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infamous crime (He detailed the Great Coram Street murder of 1872, when a prostitute, Harriet Buswell, was gruesomely killed by a German-accented customer whom she'd taken back to her lodging. The suspect evaded capture, and Harriet's ghost was said to haunt the residence for many decades after. Bondeson also named other "murder houses" of London where infamous crimes had taken place, such as the "Tooting Horror of 1895," in which a man named Taylor murdered his wife and six of his seven children.  coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
