place roughly 1 year later.
Although the crime itself is unrelated to the ripper crimes – we are able to get a pre-ripper snapshot of police techniques, investigations and failures.  For true ripperologists, note the same coroner who would be such a central figure in the series of crimes to come.
For those who enjoy the uneasy and unusual, do check out our creepy tale from the 1878 papers where the dead seem to like making phone calls to the living in the early hours of the morning.
A terrible crime, a strange escape, and an investigation and chase hampered by police incompetence 1 year before the ripper crimes for the murderer of Lydia Green is today’s episode.
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