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London, 1888, and one man's brutal campaign of violence has taken the lives of unsuspecting victims, cut the city to the core, and carved his name into history. Well, not his name, exactly. Whomever this man was, remains a mystery but there are few people who haven't heard of his nickname: Jack the Ripper. The same is true for those said to have died at his hands. If Polly Nicholls, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly had not fallen to his knife, their names would have been lost to history. Instead, they themselves are as much a part of the folklore as their killer. Then there are those who investigated the crimes: the ordinary men, doing their jobs as best they could, who will always be associated with the failed attempts to catch this monster. But if those crimes had happened today, how would they be investigated and how would the approach differ? There is no doubt, how detectives work has changed dramatically over those 130 years. Although, in many senses, things are very much the same. Solving murders relies on an understanding of people, be that the victims, the witnesses and, most importantly, the killers themselves. Contains mature themes.

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Steven Keogh was a police officer with London's Metropolitan Police for thirty years, with over half of that time spent as a Scotland Yard detective. He was part of investigations into the killings of over 100 victims. He achieved the rank of detective inspector and was a nationally recognized senior investigating officer (SIO). He not only led murder inquiries but was also a detective constable and detective sergeant at Scotland Yard, so has an insight into all levels of investigations. Working on Scotland Yard's Anti-Terrorist Branch during the time of the London bombings on July 7, 2005, Steven received a commendation for his work on that investigation from the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair. Steven is also the founder of Murder Academy-the world's first site bringing the truth of how murders are investigated to true crime fans.

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