The Regent’s Park Murder of 1888
News of the Times | Episode 511 | 1888
While all eyes were fixed on the shadowy lanes of Whitechapel, murder found its way into the genteel heart of London.

In this gripping episode, we unravel the tragic and mysterious killing of Joseph Rumbold — a young printer, stabbed to death under the gaslights of Regent’s Park. Was it mistaken identity? Gang rivalry? Or something more sinister lurking in the shadows of respectable society?

Featuring period newspaper accounts and vivid testimony from the time, we walk through a case that stunned a city already on edge — from the moment of the crime to the courtroom’s final judgment.

And in our Further Particulars segment, we shine a sombre light on a grief-stricken mother’s desperate public plea to view the Ripper victims, believing one may be her missing daughter — a haunting reminder that not all horror wore a headline name.

☞ True Victorian crime
☞ Gang rivalries and mistaken identity
☞ Real newspaper accounts from 1888
☞ Forgotten voices, real testimonies
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