Jack the Ripper's secret confession
Subtitle: the hidden testimony of Britain's first serial killer
By: David Monaghan & Nigel Cawthorne
Contributors: Cawthorne, Nigel, 1951-
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781602397996
Subjects: Serial murderers; Serial murders; History
Description: Puts forth the theory that Jack the Ripper was a textile millionaire by the name of Henry Spencer Ashbee, who, under the pseudonym "Walter," wrote a troubling book of violent sex fantasies around the turn of the century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A maniac on the loose; title: The Ripper's lair; title: In the mortuary; title: The devil at large; title: Defloration mania; title: The London minotaur; title: The maiden tribute of modern Babylon; title: Blood sports; title: The murder of 'Long Liz' Stride; title: The young Walter; title: The huntsman; title: The murder of Catherine Eddowes; title: The murder of Mary Jane Kelly; title: More murders; title: My secret life; title: Who was Walter?