The Violin Case Killer: Charles Peace – Victorian England’s Master Burglar & Double Murderer
In the gas-lit streets of Victorian England, one man moved like a shadow. By day he played the violin. By night he climbed through windows, revolver in hand.
Charles Peace was a crippled steelworker’s son who became one of the most notorious criminals of the 19th century — a prolific cat burglar, master of disguise, and double murderer. He shot a policeman dead and watched an innocent man nearly hang for it. Then he stalked a neighbour’s wife and killed her husband in their own backyard… before vanishing into London society for two more years of daring burglaries.
Host Alexander Lawson…
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