Lindsay and Madison discuss horrifying history of the Thames Torso Murders, as well as how many people went missing in London, that being an officer of the Thames Division was rough work, and how difficult it was to identify bodies that have been dissected.
Information pulled from the following sources:
2021 My London article by Hannah Kane
2016 University of Leicester blog post by Shane McCorristine
2016 The Vintage News article by Tijana Radeska
2008 Casebook: Jack the Ripper dissertation by Debra Arif
1889 The Daily Telegraph article
1889 The Pall Mall Gazette article
1889 Sunday Dispatch article
1888 Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper article
1887 The Sunday People article
1884 Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper article
1873 The Illustrated Police News article
1873 The Observer article
Casebook: Jack the Ripper dissertation by Gerard Spicer
Crime Investigation article
Wikipedia
Whitechapel Jack article
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