#158 - The Blackout Ripper: First Blood - Part Two (Edith Eleanora Humphries, London, England)
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This is Part Two and the final part of The Blackout Ripper: First Blood.
In the second week of February 1942, six women were attacked on consequecutive days across London's West End; two were violently assaulted and four were brutally tortured and murdered. All were attributed to Gordon Frederick Cummins, who would later be dubbed 'The Blackout Ripper'. But was he a one-off spree-killer, or did this sadistic maniac have two more victims in his past?
Date: Friday 17th October 1941, post midnight, she was found at 6:45amLocation: Ground floor flat, 1 Gloucester Crescent, NW1 near Regent's Park, London, UK, NW1Victims: 1 (Edith Eleonora Humphries)Culprits: 1 (Gordon Frederick Cummins?)Two possible murders by Britain's least known spree killer
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