If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Author Julie Berry breaks down why we're so fascinated by stories of murdered young women and fantastical beasts, and what happens when ...

A former police volunteer claims to have discovered the identity of the figure behind some of the most shocking crimes in British history, unmasking the 19th-century murderer who terrorised the nation ...

On the morning of May 11, 1887, lighterman Edward Hughes made a gruesome discovery when he fished a sack containing a human ...

Tourists often arrive in London with a checklist: Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, afternoon tea — and a Jack the Ripper tour. Every night, hundreds of tourists retrace the supposed steps of Jack the ...

Between 1887 and 1889, the unidentified Thames Torso Killer dismembered at least four victims in London, creating one of Victorian England's most chilling unsolved murder mysteries.

Jeff Mudgett learned the shocking truth at a family dinner: His great-great-grandfather was H.H. Holmes, the infamous con man and serial killer who operated a so-called “Murder Castle” during the 1893 ...

Historian Russel Edwards made the DNA connection between Jack the Ripper and Aaron Kosminski, and is now looking to gain “closure” for the family of the victims. Edwards joins Tim Sampson, High Court ...

In the autumn of 1888, a monster stalked the streets of London’s East End. The slashed and mutilated bodies of the killer’s victims struck terror into the city ...

Sedgley Library is the venue for a deep dive into Jack the Ripper territory on Saturday, January 24 at 1pm when Damian Carter ...

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London (CNN) — By 8 p.m., three London tour groups are jostling for room in Mitre Square, where murder victim Catherine Eddowes was found with her face mutilated and kidney removed. “I once saw two ...