Did sweeny todd exist?

Question

Did sweeny todd exist?

Answer 1

No its a fictional story.

Answer 2

He is supposed to have lived in the 18th century, but there are no official records to state whether he actually existed or not.

Answer 3

There are no official records, but according to The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers (second edition), he did.

"Todd, Sweeney (1756-1802) AKA: Human Ghoul

Dates active: 1784-1801

Venue: London, England

Victims: 160 alleged

MO: Real-life "Demon barber of Fleet Street" who robbed/killed patrons of both sexes; flesh of victims processed and sold as "veal pies" by his lover/accomplice Margery Lovett

Disposition: Hanged on one count, Jan. 25, 1802; Lovett committed suicide in prison after confessing on Dec. 1801"

Answer 4

No, Sweeney Todd was just a character made up for a play/musical.

Answer 5

No.  He is a fictional character.  he first appeared in a 19th century novel called The String of Pearls, an early detective story, in which he is simply a villain.  More recently,a musical was written about him in which he is given a tragic story that somehow explains why he became a murderer, and tries to turn him into a sort of tragic hero (it does not succeed, in my opinion).