One of the frustrating things about studying the Jack the Ripper case is the number of times that a promising lead turns up only to fizzle out as you start to delve deeper. One such story appeared in […]
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The life of an actor in Victorian times was a tough one which could, at times, also prove to be a dangerous one as well. In a previous article, I dealt with the murder of the actor William […]
Read ArticleJust like today, Victorian Britain had more than its fair share of scammers who were ever willing to cheat the unwary out of their hard earned money. In a previous article, we took a close look at Jack […]
Read ArticleThe following article appeared in the Derby Daily Telegraph on Wednesday, 22nd October, 1930, upon the publication of a volume of the letters of Queen Victoria:- QUEEN VICTORIA IN A SHERLOCK HOLMES ROLE QUEEN ATTACKS THE POLICE HINTS […]
Read ArticleAs the 19th century gave way to the 20th century, the fight against crime grew more and more scientific as methods of detection came to rely more and more on emerging technology. On Tuesday, 31st January, 1933, The […]
Read ArticleThe Dundee Evening Telegraph, on Wednesday, 2nd January 1924, published an interview with the actor Gilbert Payne. In the course of the interview, the actor looked back on the highs and lows of his career in the theatre, […]
Read ArticleI often wonder what sort of people wrote the letters that were sent in the name of “Jack the Ripper.” From the few who were caught and convicted for having written some of the correspondence, such as Maria […]
Read ArticleThe Pall Mall Gazette, on Tuesday, 22nd November, 1892, published an article which began with a headline that posed a question that people had been dreading since the Whitechapel murders appeared to have ended:- HAS JACK THE RIPPER […]
Read ArticleIt’s the start of a new month and so it is the time for another of our Jack the Ripper quizzes. Are those synapses tingling? Are they ready to bounce off one another – or whatever it is […]
Read ArticleThe Dundee Evening Telegraph, in its edition of Monday, 11th January, 1932, looked back to the day in 1889, when William Bury, one of many names that appear on the long list of Jack the Ripper suspects, was […]
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