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An examination of the case of the Thames Torso Murders. Beginning in London in the 1800s and the killer's path, which seems to include a murder in Paris in 1886, the book examines each murder in detail and the investigation that may have been hindered by the search for Jack the Ripper.

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Introduction to murder; the road to serial murder; London's bloody history; of torsos, torture and serial murder; the Rainham torso mystery of 1887; a rich environment for a serial killer; the Ripper era; the Whitehall torso mystery of 1888; in the shadow of Jack the Ripper; the torso murder of Elizabeth Jackson, 1889; the mystery of the Pinchin Street torso, 1889; a serial killer and a final torso; the serial killer up close; on the trail of a Victorian serial killer, George Chapman; the final torso of Salamanca Place, 1902; a possible motive as a dark horse emerges, Wolff Levisohn; postscript of terror; the torso murders of 2001.

The Thames Torso Murders of Victorian London

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      Publisher: McFarland & Company
      Publication Date: 7/31/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786413485, 978-0786413485
      ISBN10: 0786413484

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An examination of the case of the Thames Torso Murders. Beginning in London in the 1800s and the killer's path, which seems to include a murder in Paris in 1886, the book examines each murder in detail and the investigation that may have been hindered by the search for Jack the Ripper.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction to murder; the road to serial murder; London's bloody history; of torsos, torture and serial murder; the Rainham torso mystery of 1887; a rich environment for a serial killer; the Ripper era; the Whitehall torso mystery of 1888; in the shadow of Jack the Ripper; the torso murder of Elizabeth Jackson, 1889; the mystery of the Pinchin Street torso, 1889; a serial killer and a final torso; the serial killer up close; on the trail of a Victorian serial killer, George Chapman; the final torso of Salamanca Place, 1902; a possible motive as a dark horse emerges, Wolff Levisohn; postscript of terror; the torso murders of 2001.

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