The Chilling Case of Phoebe Hogg – Victorian London's Most Infamous Crime
The Chilling Case of Phoebe Hogg – Victorian London's Most Infamous Crime In 1890, Camden/Hampstead, London. 31-year-old wife and mother. Her husband Frank Hogg was secretly keeping a mistress, Mary Pearcey. Pearcey invited Phoebe and her 18-month-old baby daughter to tea, then bashed Phoebe's skull in and smothered the infant. Pearcey then wheeled both bodies through the streets of north London in a pram and dumped them in Hampstead. Police found her kitchen soaked in blood. Frank Hogg identified the body at the mortuary. Pearcey was hanged at Newgate 1890. Verified via Old Bailey 1890, Illustrated Police News, The Times. 🩸 Soil of Crimes 🩸 Welcome to Soil of Crimes, where forgotten murder files, unsolved mysteries, wrongful convictions, serial killers, mass tragedies, and historical scandals are brought back from the shadows. From colonial America to the final years of the Victorian era, each episode uncovers the real crimes, hidden injustices, and human stories that shaped history. Through meticulous research and atmospheric storytelling, we explore the darkest corners of the past—not to sensationalize them, but to remember the victims, expose the truth, and give voice to those history left behind. Sources: Old Bailey Proceedings, Trial of Mary Pearcey, December 1890. Contemporary newspaper reports covering the Hampstead Murder and Priory Street investigation. Coroner's inquest records relating to Phoebe Hogg and Phoebe Hanslope Hogg. Newgate Prison execution records concerning Mary Pearcey. Metropolitan Police investigation files and witness statements from Priory Street and Crossfield Road. Historical studies examining Victorian female killers and the Mary Pearcey case. Hashtags: #PhoebeHogg #MaryPearcey #HampsteadMurder #VictorianTrueCrime #HistoricalCrime #VictorianLondon
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