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The Thames Torso Murders, often called the Thames Mysteries or the Embankment Murders, were a sequence of unsolved murders of women occurring in London, England from 1887 to 1889. The series included four incidents which were filed as belonging to the same series. None of the cases were solved, and only one of the four victims was identified.
"Greetings from Chicago, Illinois" large-letter postcard produced by Curt Teich The history of postcards is part of the cultural history of the United States. Especially after 1900, "the postcard was wildly successful both as correspondence and collectible" and thus postcards are valuable sources for cultural historians as both a form of epistolary literature and for the bank of cultural ...
Pages in category "Television series set in the 1870s" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
On 16 October, George Lusk of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee received another letter, known as the "From Hell" letter, claiming to be from the killer. The handwriting and style were unlike that of the "Dear Boss" letter and "Saucy Jacky" postcard. The letter arrived with a small box containing half of a human kidney preserved in alcohol.
Facsimile of the front of the "Saucy Jacky" postcard. Postmarked and received on 1 October 1888, the postcard mentions that the two victims murdered on 30 September, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes, were both killed in the early morning of 30 September and that the author had insufficient time to sever his victim's ears to send to the police as promised in a previous letter received by ...
This is the epitome of "snail mail." Alan Marion of Phoenix, Oregon, received a letter addressed to his great grandmother Florence - written more than 70 years ago. The old mail arrived at a USPS ...
Getty Images The notorious serial killer known as Jack the Ripper may finally have been identified more than 130 years after he terrorized Victorian era England. The story of Jack the Ripper has ...
From Hell is a graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell, originally published in serial form from 1989 to 1998. The full collection was published in 1999 by Top Shelf Productions. The full collection was published in 1999 by Top Shelf Productions.