Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #989145 in Books
• Published on: 1990-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 319 pages

Customer Reviews

Rumbelow's book one of the best
I found this book to be one of the most comprehensive on the subject I have ever read, and believe me, I have read them all. I have also had the great pleasure to accompany Mr. Rumbelow on one of his famous "Jack the Ripper" walking tours whilst in London and he is without a doubt one of the foremost experts in the field of "Ripperology" today!

One of the best books on the subject
This is easily the best book on Jack the Ripper I have read yet. Rumbelow adds a lot of background to the case study, including an early chapter on just how horrible the London slums were in Victorian times (far worse than anything out of Dickens). He also covers what the press and the police departments were doing as the case unfolded, which form interesting subplots of their own. The last half of the book is not quite as good as it wanders over a slew of suspects, a handful of later serial killers, and comments on a few media versions of the case. Still Rumbleow is thorough and objective and easily proves to be one of the leading Ripperologists working today.

We've come a long way, baby.......
This book opens your eyes with how far we've come in handling serial killers. Whether that's a good comment on our society or not-who knows. Looking at how they handled the case compared to what we know now, it's suprising they had a list of suspects! The book shows just how easy it is for a killer to happen as our cities get more & more crowded.