The Strange Murder of Miriam Angel and the Trial of Israel Lipski (1887)

In the summer of 1887, Victorian London’s East End, fraught with poverty and unrest, became the setting for a bizarre and senseless true crime. Miriam Angel, an impoverished Jewish immigrant who was six months pregnant, was found poisoned in a locked room, her body lying on the bed. Incredibly, a fellow tenant in the same lodging house, Israel Lipski, was discovered hiding beneath it. The case, with its puzzling lack of motive, divided the public. Lipski’s infamy lingered, with his name even becoming a racial slur—shouted just minutes before Elizabeth Stride’s murder during Jack the Ripper’s reign of terror a year later. 📖 Prefer to read? Full article: https://prashganendran.com/penny_drea... 👉A re-edited version of episodes 1–7, with improved flow and enhanced images, is available here:    • Jack The Ripper | Full True Crime Document...   Jack the Ripper playlist:    • Jack The Ripper Part 1 - Was Martha Tabram...   Full playlist:    • Prash's Murder Map: True Crime Podcast   ❤️ Super Thanks If you’re watching on YouTube and would like to support the channel, you can do so via Super Thanks — click the heart icon with the dollar sign below the video. ☕ Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap 💵 PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap 🙏 Thank you for watching. Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated. Sources: The Trials of Israel Lipski by Martin L Friedland Central Criminal Court transcript Rope, Knife and Chair by Guy Logan The Salisbury Times - Saturday 27 August 1887 South Wales Daily News - Saturday 20 August 1887 The People - Sunday 28 August 1887 Swansea and Glamorgan Herald - Wednesday 14 August 1889 Music: "Unanswered Questions" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Long Note Three" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License #truecrimestories #truecrimedocumentary #history