JACK THE RIPPER UNMASKED The Real Identity of the World's Most Infamous Killer is Revealed at Last (SIGNED)

Beadle (William)

ISBN 10: 1844546888 / ISBN 13: 9781844546886

Published by John Blake, 2009

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Hardback. SIGNED. 'Had the Jack the Ripper murders taken place in 1988 not 1888 then our response to them would have been markedly different. Since those dark days in Victorian London we have learnt much about this type of killer: their damaged childhoods, misfit adulthoods and psychopathic alienation from the human race. But can this new knowledge help to solve a mystery that has been eluding generations of policemen and historians? By comparing the crimes of the Ripper with those of other serial killers, Ripper expert William Beadle creates the most extensive psychological profile of the man behind Jack the Ripper. One suspect who embodied all these dire characteristics was William Henry Bury. Bury moved to the East End of London in 1887. He had a terrible childhood, he was a horsemeat butcher, and he had a violent relationship with his wife. But was Bury the Ripper? Beadle uses his Ripper psychological profile in conjunction with newly unearthed evidence: Bury was out all night on the dates of the murders, and when his wife 'committed suicide' she had been strangled and her body ripped up in the same way as the Ripper's victims. When Bury was executed for the murder of his wife, the killings in the East End stopped. A Scotland Yard detective even conceded to the hangman that he was 'quite satisfied you have hanged Jack the Ripper'. Illus., Notes + Bibliog. 319pp. 8vo. h/back. FLAT SIGNED BY BILL BEADLE. F. in protected F. dw. Seller Inventory # 20190

Bibliographic Details

Title: JACK THE RIPPER UNMASKED The Real Identity ...

Publisher: John Blake

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Hardcover / Hardback

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: signed by author

Edition: First edition.

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Synopsis:

Had the Jack the Ripper murders taken place in 1988, not 1888, the response to them would have been markedly different. Since those dark days in Victorian London we have learned much about this type of killer: their damaged childhoods, misfit adulthoods, and psychopathic alienation from the human race. But can this new knowledge help to solve a mystery that has been eluding generations of policemen and historians? One suspect who embodied all the dire characteristics was William Henry Bury. Bury moved to the East End of London in 1887. He had a terrible childhood, he was a horsemeat butcher, and he had a violent relationship with his wife. But was Bury the Ripper? Beadle uses his Ripper psychological profile in conjunction with newly unearthed evidence: Bury was out all night on the dates of the murders, and when his wife "committed suicide" she had been strangled and her body ripped up in the same way as the Ripper's victims. When Bury was executed for the murder of his wife, the killings in the East End stopped. A Scotland Yard detective even conceded to the hangman that he was "quite satisfied you have hanged Jack the Ripper."