She Sold Her Victim’s Fat as Lard – Victorian Maid’s Horrific Crime

Описание: One of the darkest and most disturbing crimes of the Victorian era…

In 1879, maid Kate Webster murdered her employer Julia Martha Thomas, dismembered her body, boiled the remains, and allegedly sold the rendered fat as “dripping” or lard to neighbors, pubs, and even street children. She then wore Julia’s clothes, impersonated her, sold her furniture, jewelry, and even tried to sell the house—claiming it was inherited from an aunt.

The case gripped England and Ireland, earning Kate the chilling nickname "The Female Sweeney Todd." After a sensational Old Bailey trial, she was hanged at Wandsworth Prison—the only woman ever executed there.

For over 130 years, Julia’s severed head remained missing… until 2010, when workers digging for a home extension in Sir David Attenborough’s Richmond garden unearthed a skull buried beneath old Victorian tiles.

Was the dripping rumor real? Was the murder planned from the start? Watch the full story of one of Victorian Britain’s most grotesque crimes.

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