| Description |
301 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-288) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The Whitechapel murders -- The East End was a dangerous place -- The gangs of Whitechapel -- Soldiers -- Jack the Ripper -- "He's gone to gateshead" -- Bits of body turning up here and there -- "What a cow!" -- Murder by natural causes -- The ripper that never was -- A gruesome jigsaw -- Jack the Ripper or not? -- The body from elsewhere -- The fit-up -- American swansong? -- Afterword. |
| Summary |
Meditates on the possibility that Jack the Ripper had more victims beyond the five London women confirmed dead, including others in Britain or even across the seas. |
| Subject |
Jack, the Ripper.
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Serial murders -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
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Whitechapel (London, England) -- History.
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Victims of crimes -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
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| Added Author |
Bennett, John, 1968-
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| ISBN |
9780300117202 (alkaline paper) |
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0300117205 (alkaline paper) |
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