Victorian Love Triangle Murder

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

Myths, Folklore, Mystery, History, Ghosts, Society & Culture, Murder, Ufos, True Crime, Paranormal, Supernatural, Serial Killers

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Through the industrial fog of Victorian London, in one of the city's most notorious slums, a murder took place that shocked a nation.

The Bermondsey Horror, as it was called at the time, centred around a young woman and her older partner, and a wealthy man who was lured to their home one night.

How did the gruesome events unfold? What did Charles Dickens have to say about the public execution? And what was the social impact of this story?

Edited by Tom Delargy. Research by Phoebe Joyce. Produced by Stuart Beckwith. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. It's us, your hosts Maddie Pelling and Anthony Delaney.
0:04.2	But before we begin the show, we want to ask for a few seconds of your time.
0:08.2	If you're enjoying After Dark, and we love you, if you are, we would love you just a little bit more.
0:13.5	If you could vote for us in the listeners choice category at the British Podcast Awards.
0:18.0	So go to the show notes now, click the link and just then search for After Dark.
0:23.2	Fill in your name and your email and don't forget to confirm. They will send you an email.
0:27.2	You need to confirm. The whole process probably takes about 30 seconds.
0:30.7	If you've already voted, we are so, so grateful. If you haven't, stop what you are doing right now.
0:35.4	Vote for us before you enjoy this show.
0:38.0	Hello and welcome to After Dark. In today's episode, we're going into the heart of Dickensian
0:43.8	Britain through the smog of London at its industrial peak and into the heart of a dark
0:49.6	murder. Here's Anthony to take it away.
1:01.3	London, 1849.
1:05.0	The city groans under the weight of the industrial age.
1:09.7	Queen Victoria sits on the throne as Britain tightens its grip on empire, and the Times reports the death toll
1:12.1	from yet another wave of cholera tearing through the city. Inside the capital, wealth and
1:18.6	poverty live side by side. Gilded parlors overlook alleys where hungry children sleep in the shadows.
1:25.9	The streets of Bermansy are choked with fog, sweat and soot.
1:30.4	This is a world of clanging iron and endless hunger.
1:34.3	Rats skitter along gutters.
1:36.8	Cold dust clings to the skin and secrets are buried in brickwork.
1:41.9	And inside a cramped terraced house on Minver Place, something terrible
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