Sweeney Todd has been called the greatest mass murderer in English history'. With the aid of a revolving chair and a cut-throat razor, he is said to have robbed and butchered over 160 victims in his barber shop before taking the remains of his victims to his accomplice, Margery Lovett, who cooked their flesh for her meat pies.

In this definitive biography Peter Haining delves into the grim underworld of London 150 years ago to expose the man behind the myth. Separating fact from fiction, he reveals a gruesome and bizarre story with a unique criminal at its heart. It will certainly give pie-lovers food for thought.