![]() ![]() In the autumn of 1888 an unknown number of prostitutes in Whitechapel, a maze of squalid tenements in London’s East End, were murdered by a serial killer (or killers) who came to be known as ‘Jack the Ripper.’ 1 The wanton brutality of these crimes, combined with the fiend’s blood-curdling pseudonym and the lingering mystery of his (or her) identity has intrigued generations of policemen, reporters and amateur detectives. More than a century later, their stories continue to fascinate and repel us. Two of the most infamous creatures of the night – Jack the Ripper and Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula – stalked the foggy, gas-lit streets of Victorian England, shed their victims’ blood, took their lives and vanished into the night. Our thanks to the editor of Ripperologist for permission to reprint this article.ĭracula, Jack the Ripper and A Thirst for Blood For more information, view our Ripperologist page. Ripperologist is the most respected Ripper periodical on the market and has garnered our highest recommendation for serious students of the case. This article originally appeared in Ripperologist No. Pub Talk: Christian Woman Ditches Leggings Because They Encourage Men's "Lustful Thoughts" - (5 posts) Maybrick, James: One Incontrovertible, Unequivocal, Undeniable Fact Which Refutes the Diary - (7 posts) Lechmere/Cross, Charles: Charles Lechmere: Prototypical Life of a Serial Killer - (78 posts)īury, W.H.: William Bury: Jack the Ripper - (8 posts) Lechmere/Cross, Charles: Charles Lechmere: Prototypical Life of a Serial Killer - by JeffHamm 5 hours ago. ![]() General Discussion: JTR compared to JFK - by GBinOz 5 hours ago. Pub Talk: Trump charged - by Fiver 4 hours ago.īury, W.H.: William Bury: Jack the Ripper - by Lewis C 4 hours ago. Witnesses: John Richardson - by Doctored Whatsit 1 hour ago. Lechmere/Cross, Charles: Charles Lechmere: Prototypical Life of a Serial Killer - by FrankO 22 minutes ago. ![]() Lechmere/Cross, Charles: Charles Lechmere: Prototypical Life of a Serial Killer - by Herlock Sholmes 12 minutes ago. Lechmere/Cross, Charles: Charles Lechmere: Prototypical Life of a Serial Killer - by Herlock Sholmes 4 minutes ago. ![]()
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