Dr. H.H. Holmes and The Whitechapel Ripper

by Dane Ladwig, Bonnie Classen (Editor), William Cook (Illustrations)

Serial killer doctor Henry Howard "H.H." Holmes was the most viable suspect for the 1888 Whitechapel London murders attributed to the enigma we have come to know as "Jack the Ripper." The research in this nonfiction true crime investigative journal of documents and case file historic accounts reveals startling information that leads the reader to perhaps the most hidden secrets behind the crimes. A "perfect dichotomy" that produces evidence that one man may have been a serial killer on two continents in the nineteenth century, responsible for the deaths of hundreds, or thousands of innocent victims. Documentation amassed from the London Metropolitan Police, the British National Archives, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, and the American National Archives along with many outside sources, bring to light new testimony and eyewitness reports that help to solve these 125 year old crimes resolving this cold case crime.

Genres: True Crime

294 pages, Paperback

First published January 31, 2014

About the author

Dane Ladwig was born in Hammond, Indiana and he now resides in a quaint community in the NW suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. He holds degree's in English, Philosophy and Theology. Although Dane grew up under the tough confines of Chicago's south side and the Logan Square area, his sensitive views of the human condition help to excel him as a compassionate and empathetic writer.

Dane's life-long passion for riding his Harley and paying homage to his countries Armed Forces personnel leads him to join many causes on behalf of his American Legion Post #1941 Lagrange, Il. Dane is a member of the American Legion Riders. Dane is an accredited ordained Chaplain and he has served in the mission field (Guaymas Mexico). Dane has served as Assistant Chaplain with a National Football Team. He has also preformed several colorful careers in his lifetime, such as providing security detail for the President of the United States (George Bush Sr. - Homeland Security), and providing security to many celebrities. Dane is proficient in playing several music instruments.

Although Dane enjoys reading the classics, he writes nonfiction and his passions for writing include most topics investigating matters relating to the human condition.

In addition to Dane's first book Piercing the Veils of Death, he is currently writing a book connecting two of histories most notorious serial killers. He hopes to shed new light on a 125 year old evidence with the assistance of Scotland Yard and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Historians and researchers have claimed, "This book is sure to rewrite history!"

Reviews

[Cecilia Brown]

Worst Ever

This is the worst book so far on the Ripper Murders. Of course the author claims to be able to make a case that H.H.Holmes, who built the Murder Hotel in Chicago and killed dozens of people, was Jack the Ripper too. But a case there isn't. I really wanted to see where he was going with this so I stuck with the lousy writing for many dozens of pages. But when he gets to the Ripper part no evidence is given. Glad I didn't have to pay for this .

[Amanda Wussow]

This was a hard book to get through. In fact, I could not finish. I am very interested in the case, but the author made me (the reader) feel dumb. He constantly had to remind us who Herman Webster Mudgett was in the beginning. Yes, I get that this is H.H. Holmes. Move on! He repeated information numerous times, which again, made me frustrated. The last straw was a paragraph he wrote regarding Dostoevsky's "House of the Dead." The author's timeline is so far off and made me completely discredit anything else in the book. He said, "In 1862 Russian philosopher and novelist, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, wrote in his book, 'House of the Dead,' 'The degree of civilization can be judged by its prisons.' I have often wondered if Dostoevsky based his theory on the imprisonment, trial, and execution of Dr. Holmes." Now, Holmes' trial happened in 1895. Unless I'm misunderstanding, Dostoevsky could not have based his theory on this 1895 trial when he wrote his book in 1862. I closed the book at this point.

[K P Lawrence]

Worth a read

Information, interesting, well worth a read. Some compelling points to be considered. The author has catapulted another possibility right to the top of the list of Ripper suspects.

[michelle Gray]

Fantastic! Loved this book

I read the devil in the white city a few years ago but the way you explain the correlation and timing of Holmes does seem to point to his bloody hands in Whitechapel. It was usually the grave robbers that weren't afraid to get theirs dirty to make some money. Holmes was intelligent and sociopathic so there wasn't any feeling involved except for satisfaction.
I hope you write more books!

[Debbie Carnes]

There are a lot of books out there on H H Homes , I've have read just about all of them, as I love Jack the Ripper books

This did not really cover anything I haven't read before, saying that it is a good book for anyone who has not read about HH Homes before

[E. T. Brother]

Not bad