On April 24th in 1882: Mary Ann “Polly” Nichols enters the Lambeth Workhouse. On April 24th in 1889: Florence Maybrick purchases a number of fly papers which would later incriminate her for the poisoning of her husband. On April 24th in 1891: Carrie Brown [a.k.a. ‘Old Shakespeare’] is murdered in New York City, USA.