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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Ellie Fry

Bodies of pregnant women 'ultimate goal' for sick body snatching gang in Victorian times

Those who have a fascination with gruesome history will recognise the sinister squalor of Victorian London all too well, as it's an era that's famed for its darkness, debauchery and cruel deaths at the hands of murderous men.

The capital was a frightfully dangerous place to live during the 1800s, with women often bearing the brunt of the salacious violence thanks to being branded as witches or being targeted as vulnerable while working the streets as prostitutes.

One terrifying tale that's inescapable in Victorian history is that of Jack The Ripper, a mysterious killer who brutally murdered five or six women during a killing spree on the streets of east London in 1888.

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