Murder & homicide · 1888 · Victorian

The Thames Torso Murders

Between 1887 and 1889 a series of dismembered female bodies were found in the River Thames and around London. The killings, sometimes called the 'Thames Mysteries', were never solved and occurred at the same time as the Jack the Ripper murders.

This summary is written in our own words from published historical sources. Map locations are approximate. Every case in the archive is at least ten years old.