On this day
1 October
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1888
The "Saucy Jacky" postcard, referring to a "double event", reaches the Central News Agency.
Jack the Ripper Unsolved
Five women killed in ten weeks in London's East End in 1888, a name invented in a letter, and a killer the police never identified.
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1891
He arrives in Liverpool and soon takes lodgings at 103 Lambeth Palace Road.
Thomas Neill Cream Executed
A McGill-trained doctor gave strychnine to young women in south London in 1891-92, then wrote blackmail letters that led Scotland Yard straight to him.
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1935
Kate and Fred Barker are buried at Welch, Oklahoma, beside Herman.
Ma Barker Killed before trial
Hoover called her the brains of a murderous gang. A robber who knew her said she couldn't plan breakfast. Kate Barker and the shootout at Lake Weir.