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- The story is based in 1785 and concerns the disappearance of an English mariner, Lieutenant Thornhill. Thornhill was last seen entering Todd’s barber shop. He was carrying a string of pearls that he intended to give to the lover of a man he had served with and who had been lost to the ocean during their voyage.
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Plot synopsis. In the original version of the tale, Todd is a barber who kills his victims by pulling a lever as they sit in his barber chair. His victims fall backward through a revolving trap door into the basement of his shop, generally causing them to break their necks or skulls.
The story is based in 1785 and concerns the disappearance of an English mariner, Lieutenant Thornhill. Thornhill was last seen entering Todd’s barber shop. He was carrying a string of pearls that he intended to give to the lover of a man he had served with and who had been lost to the ocean during their voyage.
Jan 3, 2006 · Crime historian Peter Haining, who ploughed through the available evidence for 25 years before writing Sweeney Todd: The Real Story of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street in 1993, believes so.
Oct 30, 2019 · It’s not based on a true story. Within a year or two of its publication, other writers began adapting The String of Pearls, claiming it was based on fact. However, there’s never been any historical evidence for Sweeney Todd’s existence or his crimes.
- Grace Lapointe
Oct 16, 2017 · There cannot be many who have not heard the story of Sweeney Todd, the infamous 'Demon Barber', who during the late 18th century slashed his way through innumerable unsuspecting customers in his...
Aug 12, 2023 · While Sweeney Todd first sprang into the popular imagination in the Victorian literature series The String Of Pearls, the man behind the barber’s knife might have been inspired by a real person who dates back a whole lot longer.
Aug 19, 2023 · Though the tale of Sweeney Todd has long been dismissed as a myth, two books by journalist Peter Haining asserts that the murderous barber was, in fact, a real person. The following is Haining’s ...
