Interpreting the Ripper Letters
Missed Clues and Reflections on Victorian Society
This true crime history examines the media frenzy surrounding Jack the Ripper-and what the so-called Ripper Letters reveal about Victorian society. In the autumn of 1888, a series of grisly murders took place in Whitechapel in London's East End. The Whitechapel murderer, arguably the first of his kind, was never caught, though the police and local press received hundreds of letters claiming to be from the killer. Though most if not all of these letters were hoaxes, they gave rise to the best known pen-name in criminal history: Jack the Ripper. Some letters were taken more seriously than others, while a few-such as the infamous Dear Boss let…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5267-3930-8
- EAN: 9781526739308
- Produktnummer: 35173535
- Verlag: Pen & Sword Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'195 KB
Über den Autor
M.J.Trow is a crime historian who has written several books on Jack the Ripper and the murders of his time. One of them, Quest for a Killer featured as a documentary for the Discovery Channel in 2009. He has conducted his own Ripper walks in Whitechapel and is a regular lecturer at the annual Ripper conferences held each summer.
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