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The Complete History of Jack the Ripper by Philip Sugden

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Book name: The Complete History of Jack the Ripper (2024)
Category: True Crime
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Pages: 544 pages
ISBN13: 1841193976
ISBN: 1841193976
Language: English
Publication data: Feb. 21, 2002, 8 a.m.
The murders in London between 1888-91 attributed to Jack the Ripper constitute one of the most mysterious unsolved criminal cases. This story is the result of many years meticulous research. The author reassesses all the evidence and challenges everything we thought we knew about the Victorian serial killer and the vanished East End he terrorized.

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Philip Sugden

Philip Sugden

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Philip Sugden was an English historian, best known for his comprehensive study of the Whitechapel murders, including the books The Complete History of Jack the Ripper, first published in 1994, and The Life and Times of Jack the Ripper (1996). He was the first academic historian to work on the case.

The younger of twin boys, Philip Sugden was born on January 27, 1947 at Hull, where his father was a painter and decorator. Leaving Ainthorpe High School at the age of 16, he spent four years with the… Read more