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Jack the Ripper Andrew Cook

Jack the Ripper By Andrew Cook

Jack the Ripper by Andrew Cook


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Summary

Finally solves the mystery of the Victorian serial killer who murdered and mutilated up to 11 women in London in 1888.

Jack the Ripper Summary

Jack the Ripper: Case Closed by Andrew Cook

Finally solves the mystery of the Victorian serial killer who murdered and mutilated up to 11 women in London in 1888. The most famous serial killer in history. A sadistic stalker of seedy Victorian backstreets. A master criminal. The man who got away with murder - over and over again. But while literally hundreds of books have been published, trying to pin Jack's crimes on an endless list of suspects, no-one has considered the much more likely explanation for Jack's getting away with it - He never existed. Andrew Cook goes in search of the real story of Jack the Ripper - and this story isn't set in the brothels of the East End but in the boardrooms of Fleet Street. this is a tale of hysteria whipped up by competing tabloid editors and publishers. The central thesis is that Jack the Ripper was the invention of tabloid journalists. The key evidence for the existence of the Ripper - a serial killer responsible for at least seven bestial murders - came in the form of two letters to the Central News Agency, from a man who identified himself as the killer and called himself 'Jack'. These letters can now be plausibly traced back to shadowy tabloid journalists - not intent on solving the crime, but on boosting their careers and their papers' sales. The effect of these poison pen letters combined with the gruesome crimes was to give the tabloid media its first hate figure and to boost the circulations of ailing newspapers. The media had discovered the power of a national witch-hunt.

Jack the Ripper Reviews

Totally fascinating' -- SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE
A triumph of research' -- ANDREW ROBERTS
Exposes the hidden hand behind the Jack the Ripper myth' -- KELVIN MACKENZIE

About Andrew Cook

Andrew Cook is a critically acclaimed historian and the author. He is the historical consultant for the Channel Five Jack The Ripper - Tabloid Myth documentary. He has also been presenter and historical consultant on a number of successful Channel 4 documentaries including Prince Eddy: The King We Never Had, Three Kings at War and Who Killed Rasputin? in the BBC Timewatch strand. He lives in Bedfordshire.

Table of Contents

Principal Characters Preface Chapter 1. With Thanks to Jack the Ripper Chapter 2. Murder in Retrospect Chapter 3. Hang Leather Apron Chapter 4. Dear Boss Chapter 5. The Hidden Hand Chapter 6. Cannibal Ripper Chapter 7. Copy Cat Killer Chapter 8. A Process of Elimination Chapter 9. Mask of Sanity Chapter 10. Journey's End Appendices Sources Bibliography Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Index

Additional information

GOR002268757
9781848685222
184868522X
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed by Andrew Cook
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Amberley Publishing
2010-05-15
264
N/A
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