Niebla en Whitechapel

This Spanish-language pulp story, "Niebla en Whitechapel" (Fog in Whitechapel) by Curtis Garland, is set in 1888 East London. The narrative opens with Martha Turner, a separated woman of modest means, fleeing a tavern called El Ángel y la Corona after a violent confrontation with a drunken sailor. Walking through fog-shrouded Whitechapel and Spitalfields late at night, she becomes aware of mysterious footsteps following her. Terrified, she flees into a darkened building entrance. The story then shifts to Scotland Yard, where Inspector Abberline investigates Martha's brutal murder—thirty-nine stab wounds inflicted with two different knives with surgical precision. The killer did not rob her. The second chapter introduces the Blue Sparrow lodging house on Saint Mark Street, which accommodates poor students and struggling artists, establishing the setting for further investigation.