For a long time, people have been asking if there ever was a real Sweeney Todd, otherwise known as the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. As you can see here, there was a Sweeney Todd hair salon at 152 Fleet Street! One has to wonder whether clients had a Guinness to feel better about getting a haircut there. However, we can assume that the hairdresser(s) here did not slice up customers to make pies. The original Sweeney Todd debuted as a fictional character in 1846, while the barbershop pictured above was photographed sometime in the 1920s. Read more about it at Londonist. While there are plenty of Barbershops and salons named after Sweeney Todd today, none of them are on Fleet Street in London. -via Nag on the Lake
(Image source: Old Photos of Essex Kent & London)