The Thames torso murders of Victorian London / by R. Michael Gordon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon, R. Michael, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Serial murders--England--London--History--19th century.

Serial murders.

Serial murderers.

History.

England--London.

Serial murderers--England--London--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

x, 247 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2002]

Summary:

This work delves deep into the case of the Thames Torso Murders. It begins with a look at London in the late 1800s and the killer's path to London, which seems to include a murder in Paris in 1886. The book then examines in great detail each murder and the investigation that may have been hindered by the search for Jack the Ripper. It also raises the idea that Jack the Ripper and the Torso Murderer may have been the same man Severin Klosowski, better known as George Chapman, the Borough Poisoner. It ends with an examination of the files on the Ripper, Torso, and Borough Poisoner murder cases.

Contents:

Introduction to murder

The road to serial murder. London's bloody history. Of torsos, torture and serial murder. The Rainham mystery of 1887. A rich environment for a serial killer

The Ripper era. The Whitehall torso mystery of 1888. In the shadow of the Ripper. The torso murder of Elizabeth Jackson, 1889. The mystery of the Pinchin Street torso, 1889

A serial killer and a final torso. The serial killer up close. On the trail of a Victorian serial killer, George Chapman. The torso of Salamanca Place, 1902. A possible motive as a dark horse emerges, Wolff Levisohn

Postscript of terror.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-242) and index.

ISBN:

0786413484

OCLC:

49727622