Jack The Ripper The London Press

Author : L. Perry Curtis
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001-11-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780300133691

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Jack the Ripper & the London Press by L. Perry Curtis Pdf

“Breaks new ground in its examination of the role of newspaper reporting during the police hunt for the first notorious serial killer.”—Reviews in History Press coverage of the 1888 mutilation murders attributed to Jack the Ripper was of necessity filled with gaps and silences, for the killer remained unknown and Victorian journalists had little experience reporting serial murders and sex crimes. This engrossing book examines how fourteen London newspapers—dailies and weeklies, highbrow and lowbrow—presented the Ripper news, in the process revealing much about the social, political, and sexual anxieties of late Victorian Britain and the role of journalists in reinforcing social norms. L. Perry Curtis surveys the mass newspaper culture of the era, delving into the nature of sensationalism and the conventions of domestic murder news. Analyzing the fourteen newspapers—two of which emanated from the East End, where the murders took place—he shows how journalists played on the fears of readers about law and order by dwelling on lethal violence rather than sex, offering gruesome details about knife injuries but often withholding some of the more intimate details of the pelvic mutilations. He also considers how the Ripper news affected public perceptions of social conditions in Whitechapel. “The apparently motiveless violence of the Whitechapel killings denied journalists a structure, and it is the resulting creativity in news reporting that L Perry Curtis Jr describes. His impressive book makes a genuine contribution to 19th-century history in a way that books addressing the banal question of the identity of the Ripper do not.”—The Guardian

Author : Alexandra Warwick,Martin Willis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UVA:X030275854

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Jack the Ripper by Alexandra Warwick,Martin Willis Pdf

This edited work collects together some of the best academic work on the most important and sensational murder case of the 19th century.

Author : Stewart P Evans,Keith Skinner
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997-02-20
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780750953818

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Jack the Ripper: Letters from Hell by Stewart P Evans,Keith Skinner Pdf

The name 'Jack the Ripper' is instantly recognised throughout the world, yet many people probably don't know that the famous nickname first appeared in a letter or that this was where the whole legend of Jack the Ripper really began. This title poses a controversial question: was 'Jack the Ripper' merely a press invention?

Author : Michael Burgan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781481479448

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Jack the Ripper by Michael Burgan Pdf

Looks at one of historys most infamous serial killers known for committing gruesome murders in the late nineteenth-century who remains one of the world's most infamous criminals

Author : Frank Spiering
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Prince Jack: The True Story of Jack The Ripper by Frank Spiering Pdf

Author : Paul Begg,John Bennett
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-28
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780300207071

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Jack the Ripper by Paul Begg,John Bennett Pdf

Two Ripper experts examine unsolved murders—from Great Britain and around the world—that occurred during the era of the notorious killer. The number of women murdered and mutilated by Jack the Ripper is impossible to know, although most researchers now agree on five individuals. These five canonical cases have been examined at length in Ripper literature, but other contemporary murders and attacks bearing strong resemblance to the gruesome Ripper slayings have received scant attention. These unsolved cases are the focus of this intriguing book. The volume looks at a dozen female victims who were attacked during the years of Jack the Ripper’s murder spree. Their terrible stories—a few survived to bear witness, but most died of their wounds—illuminate key aspects of the Ripper case and the period: the gangs of London’s Whitechapel district, Victorian prostitutes, the public panic inspired by the crimes and fueled by journalists, medical practices of the day, police procedures and competency, and the probable existence of other serial killers. The book also considers crimes initially attributed to Jack the Ripper in other parts of Britain and the world, notably New York, Jamaica, and Nicaragua. In a final chapter, the drive to identify the Ripper is examined, looking at suspects as well as several important theories, revealing the lengths to which some have gone to claim success in identifying Jack the Ripper. “When it comes to the meticulous details of a murder, the minute-by-minute examination of a crime and its policing, Messrs. Begg and Bennett are the very best in the true-crime genre.”—Judith Flanders, Wall Street Journal

Author : Peter Stubley
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780752489742

