Is Sweeney Todd a true story?

Question

Is Sweeney Todd a true story?

Answer 1

He is loosely based off a true person.  

Similar to other characters like Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs, Norman Bates in Psycho, and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre - these are loosely based off Ed Gein.    

Answer 2

idk but its an awesome movie. and would love to see it a play of it.

helen bonham(i think) carter. does such a good job doing goth roles. shes awesome as bellatrix in harry potter movies.  

Answer 3

Yes. Read this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...

Answer 4

No ,Sweeney Todd is a fictional English serial killer who first appeared as one of the protagonists of a penny dreadful serial entitled The String of Pearls (1846-1847). In the most common versions of the story, he is an English barber who murders his customers with a cut-throat razor,

Answer 5

no, but if you like musicals... it was a good one!

Answer 6

Well reading that and watching the dvds feature on this it seems to me that there was a man that slit throats round London.

Whether his name really was Sweeney Todd or not does seem fictional but even so I would like to know.

The story is based on a London legend so it may or may not be true.

I personally belive there was a Sweeney Todd but different people have different opinions.

Answer 7

Well...people dont really know. Its a mysery really. Sweeney's exitence is debatable.

Ont he special features of sweeney todd there is a thing where they discuss this exact thing. Theres a woman who beleives it is fication but a man who beleives its true.

This is true though, on 184 fleet street where sweeney was meant to have lived, human remains were found under the ground of the place. That bit is proved and has evidence. But i dunno....i guess its up to you to decide whether you beleive or not. I do = ] I like the mystery of it!

Answer 8

It is most likely fake but there are story's that it was loosely based on something that happened in th 1700s but he was a character in a collection of short stories.

Answer 9

As Alison said, the story is totally fictional.

Answer 10

Oh God I hope not!

Answer 11

It's based on a true story of a barber who murdered his customers