London's Garrotting Ghouls

The sinister side of London's folklore is peppered with tales of elusive killers, perverse slashers and stabbers, and all manner of peculiar assailants. These kinds of individuals, or groups, and their fiendish acts, often result in local panic and terror. Such creation of urban hysteria becomes legend. Take for instance the rumour that between 1856 and 1862, phantom garrotters were prowling the city streets.