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1888 by Peter Stubley Pdf

In 1888 Jack the Ripper made the headlines with a series of horrific murders that remain unsolved to this day. But most killers are not shadowy figures stalking the streets with a lust for blood. Many are ordinary citizens driven to the ultimate crime by circumstance, a fit of anger or a desire for revenge. Their crimes, overshadowed by the few, sensational cases, are ignored, forgotten or written off. This book examines all the known murders in London in 1888 to build a picture of society. Who were the victims? How did they live, and how did they die? Why did a husband batter his wife to death after she failed to get him a cup of tea? How many died under the wheels of a horse-driven cab? Just how dangerous was London in 1888?

Author : Jonathan Hainsworth,Christine Ward-Agius
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781684511785

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The Escape of Jack the Ripper by Jonathan Hainsworth,Christine Ward-Agius Pdf

Previously published in 2020 by Amberley Publishing.

Author : Judith R. Walkowitz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226081014

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City of Dreadful Delight by Judith R. Walkowitz Pdf

From tabloid exposes of child prostitution to the grisly tales of Jack the Ripper, narratives of sexual danger pulsated through Victorian London. Expertly blending social history and cultural criticism, Judith Walkowitz shows how these narratives reveal the complex dramas of power, politics, and sexuality that were being played out in late nineteenth-century Britain, and how they influenced the language of politics, journalism, and fiction. Victorian London was a world where long-standing traditions of class and gender were challenged by a range of public spectacles, mass media scandals, new commercial spaces, and a proliferation of new sexual categories and identities. In the midst of this changing culture, women of many classes challenged the traditional privileges of elite males and asserted their presence in the public domain. An important catalyst in this conflict, argues Walkowitz, was W. T. Stead's widely read 1885 article about child prostitution. Capitalizing on the uproar caused by the piece and the volatile political climate of the time, women spoke of sexual danger, articulating their own grievances against men, inserting themselves into the public discussion of sex to an unprecedented extent, and gaining new entree to public spaces and journalistic practices. The ultimate manifestation of class anxiety and gender antagonism came in 1888 with the tabloid tales of Jack the Ripper. In between, there were quotidien stories of sexual possibility and urban adventure, and Walkowitz examines them all, showing how women were not simply figures in the imaginary landscape of male spectators, but also central actors in the stories of metropolotin life that reverberated in courtrooms, learned journals, drawing rooms, street corners, and in the letters columns of the daily press. A model of cultural history, this ambitious book will stimulate and enlighten readers across a broad range of interests.

Author : Russell Edwards
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781447264231

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Naming Jack the Ripper by Russell Edwards Pdf

Bringing together ground-breaking forensic discoveries – including vital DNA evidence – and gripping historical detective work, Naming Jack the Ripper constructs the first truly convincing case for identifying the world's most notorious serial killer. In 2007, businessman Russell Edwards bought a shawl believed to have been left beside the body of the fourth victim, Catherine Eddowes. He knew that, if genuine, the shawl would be the only piece of crime scene evidence still in existence. It was the start of an extraordinary seven-year quest for Russell as he sought to authenticate the shawl and learn its secrets. He had no idea that this journey would take him so far. After undergoing extensive forensic testing by one of the country's top scientists, the shawl was not only shown to be genuine, and stained with Catherine Eddowes' blood, but in a massive breakthrough the killer's DNA was also discovered –DNA that would allow Russell to finally put a name to Jack the Ripper . . .

Author : Adam Wood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1914277090

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Swanson and the Identity of Jack the Ripper by Adam Wood Pdf

Donald Sutherland Swanson was born in the far north of Scotland, leaving for London in 1867. The following year he joined the Metropolitan Police and began patrolling the streets of the capital as a uniformed constable. When he retired 35 years later, in 1903, he had risen to the rank of Superintendent of the CID at Scotland Yard, the top detective in the country. On 15th September 1888 Swanson was hand-picked by Commissioner Sir Charles Warren to lead the investigation into the Whitechapel murders by the so-called Jack the Ripper, as a result learning more about the case than any other officer as he read every report, statement, letter and telegram. Although the mystery was never officially solved, more than 50 years after Donald Swanson's death his grandson discovered private handwritten notes which seemed to finally explain what happened to the murderer - and to name him at last.

