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Original Title:	Jack the Ripper: First American Serial Killer
ISBN:	1568362579 (ISBN13: 9781568362571)
Edition Language:	English

Jack the Ripper: First American Serial Killer

Stewart P. Evans

Paperback | Pages: 320 pages

Rating: 3.56 | 180 Users | 14 Reviews

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Title	:	Jack the Ripper: First American Serial Killer
Author	:	Stewart P. Evans
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 320 pages
Published	:	December 15th 1998 by Kodansha (first published July 4th 1996)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. History. Crime. True Crime. Mystery. Classics

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Does the bloody trail of Jack the Ripper finally lead to America?

This headline-making book offers convincing proof that the serial killer who terrorized London in 1888 was, in fact, an American. Spurred by the startling discovery of a letter written by a Scotland Yard inspector, two veteran police investigators have traced the shadowy movements of a self-styled "doctor" from St. Louis who had a criminal record spanning both sides of the Atlantic. Two decades after the Ripper's murderous spree, Inspector John George Littlechild, then retired, laments in his fateful letter: "to my mind a very likely [suspect] . . . was an American quack named Francis Tumblety. . . his feelings toward women were remarkable and bitter in the extreme." Littlechild expresses dismay that Tumblety, who was in custody only briefly, was ever granted bail, enabling him to flee London-just as the murders ended. The Littlechild letter, printed in this book, provides crucial details either overlooked by police officials at the time of the investigation or later suppressed because they would reveal the same officials had allowed their prime suspect to slip through their fingers.

Sifting through the entire historical record and their own surprising discoveries, Stewart Evans and Paul Gainey have created a true-life detective story that will fascinate all readers of Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, and Charles Dickens. Vividly evoking the mean streets of Victorian London and the wave of terror that swept the city with the Ripper's grisly crimes, they convincingly paint a portrait of history's most infamous serial killer.

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Ratings: 3.56 From 180 Users | 14 Reviews

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3.75 starsEvans and Gainey have suggested a "new" suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders. He was an American in London at the time of the murders. Actually, this suspect was not new, but was suspected at the time, as well, but some of the info had been hidden or lost. The book starts in the U.S., then moves to London to describe the murders, the investigators looking for the Ripper, and it also looks at a few of the other suspects. The authors then describe how Dr. Francis Tumblety could very

Very interesting read. I don't really believe that the killer was from America and I think that they conveniently "forgot" some aspects of the case, but I think all the theories do that. Overall an interesting theory and it was easy to read.

Pretty cool examination of the case. It even ends with Jack the Ripper reportedly dying in St. Louis at a hospital on Page Ave. Unfortunately, it doesn't hold a candle to "Potrait of a Killer".

Pretty convincing theory....

Ok.... I'm hoping that other Jack the Ripper books are better. But so far it's been 2 bad books about the most feared killer in history. First off, Jack the Ripper WAS NOT the first American Serial killer. Because I really don't believe that he was from Rochester, NY and Herman Mufgett (aka H.H. Holmes)was the first American Serial killer. The only link between these two men.... they both started killing in 1888 and were both liked for the assassination of President Lincoln. Odd. Why don't I

I was looking forward to insights on Francis Tumblety, who has become a much-discussed suspect in the unsolved Jack The Ripper (JtR) case from 1888. What spurred Tumblety's 'candidacy' was the 1993 revelation of the so-called Littlechild Letters of 1907. A Chief Inspector for Scotland Yard, Littlechild worked on the Whitechapel murders. Long after retirement, he corresponded with others interested in the case, and fingered Tumblety for the crimes. All of that is fascinating stuff, involving

A very informative book and the only book that I have read on the case so far.