In 1825, the French story of a murderous barber appears in Tell-Tale Magazine under the title "A Terrific Story of the Rue de la Harpe." No reference to Fouché is mentioned in the story, and in it the barber is attacked by his latest victims dog who then discovers its masters body .The story was then taken up by the English writer Thomas Peckett Prest as 'The String of Pearls' in 1846, and was dramatized by George Dibdin-Pitt the following year.