The Thames Torso Murders, often called the Thames Mysteries or the Embankment Murders, were a sequence of unsolved murders of women occurring in London, England from 1887 to 1889. The series included four incidents which were filed as belonging to the same series. None of the cases were solved, and only one of the four victims was identified. In addition, other murders of a similar kind, taking place between 1873 and 1902, have also been associated with the same murder series.
Contemporary newspaper illustration of the Whitehall Mystery
Contemporary illustration of the discovery of the Pinchin Street torso
The Whitechapel murders were committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London between 3 April 1888 and 13 February 1891. At various points some or all of these eleven unsolved murders of women have been ascribed to the notorious unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper.
The "Nemesis of Neglect", an image of social destitution manifested as Jack the Ripper, stalks Whitechapel in a Punch cartoon of 1888 by John Tenniel
Dorset Street, Spitalfields, seen here in 1902
Martha Tabram, 39, lived in a lodging-house at 19 George Street.
Mary Ann Nichols, 43, lived in a lodging-house at 18 Thrawl Street.
