Jack the Ripper's Black Magic Rituals

by Ivor Edwards

For more than a century, the horrific story of Jack the Ripper has endured. The ghastly crimes of the world’s most notorious serial killer have become legend, and since they were committed, contemporary sleuths have spent many lifetimes attempting to identify their perpetrator. Jack the Ripper’s Black Magic Rituals takes the reader step-by-step through the precise events at the center of the Ripper’s reign of terror, uncovering a twisted mélange of murder and black magic. More importantly, author Ivor J. Edwards makes a convincing case as to Jack the Ripper’s true identity. That man is Dr. Robert Donston Stephenson, an army surgeon, occultist, and magician, who may have also murdered and dismembered his own wife before his terrible spree in Whitechapel began.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction, History

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[James Newman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read and reread this study over fifty times for research purposes for two of my own novels. I have the hardback version. The dust cover is long gone and the black cloth and etched writing along the spine is sinister looking and was funnily enough the one book the termites didn't eat when one of my bookcases was infested.

Now, the argument may be flawed in places and the author may have the wrong man. I like to think he has the right man. I once posted on a "ripperologist" site about the findings in this book. And one of the posters wrote back saying discovering this book was "like finding a brand new Ferrari in your drive, but once you get inside you discover there's no engine. The thing doesn't work."

Nonetheless the theory is fascinating and the suspect is intriguing. A must read for anyone on the hunt for the real Ripper. I would have liked to have learned more about the actual process of the rituals carried out after the killings. But that, along with the identity of the Ripper, is obviously something we will never know.

[A.J. Griffiths-Jones · Rating 3 out of 5]

A 'Jack the Ripper' suspect without foundation. Most of the authors findings are circumstantial & none can actually place him at the scene of any of the crimes. The black magic connection makes for interesting reading but again nothing worth taking as fact. Worth the effort but exasperating at times as the book is padded out with irrelevant references to modern day crimes & author experiences.

[Kimberly Filkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is book has some very compelling evidence for its suspect. This is a whole new way to look at the case and it's changed my perspective somewhat.

[Sev · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hilarious.

[Phil Beeken · Rating 4 out of 5]

i gave it 4 stars as it is utterly bonkers reading. Yes it's mad and dark and daft and as far fetched as it sounds... then again if what he says is true....