Jack the Ripper: An Encyclopedia by John J. Eddleston
ABC-CLIO | English | 2001 | ISBN: 1576074145 | 304 Pages | PDF | 2.7 MB
ABC-CLIO | English | 2001 | ISBN: 1576074145 | 304 Pages | PDF | 2.7 MB
A detailed and meticulously researched encyclopedia on all aspects of Jack the Ripper, one of the world's most famous, and mysterious, serial killers.
• 450+ entries arranged around themes such as suspects, victims, police, myths, and errors
• Verbatim accounts of eight important letters written at the times of the murders that may be genuine, or that other writers have claimed to be genuine
• A timeline of the era of Jack the Ripper, beginning with a poisoning in 1887 and ending with the writing of the Littlechild letter in 1913
• 12 maps detailing the location of each murder
• Numerous photographs including explicit postmortem photos of many of the victims attributed to Jack the Ripper