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Post by dem bones on Dec 6, 2008 18:55:01 GMT
'Non-fiction' although sometimes it's very hard to tell ... Maxim Jakubowski and Nathan Braund - The Mammoth Book Of Jack The Ripper (Robinson, 1999: new edition, 2008)  JoeRoberts.co.uk
Maxim Jakubowski and Nathan Braund - Introduction to the First Edition
Undisputed Facts
A Complete Chronology of the Whitechapel Murders
Just the Facts
Key Texts
Witness Statements
Autopsy Reports
The "Ripper Letters"
Police Views
Disputed Texts
Current Views
William Beadle - The Real Jack the Ripper
Mark Daniel - How Jack the Ripper Saved the Whitechapel Murderer
Stewart P Evans - My Life and Jack the Ripper New
Martin Fido - David Cohen and the Polish Jew Theory
Paul Harrison - Catch Me When You Can
Shirley Harrison - The Diary of Jack the Ripper
Bruce Paley - The Facts Speak For Themselves
Euan Macpherson - The Case of William Bury New
Gary Rowlands - The Mad Doctor
M J Trow - The Way to Hell
James Tully - Was James Kelly "Jack the Ripper"?
Peter Turnbull - Jack the Ripper: Man or Myth
Nick Warren, FRCS - The Great Conspiracy
Derek Raymond - Jack the Ripper, a Novelist's Speculation New
Trevor Marriott - Carl Feigenbaum: aka Jack the Ripper New
Colin Wilson - A Lifetime in Ripperology
Barry Forshaw - Patricia Cornwell Names the Ripper New
Further Evidence
Other Suspects
Other Victims?
Weather Report
Bibliography
Filmography
Index  Uncredited cover artwork for 1999 edition. These articles appeared in the 1st edition but were deemed surplus to requirements for the 2008 version. Melvyn Fairclough - In Quest Of Jack The Ripper
Sue & Andy Parlour - The Jack The Ripper Whitechapel Murders
Simon Whitechapel - Guts 'n Roses: The Coming Apocalypse Of the Ripper Millennium
A. P. Wolf - Jack The Myth i've got a very real loathing of the whole Ripper industry, in particular those seriously disturbing ghouls who enhance the Mary Kelly photo to emphasise the extent of her mutilation and post the results on casebook.org, but I read the first edition cover to cover and thought it was great. Now it looks like it's time for a rematch as there's a new edition and, but for a very few exceptions, i can no longer remember which articles did it for me back in 1999 and why? Simon Whitechapel's piece on the occult symbolism of it all (dropped from the 2008) certainly stayed in my mind as it totally bamboozled me, but, far more my type of thing, M. J. Trow's The Way To Hell builds up a strong case against philanthropist Frederick Charrington - only to dismantle it at the last when he admits the whole piece has been a conceit to demonstrate how easy it is to invent your own Ripper suspect. And then there's the Barbours who seem to think Dr. Barnado had more to do with it than you might think .... Thanks to Sam and Georgie Askew at Constable & Robinson! |
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Post by chastel on Feb 15, 2009 12:46:05 GMT
Solid book, with lot of information to newbie like me - I love gaslit gothic of Ripper fiction, not real-life serial killers! My problem with Ripperologists is this: they take a human life 100 years after the crime and because the poor sod is dead, they frame him for the murder the guy probably didn´t do. Schizophrenic in the streets or institution, a Royal doctor, murder victim... all are fair game to these sleazoids. Worst of them is Gary Rowlands and his Mad doctor.  |
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Feb 15, 2009 20:14:07 GMT
Yes, we usually know more about who murdered Tutankhamen than the poor guy that got topped last week.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 17, 2009 16:27:27 GMT
I love gaslit gothic of Ripper fiction, not real-life serial killers! Same thing here: the thing i've found with books marketed as serious, 'factual' Ripper literature is that it's often impossible to tell them apart from Ripper fiction anyway, so i approach them all as blood and thunder crime novels! In England, those of us who love to hate the dear old Ripperologists have been spoilt rotten of late thanks to the three-part mini-series Whitechapel which concluded last night. Steve Pemberton's creepy but ultimately sympathetic portrayal of Edward Buchan, Jack the Ripper tour guide and all-round authority on the subject certainly rung true. Would you believe, I saw my first straggly bunch of Ripper tourists of the year yesterday afternoon? Usually they wait until Spring. Didn't recognise the guide, but he knew his stuff. He had them all lined up taking photos of the exciting and very new brick wall in Durward Street ( nee Bucks Row). They looked .... well, very cold, and very mystified actually. As well they might.  Anyway, welcome, chastel. Hope you enjoy yourself here. |
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Crab On The Rampage
Where wolf? There castle!
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Post by chastel on Feb 17, 2009 17:54:12 GMT
Thank you very much, demonik!
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