In February, 1915, a truly shocking murder occurred in a ditch that marked the boundary between London's Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens.
The victim was 40 year old Alice Elizabeth Jarman, and so shocking were the wounds that were inflicted on her that several newspapers compared her murder to the 1888 crimes of Jack the Ripper.
In this video, we visit the scene of the crime, and then detail every aspect of a case that occurred as thousands of soldiers were in London preparing to go off to war.
The police, Coroner, and newspapers of the day were convinced that the perpetrator was one of the many troops stationed in London.