Rivals of the Ripper: Unsolved Murders of Women in Late Victorian London

In late Victorian London, several unsolved murders of women were discussed, such as Jack the Ripper, the Great Coram Street, Burton Crescent, and Euston Square murders, and the Kingswood Mystery. This book is the first to resurrect these mysteries and highlight the ghoulish handiwork of the Rivals of the Ripper, the spectral killers of gas-lit London.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 352 pages
\n Publication date: 28 May 2021
\n Publisher: The History Press Ltd
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When discussing the unsolved murders of women in late Victorian London, most people immediately think of the depredations of Jack the Ripper, the Whitechapel Murderer, whose sanguineous exploits have spawned a small library of books. However, Jack the Ripper was just one of a string of phantom murderers whose unsolved slayings outraged late Victorian Britain. The mysterious Great Coram Street, Burton Crescent, and Euston Square murders were talked about with bated breath, and the northern part of Bloomsbury earned the unflattering nickname of the "murder neighborhood" for its profusion of unsolved mysteries. Marvel at the convoluted Kingswood Mystery, littered with fake names and mistaken identities; be puzzled by the blackmail and secret marriage in the Cannon Street Murder; and shudder at the vicious yet silent killing in St Giles that took place in a crowded house in the dead of night. This book is the first to resurrect these unsolved Victorian murder mysteries and to highlight the ghoulish handiwork of the Rivals of the Ripper: the spectral killers of gas-lit London.

When discussing the unsolved murders of women in late Victorian London, most people immediately think of the depredations of Jack the Ripper, the Whitechapel Murderer, whose sanguineous exploits have spawned a small library of books. However, Jack the Ripper was just one of a string of phantom murderers whose unsolved slayings outraged late Victorian Britain. The mysterious Great Coram Street, Burton Crescent, and Euston Square murders were talked about with bated breath, and the northern part of Bloomsbury earned the unflattering nickname of the "murder neighborhood" for its profusion of unsolved mysteries. Marvel at the convoluted Kingswood Mystery, littered with fake names and mistaken identities; be puzzled by the blackmail and secret marriage in the Cannon Street Murder; and shudder at the vicious yet silent killing in St Giles that took place in a crowded house in the dead of night. This book is the first to resurrect these unsolved Victorian murder mysteries and to highlight the ghoulish handiwork of the Rivals of the Ripper: the spectral killers of gas-lit London.

\n Weight: 578g\n
Dimension: 157 x 234 x 30 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780750996860\n
Edition number: 2 New edition\n