RIPPER NOTES Jack the Slasher Issue No. 27

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ISBN 10: 0978911210 / ISBN 13: 9780978911218

Published by Inklings Press, 2007

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Softcover. The International Journal for Ripper Studies. Contents include : Hyam Hyams: Portrait of a Suspect by Wolf Vanderlinden; Henry G. Dowd: 'Jack the Slasher' by Wolf Vanderlinden; New York, New York by Bernard Brown; A Murder in the Neighborhood: The Berner Street Mystery - Part 2 by Tom Wescott; Charles Reeves by Stephen P. Ryder; The Vienna Ripper by 'esm' Illus. 107pp. trade size softcover. Nr. F.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: RIPPER NOTES Jack the Slasher Issue No. 27
• Publisher: Inklings Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0978911210
• ISBN 13: 9780978911218
• Binding: Softcover / Paperback
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Jack the Ripper and Assoc.

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Synopsis

"Ripper Notes: Jack the Slasher" is a collection of essays about the famous unidentified Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper and related topics. Wolf Vanderlinden starts things off with an overview of suspect Hyam Hyams, an insane East End Jew sometimes named as being the Whitechapel murderer. This includes a never-before seen photograph of Hyams in an asylum. Wolf then provides an in depth look at Henry G. Dowd, the New York maniac known as Jack the Slasher. When he was caught the newspapers tried to link him to the more famous killings in London. Next Bernard Brown, editor of the Metropolitan Police History magazine, theorizes about what a New York Ripper would find most familiar in Whitechapel. This is followed by Tom Wescott with a thorough examination of the neighborhood where victim Elizabeth Stride was killed, including a large number of period photographs and illustrations. He then uses information about other murder scenes to try to determine the exact methods the Ripper used to subdue and kill Stride. Next "ESM" provides the facts and never before crime scene illustrations and photos of the little known case of the Vienna Ripper, another killer and mutilator of prostitutes in the late 19th century, one whose methods and personal characteristics could be directly comparable to the London murders. This is followed by Wolf again, this time detailing the known facts of a Lascar sailor named in some news reports as having been the Ripper. Profusely illustrated with rare and never before seen illustrations, Ripper Notes is a nonfiction anthology series covering all aspects of the Jack the Ripper case.