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The Ripper Reports
The year is 1888 and one of the world's most notorious serial killers is about to throw Victorian London into turmoil.
Using press reports from the time The Ripper Reports reveals the story of Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel Murders as events unfolded.
If you already know the Ripper crimes well, you will be astonished by the fallacies and misinformation initially reported as events unfolded, and if you are new to the crimes of Jack the Ripper you can experience the rollercoaster of press reports as the Victorian public would have done at the time.
Paperback version includes both a name and street name index.
Using press reports from the time The Ripper Reports reveals the story of Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel Murders as events unfolded.
If you already know the Ripper crimes well, you will be astonished by the fallacies and misinformation initially reported as events unfolded, and if you are new to the crimes of Jack the Ripper you can experience the rollercoaster of press reports as the Victorian public would have done at the time.
Paperback version includes both a name and street name index.
- GenresCrime
400 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 10, 2021
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September 26, 2022
Great overview
Great overview of newspaper reporting during the Ripper murders. This book is exactly what it says on the tin and makes it a lot easier to research the newspapers of the time.
Great overview of newspaper reporting during the Ripper murders. This book is exactly what it says on the tin and makes it a lot easier to research the newspapers of the time.
March 28, 2021
Exactly what it says. 1888 press reports on Jack the Ripper and other murders committed around the same time. News reports from all over the country.
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