In the early hours of April 3, 1888, Rosina Smith, a young woman from Whitechapel, was brutally attacked near Osborn Street ...

In the autumn of 1888, a monster stalked the streets of London’s East End. The slashed and mutilated bodies of the killer’s victims struck terror into the city. Jack the Ripper was never caught. He ...

The Boston Strangler was dubbed “America’s Jack the Ripper” by the press. Like the infamous killer of Victorian London, the serial killer terrorized a major city with a string of brutal murders that ...

In the profile unveiled in British newspapers, the man who strangled and butchered five London prostitutes is likely to look very different from the man authorities were searching for at the time, ...

Halloween is here – and spooky season calls for all the tricks and treats offered by London’s most eerie hotspots, with pubs across the capital claiming their share of haunted happenings. If you fancy ...

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The move to 1888 Studios comes amid New Jersey's rapid rise as a production hotspot. By Winston Cho Paramount is coming to New Jersey, a move meant to capitalize on the state’s generous subsidies to ...