Jack the Ripper controvery in film fiction and fact
Explore the Jack the Ripper controversy through books, films, and fiction vs. fact. Uncover the mysteries, theories, and debates surrounding history's most infamous serial killer.
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Jack the Ripper
by Stephen Knight
Who really was Jack the Ripper? Was he a solitary assassin lurking in the shadows of gaslit London? Or was Jack the Ripper three men: two killers and an accomplice? In this work the author investigates all aspects of this strange case shrouded in mystery and misconception. The discovery of the murders is described by the men who were there, and evidence reveals that the hitherto unsolved Ripper murders were in fact a culmination of a full-scale cover-up organized at the highest level of government.
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Jack the Ripper
by Donald Rumbelow
He was the most notorious killer of all time. Now, after being given unprecedented access to Scotland Yard's most confidential files, the world's foremost authority on Jack the Ripper, Donald Rumbelow, presents shocking new evidence--including postmortem photos of the Ripper's victims, illustrations, letters to the police, and newspaper dramatizations.
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The Complete History of Jack the Ripper
by Philip Sugden
Adding more new material for his Complete History of Jack the Ripper, crime writer and historian Philip Sugden already has painstakingly uncovered much new and hitherto neglected material, including a new Ripper sighting, a possible earlier assault, and a potential American connection. As noted Ripperologist Dan Farson observes, "This is indeed the ‘definitive account'," for armchair sleuths of the White Chapel Horrors and all true crime aficionados. "A meticulous and reasoned profile for readers and future detectives."—Kirkus Reviews "The charm of well written history about a character of almost mythical standing."—Daily Telegraph (London)
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Walter Sickert
by David Peters Corbett
Walter Sickert (1860-1942) was a leading figure in the development of British painting and the graphic arts. Influenced by Whistler and Degas early in his career, by 1914 he was respected as a major figure within the Camden Town Group and a renowned painter in his own right. Yet Sickert's life and art were never stable, and he was never complacent. His work varies strikingly--from a strongly worked paint surface laden with impasto to the thinnest and sparest application; from an overtly modern set of subjects to apparently nostalgic images. But whatever form his art took, Sickert always remained what he was so often called in the 1910s: "a painter's painter." This study examines the dynamism of Sickert's work from his earliest career at the Slade School of Art to his last works. It argues for Sickert as a major figure in the history of attempts to record modern life and to develop a distinctly modern mode of painting.
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Jack the Ripper
by Mark Whitehead
A look at one of the most frightening and mysterious serial killers ever known, Jack the Ripper, including an introductory essay, considerations of his many proposed identities, a summary of his crimes, victims and the ill-fated investigation, plus a guide to the Ripper's many fictional outings, from Hitchcock's 'The Lodger' to Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's 'From Hell'. A film version of 'From Hell', starring Johnny Depp, will also be released at the end of 2001.
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Portrait of a Killer
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Examines the century-old series of murders that terrorized London in the 1880s, drawing on research, state-of-the-art forensic science, and insights into the criminal mind to reveal the true identity of the infamous Jack the Ripper.
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Jane's Warlord
by Angela Knight
The next target of a time traveling killer, crime reporter Jane Colby finds herself in the hands of a warlord from the future sent to protect her--and in his hands is just where she wants to be.
