Investigate the 1805 murder of Isaac Blight, the subject of Blood on the Thames by Thomas Morris
Blood on the Thames
The Murder of Isaac Blight, 1805
Isaac Blight
The Victim
The Star • London
Extraordinary Murder
On Saturday evening last, a most horrid murder was committed at Rotherhithe, on the person of Mr Isaac Blight, a respectable shipbreaker near Greenland Dock…
Aaron Graham
Bow Street Magistrate
Richard Patch
The Prime Suspect
Rotherhithe & Deptford
From Horwood’s map of London
Plan of Mr Blight’s Premises
Drawn by surveyor Wm Kinnard
Scene of the Crime
Isaac Blight’s house
Astley Cooper
Surgeon
Hester Kitchener
Servant to the Blights
The Murder Weapon
A cavalry pistol
William Garrow
Counsel for the Prosecution
Bow Street Magistrates’ Court
The Public Office
“Wilful Murder by some person or persons unknown”
— Coroner’s jury verdict
— Coroner’s jury verdict
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Blood on the Thames
A shocking murder. A suspect with an alibi. A trial that gripped a nation. The mysterious death of shipbreaker Isaac Blight — and the investigation that helped create the modern detective.
Published by Harvill, November 2026
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