Gordon Cummins
✓ Source-basedstableBritish spree killer (1914-1942)
United KingdomLived 1914 to 1942 · aged 28Fame49.9
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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 five-day period in Central London in February 1942. He is also suspected of committing two earlier murders in October 1941.
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Cummins, c. 1941
Maple Churchyard
Sir Bernard Spilsbury (left), pictured at the crime scene of the murder of Maple Churchyard
The air raids upon London and other British cities throughout World War II resulted in enforced nighttime blackout measures
Evelyn Oatley
The Café Monico, seen here in 1915. Oatley encountered Cummins outside these premises at approximately 11:35 p.m. on 9 February.
Catherine MulcahyAbout this person
Country
United KingdomType
Other
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1914 to 1942 · aged 28
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9 languages
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