Episode 3 of 3

Discovery of Left Leg

When
17 October 1888
Where
near New Scotland Yard construction site
Part of
The Whitehall Mystery: dismembered remains found in London

A left leg cut above the knee was found buried near the construction site on 17 October 1888.

On 17 October 1888, reporter Jasper Waring used a Spitsbergen dog, with the permission of the police and the help of a labourer, to find a left leg cut above the knee that was buried near the construction site.

Sources

  1. Whitehall Mystery Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-31

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