Jack the Ripper: An Encyclopedia
- ISBN-10
- 1576074145
- ISBN-13
- 9781576074145
- Series
- Jack the Ripper
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-01-01
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Author
- John J. Eddleston
Description
A detailed and meticulously researched encyclopedia on all aspects of Jack the Ripper, one of the world's most famous, and mysterious, serial killers. * 450+ entries arranged around themes such as suspects, victims, police, myths, and errors * Verbatim accounts of eight important letters written at the times of the murders that may be genuine, or that other writers have claimed to be genuine * A timeline of the era of Jack the Ripper, beginning with a poisoning in 1887 and ending with the writing of the Littlechild letter in 1913 * 12 maps detailing the location of each murder * Numerous photographs including explicit postmortem photos of many of the victims attributed to Jack the Ripper
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