Jack the Ripper's secret confession : the hidden testimony of Britain's first serial killer / David Monaghan & Nigel Cawthorne.
Publisher: New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub., c2010Description: ix, 332 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 9781602397996Subject(s): Jack, the Ripper | Serial murders -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century | Serial murderers -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century | Whitechapel (London, England) -- History -- 19th century | London (England) -- History -- 19th centuryDDC classification: 364.152/32092 LOC classification: HV6535.G6 | L6565 2010
Contents:
Summary: Puts forth the theory that Jack the Ripper was a textile millionaire by the name of Henry Spencer Ashbee, who, under the pseudonym "Walter," wrote a troubling book of violent sex fantasies around the turn of the century.
A maniac on the loose -- The Ripper's lair -- In the mortuary -- The devil at large -- Defloration mania -- The London minotaur -- The maiden tribute of modern Babylon -- Blood sports -- The murder of 'Long Liz' Stride -- The young Walter -- The huntsman -- The murder of Catherine Eddowes -- The murder of Mary Jane Kelly -- More murders -- My secret life -- Who was Walter?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Puts forth the theory that Jack the Ripper was a textile millionaire by the name of Henry Spencer Ashbee, who, under the pseudonym "Walter," wrote a troubling book of violent sex fantasies around the turn of the century.