The whole town of London was in awe and horror as the newspapers were handed out one cold, winter day. The paperboy trod through the heavy snow before even the sun cracked and delivered the paper to each doorstep. At about 5:30 he dropped it on the doorstep of the drunkard Willis, a regular at Mrs. Lovett's Meat Pie Emporium. He had ventured there every day since she made her new recipe, and drake the ale by the gallons.
But as soon as he saw the news, he would never return.
About two hours later he awoke with a splitting headache, and per usual, got dressed. His first order of business was to drink the headache away (not recommended). As soon as he got dressed, he stumbled outside, not noticing the snow-covered newspaper on his doorstep. He trod through the snow until he arrived at the shop. However, he noticed something was different.
The door appeared to have been broken, and tables were strewn about. Mrs. Lovett was not in her usual spot, no longer serving ale and pies to the rude drunkards. In fact, no one was there. He stepped inside to see if there truly was no one.
"Hello?!" He shouted. Out of the darkness stepped a stout police officer, wielding a baton. "Leave here." The officer said. "No more meat pies for you filth!" Willis stepped back in disgust and confusion. "What the hell are you talking about?"
"You haven't heard?" the police officer was closer now. "We found the bodies of the Beadle, Turpin, a crazed woman, and Todd in the basement, their throats slit. We expect Lovett has been killed, too, but we can't find the body."
It sounded disgusting to Willis. "Who did this?" he asked in horror.
"There was a child down there, attempting to put Turpin into the grinder. He was muttering something about making a pie while he did it." At that moment, Willis realized. He stepped back in disgust and almost threw up. "Are the meat pies people?"
The officer looked up and responded. "It would coincide with mysterious disappearances around Fleet Street lately. The verdict so far is yes." The sentence caused Willis to stumble. He had been eating people? It was like a nightmare, finally come true.
"If you had the pies, we recommend you visit a doctor. Eating human meat can have affects on the body."
It all came back in a rush. Now, the famous meat pies suddenly became the worst pies in London.