Softcover. The Whitechapel Journal was founded by Stephen Wright, a Ripperologist who was based in New York. Stephen wrote 'Jack the Ripper - An American View' a p/back published in 1999 and limited to 150 copies. The first issue of Whitechapel Journal was published in Autumn 1996, and thereafter every Spring and Autumn until Stephen sadly died. The contents of Issue No. 4 include : A Review by Virginia Love Long of 'The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers' by Schechter/Everitt; How to Read a Jack the Ripper Book by Dr Frederick Walker; A Review by Stephen Wright of 'The Alienist' by Caleb Carr; A Review by John Kennedy Melling of 'The Ripper and the Royals' by Melvyn Fairclough; A Review by Dr Frederick Walker of 'The Crimes, Detection and Death of Jack the Ripper' by Martin Fido; A Review by Jesse F. Knight of 'The Whitechapel Horrors' by Edward B. Hanna; A Review by Dr Frederick Walker of 'The Jack the Ripper Whitechapel Murders' by O'Donnell/Parlour; A Review by Dr Frederick Walker of 'Jack the Ripper the Final Chapter' by Paul H. Feldman; A Review by Jesse F. Knight of 'Jack the Ripper: "Light-Hearted Friend' by Richard Wallace; A Review by Stephen Wright of 'The Killer Who Never Was' by Peter Turnbull. 21pp. A4 stapled magazine format. Nr. F. Scarce.