Jack the Ripper : the forgotten victims / Paul Begg & John Bennett.

  • Begg, Paul.
Date:
2013
  • Books

About this work

Description

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.

Publication/Creation

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.

Physical description

301 pages, [12] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-288) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    KM.432.AA8
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780300117202
  • 0300117205