The Camden Town Murder: Emily Dimmock (1907)

In September 1907, Emily Dimmock was found murdered in her rented rooms in Camden Town, her throat cut while she slept. Known to some as “Phyllis,” she lived a double life in Edwardian London, moving between respectability and survival.This episode explores Emily’s final days, the trial that followed, andwhy the Camden Town Murder remains unsolved more than a century later.Source MaterialsNapley, Sir David. The Camden Town Murder. In Great Murder Trials of the Twentieth Century. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson / Orion.Barber, John. The Camden Town Murder. Barber, John. “The Camden Town Murder.” Ripperologist, no. 44 (December 2002). Reprinted at Casebook.org.Grant, Thomas. Court Number One: The Old Bailey, the Trials and Scandals. London: John Murray, 2019.Oates, Jonathan. Unsolved Murders in Victorian and Edwardian London. Barnsley: Wharncliffe, 2007.Melville, Elizabeth. “The Camden Town Murder.” Medium.com.Tilstra, Elizabeth. “A Killer in London: The Camden Town Murder.” The Line-Up.Contemporary newspaper coverage including The News of the World, Illustrated Police News, and The Penny Illustrated Paper (1907).