London, 1887. While Jack the Ripper stalked Whitechapel, another killer haunts the river. Dubbed the Thames Torso Murderer, his hallmark was dismembering the bodies of his female victims and scattering the body parts around London's River Thames. Horrifying the press and terrifying the public, the case somehow slipped into obscurity, overshadowed by the Ripper's notoriety.
Now, in this new series, Lucy Worsley reopens the files on this forgotten serial killer who eluded capture. Working with historians, criminologists and forensic experts, she re-examines the evidence, profiles suspects, and restores the voices of the women whose lives were lost, uncovering a bold, dark, and dangerous story of Victorian London that has never been told before.
The investigation reveals a gripping portrait of Victorian London caught between social upheaval, press sensationalism and the birth of modern policing, to unmask one of the 19th century's most brutal serial killers.
