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Cacique Caribe26 Mar 2018 2:12 p.m. PST

We all know about Jack the Ripper, of course. But there were others back then, including out in the Old West:

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Are there any other real life ghouls that you might have read about from that era?

Dan

rvandusen26 Mar 2018 2:56 p.m. PST

The Servant Girl Annihilator link

The Bloody Benders
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Though these are not cannibals, they were quite ghoulish.

Personal logo Flashman14 Supporting Member of TMP26 Mar 2018 3:37 p.m. PST

Australian Ned Kelley is a cool one. Not much of a villain though, but his appearance – and that of his brothers, is iconic.

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Extrabio1947 Supporting Member of TMP26 Mar 2018 5:10 p.m. PST

H. H. Holmes and his Murder Castle.

"The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson.

Cacique Caribe26 Mar 2018 10:00 p.m. PST

Real life ghouls?

Dan

Cacique Caribe27 Mar 2018 2:07 a.m. PST

Extrabio1947,

For some reason I though someone had "debunked" most of the story about the Murder Castle. I guess I was really mistaken. That was definitely a guy with a twisted ghoulish mind..

Dan

tsofian28 Mar 2018 1:28 p.m. PST

No, Holmes was the real deal.

JimSelzer28 Mar 2018 2:29 p.m. PST

was watching something on the travel channel. They were investigating an old brothel where the madam was found to have whacked strangers off and then bury the bodies after robbing them

and don't forget about Sweeney Todd

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