SinisterCrimes

On this day

1 October

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.