Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, is a legendary fictional character who first appeared in the Victorian penny dreadful “The String of Pearls” in 1846. He has since been depicted in various media, including a 1979 musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, and several film adaptations. The character is a London barber who murders people and has them turned into meat pies.