In seedy Victorian London, William Garvey, a serial killer, is shortly to hang for his crimes. Balladeer Mr Owler kidnaps a journalist, Edmund Whitty, to force ... » 

In seedy Victorian London, William Garvey, a serial killer, is shortly to hang for his crimes. Balladeer Mr Owler kidnaps a journalist, Edmund Whitty, to force him to get a confession from Garvey. They embark on a strange journey, where copycat murders continue despite Garvey's incarceration. «