In London, England, by the Thames River, where women were found dead, not just any women, prostitutes. What made these murders peculiar? They were all strangled, by forceful-throat penetration, stripped of their clothes left in the night for the next pedestrian to find the cold lifeless body. Not just in the river or near the river but in the town as well. There were eight possible victims, only six confirmed by the killer nicknamed "Jack the Stripper", four possible suspects, with Mungo Ireland as the lead suspect in the "Hammersmith Nude Murder case." Sadly this case was never solved leaving three theories following behind making it difficult for guaranteed assurance of the culprit. On February 2, 1964, At the age ranging from 30-31, the first confirmed victim of "Jack The Stripper" was a prostitute that worked for the Profumo affair, she was one of two workers that died from the same killer. “Hannah Tailford whom was reported missing 10 days before being discovered, was found on the north-upper right side on the River Thames, south from the linden house” (Reddit). According to Hannah's autopsy report she was in the water for two to seven days, found naked with nothing but stockings that were rolled down to her ankles, her underwear that were forcefully shoved down her throat and while looking at the remains they noticed that she was missing at least one of her front teeth. Also in the autopsy report they notified that the nails were bitten down to the hyponychium and she had bruises all along both sides of her lower jaw. Though, there were obvious signs that she was strangled, the cause of death for her was drowning. On April 8, 1964, Two months after the murder of Hannah, there was a 25 year old woman's body that was found 0.9 miles away from where Hannah was found, in the same river, on the foreshore of the Thames at Corney Reach, Chiswick. Irene Lockwood the second victim to be named had an autopsy that showed that she was four months pregnant by the time she was brutally murdered, which leads to her cause of death which happens to be drowning. With that being said the police linked her murder to Hannah's and the two possible victims that happened before Hannah. Though, a fifty-seven year old man confessed of killing Irene, after further investigation he was found not guilty because there was inconsistencies in events along with him recanting his statement, and showed signs of depression. “On April 24, 1964, Two weeks later, Helen Barthelmy, naked-tattooed body was discovered 4.5 miles northwest from where Irene Lockwood's body was located” (Reddit). In an alley called the "lover's walk" near the Boston Manor Playing Fields. Helen, the prostitute nicknamed 'striptease artiste' who was strangled to death at the age of 22, had scratch marks up and down her neck showing clear signs of her defending herself from the killers ligature. Autopsy show that she had swelling on the bridge of her nose and on the left cheekbone as if she was struck in the face, also Helen was missing three front teeth. While examining her
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In 1947, Jones appeared in London were he would get married and have a daughter. He was apparently living two streets from Mungo Ireland. Police claim to not know he had been living there because he had changed his name. Neil Mikins, author of "Who Was Jack the Stripper", noticed something odd during his investigation after his spinal surgery. He noticed a self believed non-coincidental movement with Jones, within three years he noticed Harold moved by and lived near every claimed victim of "Jack the Stripper." Harold also worked with sheet metal and used industrial paint spray in his work. Every victim was stored the same way Neil suspected Jones would have. Though, Jack kept his victims teeth, Jones kept the handkerchiefs. To conclude Neil's theory, Harold Jones once again moved by one of the victims Bridget O'Hara just two streets down. She went missing on Jones 58th birthday, believed to be his last sick present bestowed by himself before he died. The year of death for Harold was
In 1947, Jones appeared in London were he would get married and have a daughter. He was apparently living two streets from Mungo Ireland. Police claim to not know he had been living there because he had changed his name. Neil Mikins, author of "Who Was Jack the Stripper", noticed something odd during his investigation after his spinal surgery. He noticed a self believed non-coincidental movement with Jones, within three years he noticed Harold moved by and lived near every claimed victim of "Jack the Stripper." Harold also worked with sheet metal and used industrial paint spray in his work. Every victim was stored the same way Neil suspected Jones would have. Though, Jack kept his victims teeth, Jones kept the handkerchiefs. To conclude Neil's theory, Harold Jones once again moved by one of the victims Bridget O'Hara just two streets down. She went missing on Jones 58th birthday, believed to be his last sick present bestowed by himself before he died. The year of death for Harold was