MURDER TALES : JACK THE RIPPER

Softcover. Jack the Ripper - sailor, soldier, butcher, barber, black magician, blackmailer, doctor, docker, artist, poet, religious zealot, ruffian, royal, victim, villain... Jack the Ripper, he was all of these things and none of them. A faceless blank slate for a century of researchers to etch their elaborate theories upon. We all think we know the story of the world's most renowned serial killer, yet the real story has been lost in over a century of lies, misunderstandings and half-truths. Here, the author explores the complicated history surrounding the myth of Jack the Ripper. He explores with his trademark dry wit and eye for detail the evidence for a medical ripper, the evidence of the eyewitnesses, the methods and failures of the police investigation, the obsession that the crimes ignited at the time and today, finally he walks us through the suspects and peculiar theories that have so obscured the truth for over a century. A must read for fans of the Murder Tales series, die-hard Ripperologist or those who are risking the obsession of the Ripper for the very first time. Bibliog. Unpaginated. (341pp.) trade size softcover. As New with no creasing to covers. A fairly heavy book which will require additional postage, particularly if shipped overease.