The Horrific Thames Torso Murders (Feat.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- In today's episode we explore the horrific 'Thames Torso Murders'.
The Thames Torso Murders, were a series of unsolved murders in London, England from 1887 to 1889. Each involved dissected remains being discovered along the Thames. None of the cases were solved, and only one of the four victims was identified.
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Once again, a big thank you to Nicola. We had a great time roaming the foreshore! Be sure to check her out here on TH-cam: www.youtube.com/@nicolawhitemudlark
Done and done ❤️👍
Thank you very much for having me! I so enjoyed meeting you to talk about some of the objects I've found in the Thames mud ❤
Dear Mr. Brodie,
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Been watching her for a while! 😊
Excellent! Thanks to you both 🙏🏽
Mr. Brodie, thank you. Buried my sweet Mother yesterday. Your voice & stories take my mind far away from the pain and I truly appreciate that.
I'm so sorry to hear that. I can't imagine what pain you must feel but I am grateful that the show is able to help take your mind off of things, even for a brief time. 🙏
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Sincere condolences on your loss.
Bless you sweetheart 💔
I'm sorry to hear that. Six months on, there will be days that you don't think about it, but Mother's Day and Father's Day just past definitely made me think about it. Be well.
I suffer from auditory overstimulation all the time, and your voice has such a calming effect on my ears when im struggling to find something to listen to
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@@WellINever thank you for the interesting content, always delivered so professionally, apart from that one time you got the giggles haha 😄
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@@xlucykayxOnce WIN posted outtakes. We need more of those!
-Fella misophoniac here, lol. Yes his voice is very easy to listen to, also the choice in segments having (or not having) background music, and that the music is appropriate in mood, not too dynamic in composition, and barely even audible.
Feel terrible for Elizabeth's mother. Imagine not seeing your daughter for awhile. Then coming forward to see whats left of her is pieces...not even whole. I couldnt imagine that image being in the poor mothers head.
Thank you, sir! I love your videos, not only for the storyline, but you do your best to take us on scene. I live in America, am of moderate income, so I know I’ll never make it to Europe. Through your videos, I get to see parts of this world that I never will in person. I know God created a beautiful world to look at and appreciate, so I’m doing it vicariously through you. Thank you! 😍
I’m right there with you.
I echo your sentiment. This is a wonderful way to see the parts of the world I'll never see. Thank you Mr.B!
Ah another truly distressing story told in such a way that my soul is still soothed by a voice I could listen to for hours.
I'd give anything for a live episode of Well, I Never - imagine a bunch of us gathered at a fireside in the winter, listening to Mr Brodie and his wonderful storytelling, maybe with some hot chocolate or a hot toddy to drink 🤩
Just give me time to catch a plane, and I’ll be there!,,,,
Sounds cozy. I'll make the cocoa!
He would have to come home for me to be part of a live evening. I love watching these when the wind is wuthering and the rain is teeming. We have lots of those in Glasgow.
I loved this episode so much. I lived in London for 5 years in the 1990's and loved it. When Paul goes on location it brings back memories.
That sounds so nice, with a hot toddy to top it off!!!🙏👌🥃🦉❣️
I am so glad you had Nicola on your channel! Several years ago, I bought a pair of earrings, here in the US, made from pipe stems that had been mudlarked. It caught my imagination and I have studied the ins and outs of mudlarking. I have followed Nicola for a while and she is wonderful. She gets so excited about her finds and does research on each little thing. It puts everything into context and she brings her audience into her passion.
Thanks for such a stellar channel. It’s one of my favorites and I always look forward to new episodes.
You should treat yourself to a metal detector. As long as you're not expecting to find a box of gold coins, everywhere from your own back yard to the schoolyard to the beach can be an endless supply of mystery and discovery.
That was such a good comeback about the Mississippi River. We sure asked for it.
People, not getting their name back, they are not reported missing, no one notices, the cops don’t take the disappearance seriously, whatever the reason, it makes me very sad. I think being given their name back takes them from being curiosities and weaves them back into the the tapestry, it makes them fully part of us again.
I went to Gettysburg some years back and visited the cemetery there. Many of the graves simply say UNKNOWN on them. It is heartbreaking knowing they will probably never be identified.
@@daffers2345 That is heartbreaking you’re right. Maybe just a tiny bit more DNA science and some will be known again.
Lame comeback. No nuance at all
Perhaps at the time, but it has aged poorly.
