The London Museum notes the Muffin Man in the rhyme resides on Drury Lane, adjacent to Covent Garden in London, which was a impoverished area with a notorious reputation in the 18th century.

The Muffin Man nursery rhyme has been around for centuries but people are only just starting to realise the sinister story ...

The Muffin Man nursery rhyme was first recorded around 1820 and tells the tale of Frederick Thomas Lynwood, who lived on London's Drury Lane in the late 16th century ...

And the rhyme could very well have been inspired by a real muffin man of Drury Lane, which is a thoroughfare bordering Covent Garden in downtown London.

THE MUFFIN MAN. NOW, URBAN LEGEND HAS IT THAT A LONDON BAKER BY THE NAME OF FREDERICK LINWOOD LIVED ON DRURY LANE AND USED TO LURE CHILDREN IN WITH MUFFINS IN ORDER TO ALLEGEDLY DO THEM HARM.

Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen has become the Games’ breakout social media star by making videos about a delicious delicacy from the Olympic Village.

Shrek the Musical will shutter at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Feb. 24, 2013, after a 20-month run, and will be followed by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , originally slated for the ...