Author : Bruce Robinson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 1037 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780062296399

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They All Love Jack by Bruce Robinson Pdf

For over a hundred years, the mystery of Jack the Ripper has been a source of unparalleled fascination and horror, spawning an army of obsessive theorists and endless volumes purporting to finally reveal the identity of the brutal murderer who terrorized Victorian England. But what if there was never really any mystery at all? What if the Ripper was always hiding in plain sight, deliberately leaving a trail of clues to his identity for anyone who cared to look, while cynically mocking those who were supposedly attempting to bring him to justice? In They All Love Jack, the award-winning film director and screenwriter Bruce Robinson exposes the cover-up that enabled one of history's most notorious serial killers to remain at large. More than twelve years in the writing, this is no mere radical reinterpretation of the Jack the Ripper legend and an enthralling hunt for the killer. A literary high-wire act reminiscent of Tom Wolfe or Hunter S. Thompson, it is an expressionistic journey through the cesspools of late-Victorian society, a phantasmagoria of highly placed villains, hypocrites, and institutionalized corruption. Polemic forensic investigation and panoramic portrait of an age, underpinned by deep scholarship and delivered in Robinson's inimitably vivid and scabrous prose, They All Love Jack is an absolutely riveting and unique book, demolishing the theories of generations of self-appointed experts—the so-called Ripperologists—to make clear, at last, who really did it; and, more important, how he managed to get away with it for so long.

Author : Donald Rumbelow
Publisher : Random House
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-18
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780753549933

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Complete Jack The Ripper by Donald Rumbelow Pdf

Fully updated and revised, Donald Rumbelow’s classic work is the ultimate examination of the facts, theories, fictions and fascinations surrounding the greatest whodunit in history. The Complete Jack the Ripper lays out all the evidence in the most comprehensive summary ever written about the Ripper. Rumbelow, a former London Metropolitan policeman, and an authority on crime, has subjected every theory – including those that have emerged in recent years – to the same deep scrutiny. He also examines the mythology surrounding the case and provides some fascinating insights into the portrayal of the Ripper on stage and screen and on the printed page. More seriously, he also examines the horrifying parallel crimes of the Düsseldorf Ripper and the Yorkshire Ripper in an attempt to throw further light on the atrocities of Victorian London.

Author : The Whitechapel The Whitechapel Society
Publisher : History Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02
Category : Serial murderers
ISBN : 0750958391

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The Little Book of Jack the Ripper by The Whitechapel The Whitechapel Society Pdf

Did you know?*Annie Chapman's uterus and Mary Jane Kelly's heart were removed by the killer*A prince of England is amongst the suspects*Some believe the killings were covered up by the MasonsThe Jack the Ripper mystery is one of the greatest whodunnits the world has ever known. With a backdrop of swirling fog, top hats and dark alleys, it is easy to see why this fascinating tale still continues to capture the imagination. The Little Book of Jack the Ripper explores the world of Victorian London, examining the case from every angle and including witness statements, reports and the reactions of the press. Richly illustrated, it is a book that you can dip in and out of during the twilight hours (but only if you're brave enough!).Compiled by the Whitechapel Society and drawing on their incredible expertise, it will delight true-crime enthusiasts everywhere.

Author : Stefan Petrucha
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101560556

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Ripper by Stefan Petrucha Pdf

Panic grips the city! There is a killer loose in New York City, and Carver Young is the only one who sees the startling connection between the recent string of murders and the most famous serial killer in history: Jack the Ripper. Time is winding down until the killer claims another victim, but Carver soon sees that, to The Ripper, this is all a game that he may be destined to lose. “Petrucha’s story hits the ground running and doesn’t let up…”—Publisher’s Weekly “A rollicking story full of cannot-put-it-down twists an turns.” —VOYA “A well-crafted romp through yesteryear’s New York.” —Kirkus Reviews