Thank you for featuring Nicola White today. I have seen her videos and find it fascinating how much she has been able to learn about the background of her finds.
Much appreciation to Nicola for the history lesson within your storytelling. Thanks for great views and location maps. Cheers from the Midwest USA
What a treat. Two of my favorite TH-cam posters together in an episode. Nicola is my Sunday afternoon addiction with her mudlarking show.
Mudlarking would be fascinating! I'd absolutely love it!
What I found especially interesting is that this is not the only series of torso murders. On the other side of the pond, there was a series of cases collectively referred to as the Cleveland Torso Murders. They took place in Cleveland, Ohio. The killer was referred to as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run. As in the Thames cases, the killer has never been identified.
Although I have heard theories that they did have a suspect who was related to a prominent family and they cut a deal with Ness and the police department.
It's always a good day when I wake up before the children get some coffee start to put my face on in the mirror and get to listen to dismembered women's body part stories. I make weird choices
Mr. Brodie, I had a stressful day today, the sound of your voice was very calming and I am very grateful for that. You sir are a master storyteller. This was an excellent video. Thank you.
Over a century ago and I still feel sad about the pregnant mother especially. Your voice just drags me into the story.
Thank you for another fascinating story, brilliantly told. It was a special delight to see two of my favourite TH-cam talents, combine their efforts. Yourself concisely, comprehensively and elegantly resurrecting some long past, grim true tales: Nicola bringing life and social storytelling, to dormant mysteries, concealed beneath the Thames silt, muck and wash. A superb match.
Great job!! Thank you. Fascinating. The crockery from the workhouse is truly a find. I thought of JTR immediately.
I only found this channel accidentally 2 days ago, but I am completely addicted now!!! I love everything about these deliciously gruesome true life stories, especially the British ones, narrated in your beautifully quiet, measured Scottish voice!!!
As a retired Social History teacher who used to spend countless hours happily doing deep dives into various topics like yours, I just wanted to say a huge thank you, Mr Brodie, for all the hours of research you must do for each of these videos, and I look forward to spending many, many more spine-tingling hours with you!!!! SUBSCRIBED with great pleasure!!!
P.S. I also just subscribed to Nicola's mudlarking channel... fascinating!)🤩
1:43 I just couldn't stand it, I had to join, you seriously make my day, everytime you post ❤❤ Thank you so much 💓💖
Thank you, Alannah for your kind comment and for becoming a channel member 🙏😊🙇
Loved seeing Nicola, I watch her videos every week, she's so good at bringing history to life, and you too, are such a good storyteller, telling us these awful stories, in such a soothing way, thank you.
❤ Nicola White, i watch her videos almost every week since 2020.
Thank you!! Absolutely love listening to your stories!! Best of luck and wishes from Missouri USA
Thank you for watching, Jolee 😊🙏
I very much enjoyed the interview with Nicola!
New to your channel. Love your story telling. I listen when on night duty. Am a nurse from Capetown south africa
Very well done as always, Thanks for this.
Bringing Nicola into the issue was a great idea, she is such a dedicated lady to her passion of history.
Your content is always very interesting and very well produced. You're a true gentleman both in manner and countenance.
Thank you for sharing your great work... cheers!
EXCELLENT If NOT OUTSTANDING!! THANK YOU . SUPER GREAT STORY TELLER !! PAUL BRODIE. FROM, U.K. (2023).
I started a loaf of bread as I began listening to this story. I became so engrossed I accidentally added too much milk! 😊 Cheers from Kansas U.S.A.
I hear you....try to listen and watch while crocheting....can't be done.😁👍
Thank you for another captivating tale.
Always happy to see crossovers of what I thought were my own weird niche viewing habits. Nicola's channel is so relaxing and interesting. She is my fave of the mudlarkers on youtube. Good video, as always.
The collab I didn’t know I needed! @tidelineart and @wellinever
Thanks for the upload, Paul. I look forward to hearing this video.
Thanks for the video. Enjoyed it. Great to see Nicola in the vlog. Have followed her for years.
Thanks again, cheers, John.
Watching from London, thank you for the wonderful content.
Thank you for watching 🙏😊
Thank you very much Mr Brodie! Such a tragic situation with some many murders & not many clues. I’m positive that on Judgment day, God will take care of his punishment. Thanks for sharing! Blessings always! ❤️✝️
Unfortunately I remember the case of a young boys torso being found in the Thames much more recently. I remember being horrified that people weren’t immediately saying “Well this missing child is that age, it must be them” and realised how easy it can be for people to get away with such things because no one even knows they are meant to be looking.
