The subtitle we know today gained major traction with the 1936 horror film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street , starring Tod Slaughter.
The character didn't actually start with that famous subtitle. His journey through pop culture spans over 150 years: subtitle Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Flee...
Sweeney Todd first appeared as the villain in a "penny dreadful" (cheap Victorian serial) titled The String of Pearls: A Romance . The subtitle we know today gained major traction