On the morning of September 12, 1907 the body of Emily (known as Phyllis) Dimmock was found in her rented rooms in Camden Town, North London. Her throat had been cut, almost to the point where her head was severed from her body. The murderer has never been found.
This is the story of Emily's life; along with an account of the times in which she lived and the circumstances surrounding her death. A recent survey by Discovery Channel ranked the Camden Town Murder as Britain's third most famous unsolved murder after the Whitechapel killings of Jack the Ripper and the Peasenhall Mystery
After almost four years of research into all aspects of the case including hitherto unpublished letters and correspondence, contacts with other writers and journalists; and with the benefit of modern forensic knowledge, a solution to this mystery may now have been found.
Robert Wood, a designer and artist was tried and acquitted of her murder. It is generally acknowledged that he was saved from the gallows following a brilliant defence conducted by Edward Marshall Hall QC.
It is never easy after almost one hundred years to be able to state with absolute certainty that the murderer can be identified beyond any reasonable doubt. My new book presents all the background and the evidence; the reader can make up their own mind as to whether this provides the proof that would have been sufficient for a conviction in 1907.
I am forever in the debt of Alan Stanley for introducing me to this case.
He emailed me in April 2002 as a result of reading an article I had written on the
Old Bedford Music Hall in Camden Town.
'You seem to know a lot about the history of the area. I am researching my family background and hope you might know something about the Camden Town Murder'.
As a result of this chance enquiry I began an investigation that was to take up a large portion of my time over the next four years.
It developed from a brief article for a local magazine to a hardback; and now a paperback with new material available in most good bookshops, or direct from Amazon.
These pages guide you through the case from Emily Dimmock’s birth, her murder the list of suspects and the Old Bailey trial, but you'll have to read the book to discover who I now believe to be the real killer.
