During World War II, the cities and towns of England often went dark to protect them from air raids. But as blackouts may have thwarted German bombers, they eased the way for English criminals to mug, burglar, and murder.
In a new post, the British Newspaper Archive explores blackout crime in the UK during the Second World War, including the early fears of a ‘blackout crime wave,’ how violence was directed at women during the blackout, and the crimes of ‘Blackout Ripper‘ Gordon Frederick Cummins.