That’s the boy from Nigeria suspected to have been murdered for some magic ritual, right? I’m still enraged about that! Poor little boy. I hope he gets justice someday.
@@Lily_of_the_Forest Yes, that’s the one. So horrible.
@@akelly4207 people get called out for being nosy or a busybody, but ya know what? Nosy busybodies would have seen a little boy suddenly show up, not go to school, not play with other kids in the neighborhood, then suddenly disappear! They then would see on the news the horrible murder and tell the police, anonymously, the address of their neighbors’s house and hopefully the police could find evidence before it was cleaned up. So many people failed that little boy. Evil wins when decent people do nothing or not pay attention. Busybodies save lives! Surely someone had to see him, right? I wish someone spoke up. 😢
So interesting (!!!) with the "mudlarking" hobby, cause this is a very old "occupation" indeed. I know from I think it was either in the "Worst jobs in History", from the Victorian era, or about the building of the sewers in London that eradicated the Typhoid fever from wells with polluted groundwaters from cesspits and such, after The Great Stink parliment. Where the tunnels from the sewers exited downstream past the city, various people had something like a day-job from finding coins and such between the brick-stones far down said tunnels. But it was criminalized at some point.
what a fascinating story, thank you so much. a lot has been written about Jack the Ripper, but this is the first time ive heard of the torso murders
Great video! I love Nicolas channel too, she's awesome! 😀 x
saw Nicola, hit like 🤓! Her channel has been a constant companion for years, great video 😄
Another great video Mr. Brodie! Your videos are always super informative and very well received by all. Keep up the stellar work!
I just get happy every time I see that you have put a new video out!😊
Great video 👍 I follow Nicola on TH-cam! It's fascinating to watch what she discovers ❤️
Never heard of her.. I will check her out. Thanks for the recommendation.
I have never heard of this and the best reason is the Ripper gets his due and took over the media. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Very good.
Its sad to think nothings changed much. You tell a wonderful tale, very captivating, gruesome but captivating just the same sir.
it's a wonder the history channel hasn't picked you up, fantastic work that you do
Nicola was one of the first channels I followed! So chuffed to see two of my favorites together! ❤
I’ve been watching your videos since you started. I remember when you had less than 10k subs. I’m so proud of all your work and how far you’ve come in this time. You’re such an excellent storyteller and I’m always amazed that this is free on TH-cam. Why would I watch Netflix when this exists? Much love from The Bay Area California.
> Nothing too old, just George VI.
Honey (respectfully), as a US American, we are lucky to keep history that's 25-50 years old.
We're more of a "demolish the past to make room for industrial progress" kind of country.
Any connection to the past and your roots is valuable. Because often those connections are lost or intentionally destroyed.
Aloha from Hawaii,Paul-ex-pat Yorkshire person.Great idea to have a guest.
I learned something new today, which is always welcome. And such a delight to see Nicola White on your channel!
Love your videos. Thanks for all the research you’ve done
If this sort of conciseness, rhythm, and articulateness is typical of Scotland, I should go immediately. Which bus will get me there?
I'm a new subscriber and must say how grateful I am for the skilled language, fact-finding, and natural gravitas-- rather than the too-usual childish hype I encounter so often in the U.S.-- that are reliably here in each fascinating story.
Thanks, Mr. Brodie.
Thanks! Wonderful job!
Thank you so much! And thank you for your comment. I'm glad we're able to show you parts of the world you might not otherwise see. 🌍😊🙏
A very strong circumstantial case has been put forth that the Thames Torso Murderer and Jack the Ripper were one in the same person, Charles Lechmere.
Never trust a 19th century butcher
It was the butcher revelation that sealed it for me.And the documentary never made the connection despite naming him
The spot where the Pinchin St torso was found was yards away from the spot that once stood the house Charles lived in with his stepfather. Also around the corner from his mom’s butcher shop.
To be fair, both the Thames and the Mississippi are silty, but the Thames has much more history attached to it. Thank you Paul for letting us mudlark with you and Nicola. The fact she could track the luggage tag to a person was impressive 👏
But only the Mississippi has an ice cream treat named after it! (I admit I may be biased having lived almost all of my 47 years only an hour away.)
It has much more European history attached to it. Everywhere has a history to it.
