It was the case that took the Victorian world by storm and inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to pen murder mysteries and even after more than 150 the grisly murder of a three-year-old boy at a house in Rode is still capable of shocking and mystifying in equal measures. Our story continues:At the request of local magistrates, the Home Secretary sent Detective Inspector Jonathan Whicher to Road to investigate the murder. One of Scotland Yard's first eight detectives, Inspector Whicher was Victorian...
