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Gordon Frederick Cummins (18 February 1914 – 25 June 1942) was a British serial killer known as the Blackout Killer, the Blackout Ripper and the Wartime Ripper, who murdered four women and attempted to murder two others over a six-day period in London in February 1942.
The Blackout Ripper was the pseudonym given to 28-year-old Gordon Frederick Cummins, an English serial killer who murdered four women in London in 1942. The Ripper tag came from similarities with the Jack the Ripper murders as both killers mutilated their victims.
Gordon Cummins was sentenced to death and despite a campaign by his shocked and distressed family, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, to reprieve the death sentence, the Blackout Ripper, who had slain four women in the most vicious, obscene and sadistic manner was finally hung on the 25th June, 1942.
Aug 12, 2021 · The Blackout Ripper was one of the most feared men in London during the Blitz. Hear the terror he wreaked in 1942 as he killed four women under cover of dark...
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Under the cover of darkness, Gordon Cummins unleashed a reign of terror, as the 'Blackout Ripper'. #WorldWarTrueFind out more online:https://www.history.co.u...
The Blackout Ripper was the nickname given to 28-year-old Gordon Frederick Cummins, an English serial killer who murdered four women in London in 1942 (Getty Images)
Gordon Cummins’ gas mask proved to be the key to connecting him to the murders. After jotting down its serial number, investigators with the Metropolitan Police contacted the RAF Police, who in turn contacted Cummins’ regiment at Regent’s Park.
May 5, 2019 · Gordon Frederick Cummins (18 February 1914 – 25 June 1942) was a British spree killer, convicted for the murder of one woman in London and charged with the murders of three more. The murders took place over a six-day period in February 1942, during the Blackout in the Second World War.
Gordon Frederick Cummins was a British serial killer known as the Blackout Killer, the Blackout Ripper and the Wartime Ripper, who murdered four women and attempted to murder two others over a six-day period in London in February 1942.
