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Author:   R. Michael Gordon
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780786413485

ISBN 10:   0786413484
Pages:   257
Publication Date:   31 July 2002
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments     Introduction     SECTION I: The Road to Serial Murder 1 London’s Bloody History     2 Of Torsos, Torture and Serial Murder     3 The Rainham Mystery (1887)     4 A Rich Environment for a Serial Killer     SECTION II: The Ripper 5 The Whitehall Torso Mystery (1888)     6 In the Shadow of the Ripper     7 The Torso Murder of Elizabeth Jackson (1889)     8 The Mystery of the Pinchin Street Torso (1889)     SECTION III: A Serial Killer and a Final Torso 9 The Serial Killer Up Close     10 On the Trail of a Victorian Serial Killer—George Chapman     11 The Torso of Salamanca Place (1902)     12 A Possible Motive as a Dark Horse Emerges—Wolff Levisohn     Postscript of Terror     Appendix 1: Table: Victims of the Thames Torso Killer     Appendix 2: Chronology of Death     Appendix 3: The Ripper Letter     Appendix 4: Note by Chief Inspector Frederick George Abberline     Bibliography     Index    

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R. Michael Gordon is the author of several books, and has written extensively on Victorian London and the Ripper phenomenon. He lives in Long Beach, California.

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