Through World War II history and cultural depictions of the Blitz, Americans know plenty about the air raids and blackout precautions ... then they were going to find something to drop it on ...

Even if the murders were some of the most grisliest ever seen in England’s capital city. The Blackout Ripper was the nickname given to 28-year-old Gordon Frederick Cummins, an English serial ...

They were mostly volunteers with day jobs whose responsibility it was to police the blackout. In the event of an air raid they needed to know where people were sheltering so that the emergency ...