Hammersmith Nude Murders Special Content from Creators #781

A metropolitan police identikit of a suspect, compiled from a description by an eyewitness following the murder of frances brown in 1964 The suspect has never been apprehended or identified The hammersmith nude murders were a series of six murders in west london, england, in 1964 and 1965 On the afternoon of november 8th, 1963, workers at a dump in the mortlake district of london on the south side of the thames uncovered the woefully degraded remains of a woman, buried beneath two feet of rubbish She was found completely naked, except for a single nylon stocking that had been rolled down to her ankle. At least six, but probably eight, women lost their lives to a cruel and sadistic killer who stalked west london's suburbs in the 1960s Despite a huge police investigation, 'jack the stripper' was never caught In the 1960s, an unidentified serial killer terrorized london sex workers The hammersmith nude murders remains one of britain's most infamous unsolved crimes. At the time the media called him jack the stripper, because he strangled at least six prostitutes, removed their clothes and teeth and dumped their bodies in west london They were found in or near the thames in 1964 and 1965 and the crimes were known as the “hammersmith nude murders”. Also known as the hammersmith nude murders, the killer claimed the lives of as many as eight women, between 1959 and 1965 Despite the name, only one of the murder victims was found in hammersmith, with others being discovered in chiswick, barnes, brentford, kensington and acton.