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The ghoulish handiwork of nineteenth-century London - the rivals of the Ripper. When discussing unsolved murders of women in late Victorian London, most people think of the depredations of Jack the Ripper, the Whitechapel Murderer, whose sanguineous exploits have spawned the creation of a small library of books. But Jack the Ripper was just one of a string of phantom murderers whose unsolved slayings outraged late Victorian Britain. The mysterious Great Coram Street, Burton Crescent and Euston Square murders were talked about with bated breath, and the northern part of Bloomsbury got the unflattering nickname of the 'murder neighbourhood' for its profusion of unsolved mysteries. Marvel at the convoluted Kingswood Mystery, littered with fake names and mistaken identities; be puzzled by the blackmail and secret marriage in the Cannon Street Murder; and shudder at the vicious yet silent killing in St Giles that took place in a crowded house in the dead of night. This book is the first to resurrect these unsolved Victorian murder mysteries, and to highlight the ghoulish handiwork of the Rivals of the Ripper: the spectral killers of gas-lit London. AUTHOR: Jan Bondeson is senior lecturer at Cardiff University and a respected true crime historian, having written many books, among them The London Monster, Queen Victoria's Stalker and Murder Houses of London. 171 b/w illustrations

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[Bondeson] has again done true crime devotees a service by providing a look at cases that were local sensations at the time but have largely faded from memory. A must-have volume for all aficionados of the true crime genre and an entertaining book for the general reader. Set to become a touchstone work. -- Stewart P. Evans Sparkles with new research and exciting discoveries. A tour de force. -- Richard Whittington-Egan

[Bondeson] has again done true crime devotees a service by providing a look at cases that were local sensations at the time but have largely faded from memory. A must-have volume for all aficionados of the true crime genre and an entertaining book for the general reader. Set to become a touchstone work. -- Stewart P. Evans Sparkles with new research and exciting discoveries. A tour de force. -- Richard Whittington-Egan

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JAN BONDESON is a senior lecturer and consultant rheumatologist at the University of Wales College of Medicine. His many critically acclaimed books include Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, The Great Pretenders and the best-selling Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear. A respected true crime historian he has written twenty books, among them The London Monster and Rivals of the Ripper (both The History Press).

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