Rivals of the Ripper
Unsolved Murders of Women in Late Victorian London
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime, Murder, History, British
| Author: | Jan Bondeson | ISBN: | 9780750968577 |
| Publisher: | The History Press | Publication: | February 4, 2016 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jan Bondeson |
| ISBN: | 9780750968577 |
| Publisher: | The History Press |
| Publication: | February 4, 2016 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
Jack the Ripper is the quintessential Victorian serial killer, and the debate continues with regard to the number of his victims. But there is a profusion of unsolved murders of London women from late Victorian times, and this book presents 11 of the most gruesome and mysterious of them. Marvel at the convoluted Kingswood Mystery and the unsolved Cannon Street Murder of 1866; shudder at the Hoxton Horror and the Great Coram Street Murder of 1872; be puzzled by the West Ham Disappearances and by the unsolved railway murder of Elizabeth Camp in 1898. There are many books about the Whitechapel fiend, but this is the first one to detail the ghoulish handiwork of the Ripper's rivals.
Jack the Ripper is the quintessential Victorian serial killer, and the debate continues with regard to the number of his victims. But there is a profusion of unsolved murders of London women from late Victorian times, and this book presents 11 of the most gruesome and mysterious of them. Marvel at the convoluted Kingswood Mystery and the unsolved Cannon Street Murder of 1866; shudder at the Hoxton Horror and the Great Coram Street Murder of 1872; be puzzled by the West Ham Disappearances and by the unsolved railway murder of Elizabeth Camp in 1898. There are many books about the Whitechapel fiend, but this is the first one to detail the ghoulish handiwork of the Ripper's rivals.