@@phaedrapage4217Think of all the Native American history tied to the Mississippi River. The people who named the river. Before European colonizers arrived and committed mass genecide. The Mississippi has many stories to tell.
Lack of history around the Mississippi? Kinda disrespectful to the indigenous tribes that have a long history with the river
@@mimsydreamsomg I wrote my comment without reading the other responses. Love that other people had the same thought
Thank you for taking us back in time...the way you wander through the story is wonderful..you mevellous at story telling and I look forward to your next one..fantastic thank you.
As always, spellbinding. Such perfection!
Thanks for a very nice new story loved too watch it.
I love when you get to go out on location. Brilliant as always!
Hello Paul.... I so enjoy your stories!!!!
0:30 omg that may be my favorite quote of all time now, definitely one for the books!
Discovered you last night having insomnia. You are amazing. Thanks for sharing these cases in a respectful way.
Once again a great documentary. Entertaining and educational. Thank you Paul 🙏
Great but gruesome account. As always, well done! I get a kick of Paul's bloopers, haaa!
For anyone who hasn't watched Nicola White's mudlarking adventures, it really is a treat! As with Si Finds, Old Father Thames, and the Mudpies, as well! For a wondrous journey through time, be sure to watch the travels and discoveries of Tom Burleigh too! 💖
I love watching the old history discovered in England and the countryside!
Love from America!
Oh, what I wouldn’t give to go mudlarking. What an interesting way to spend a day!
It's rather have a river full of mud rather than body parts! 😮😅 Great video. Thank you!
Great to see Nicola, I always look forward to her videos on a Sunday.
I love your storytelling and Nicola was so interesting too! Well,.I never!
Much love. A.
What a treat! I follow both your channel and Nicola.
Love this channel! Love it even more when you have guest experts on the show…. I haven’t been a subscriber long and I’m still playing catch-up with all of your videos. I hope you have more with interesting guests like this. Thank you!
I watch Nicola’s channel, too! How exciting that you’re both cooperating on a story!
Thank you for Nicola as a guest. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Always fascinating, never anything less than first class content
Many thanks 🙏🇬🇧
Adore Nicola White! Great episode. Thank you.
How cool two of my fave YTers connect! Both Paul & Nicola have splendidly entertaining & instructive channels - yay.
I'm not trying to diminish the Thames importance in history, but our own Mississippi is gaining some liquid history of her own. Lewis and Clark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The last resting place of desparate slaves. New Orleans and jazz. The Musical Showboat and Paul Robeson's rendition of "Old Man River".
Neither river's story has yet come to an end.
Another brilliant upload! Also love the little collab with Nicola!
Somehow the you narrate these gruesome stories make it all make sense and engendered sympathy for both victim and perpetrater. Thank you so much for all the work you do🙏
Wow, I'd heard of the final victim, in the context of her being a suspected victim of the Ripper, but never realized there were other victims.
Imagine if Jack actually killed the torso murderer.
Thank you Mr Brodie and team for the hard work on these videos ❤❤❤ always enjoy them
Thank you both!
So nice to see Nicola on the foreshore explaining her favorite finds. Thank you for another interesting video
Great video as always. One thing though, that is not a photo of Mary 'Polly' Nichols. Well, it's almost certainly not at least. The only canonical ripper victim with a known photograph taken in life was Annie Chapman. I think someone found that image one day, decided it looked a bit like the mortuary photo of Polly, and its taken on a life of its own ever since.
a great episode
I recently read a book inspired by mud larking and late 18th century London called The Lost Apothecary. What I wouldn't give to go searching for treasures in the Thames!
Your voice is very calming and stories well told.
Found your channel a few weeks ago...I look forward to more stories in the future...greetings from NW Michigan
just recently found your channel and i'm so glad, because i love it!
New sub from Toronto Ontario Canada, my father was from Berwick Upon Tweed so I have always been fascinated by the history.
Best storyteller on YT.
It always amazes me what human beings are capable of doing to each other. Thanks go to Nicola for finding the people behind the objects she finds. And if course thank you Paul for bringing this story to us. Well done
Oooh, two of my favourite TH-camrs in the same video!
This was such an interesting story, which was new to me. Unlike Jack the Ripper, I never heard of the Thames Torso Murders before.
the team-up i didnt know i needed
This case is very reminiscent of The Cleveland Torso Killer. Cleveland cops never found the murderer of those females back in the 30's. Thank you Mr. Brodie, new subber now.
Love these stories, thanks so much for all the big efforts from New Zealand 😊