Jack the Ripper : Scotland Yard investigates / Stewart P. Evans and Donald Rumbelow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Stewart P.

Contributor:

Rumbelow, Donald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jack, the Ripper.

Jack.

Serial murder investigation--England--London--History--19th century.

Serial murder investigation.

Serial murderers--England--London--Identification.

Serial murderers.

History.

England--London.

Genre:

Field guides.

Physical Description:

viii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Stroud : Sutton, 2006.

Summary:

The horrific story of Jack the Ripper, the notorious serial killer who butchered prostitutes in the Whitechapel area of London in 1888, has remained in our collective consciousness as an unspeakable example of human depravity. This famously unsolved case is now part and parcel of global popular culture with countless books and films of ripperology proposing theory and counter theory as to the real identity of Jack.

Contents:

1 A Gentleman of Angularities 1

2 Policing the Metropolis 10

3 King Stork Takes Command 32

4 First Blood 47

5 Ghastly Crimes Committed by a Maniac? 56

6 Horror upon Horror 66

7 The London Terror 96

8 A Thirst for Blood 114

9 Sleuth-hounds and Conspiracies 141

10 The Letter Writers 148

11 Whitechapel is Panic Stricken 173

12 Uneasy Aftermath 194

13 The Ripper Again? 205

14 The End of the Whitechapel Murders 216

15 Was there a Police Solution? 223

16 Did Anderson Know? 243

17 Popular Ripper Myths 257

Appendix 1 Divisions of the Metropolitan and City Police, 1888 269

Appendix 2 List of Letters Sent to the City Police 271.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0750942282

OCLC:

71239046