Episode 257: In Victoria, B.C., on the rainy evening of Friday, September 29, 1899, on her way home from work alone, forty-four-year-old Agnes Bings walked across a railroad bridge, cutting through the Songhees Reserve as she did every other night without incident. This night, however, would be her last. Someone took her life somewhere during the 20-minute walk between her bakery on Store Street and the Bings family home on Russell Street. The next morning, Agnes Bing’s body was discovered. She’d been strangled, and her body mutilated. Her slaying has never been solved, although there have been a few suspects, interestingly including the world’s most famous serial killer, Jack the Ripper, whose 1888 crimes also remain unsolved.
Sources:
HISTORY OF DOWNTOWN VICTORIA | LIVE SITE
Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency Records Relating To The Murder of Agnes Bings | PDF
Historical police records give a glimpse into Victoria’s seamier side | Times Colonist
The British Colonist 1858-1961
Agnes Bings (1855-1899) – Find a Grave Memorial
Murder & Mutilation In Victoria – Jack The Ripper Forums – Ripperology For The 21st Century
Unlocking the Dark Secrets of Victoria – Monday Magazine
Coroner Inquests in BC around the time of Agnes Bings’ Murder
Seeing Dead People E23 — Mrs. Bings Meets a Madman
The History of Garrick’s Head Pub | Victoria, BC, Canada
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