TY - BOOK AU - Gordon,R.Michael TI - The Thames torso murders of Victorian London SN - 0786413484 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - HV6535.G6 L65349 2002 U1 - 364.15/23/09421109034 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Jefferson, N.C. PB - McFarland Publishers KW - Serial murders KW - England KW - London KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Serial murderers N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-242) and index; Introduction to murder -- The road to serial murder. London's bloody history. Of torsos, torture and serial murder. The Rainham mystery of 1887. A rich environment for a serial killer -- The Ripper era. The Whitehall torso mystery of 1888. In the shadow of the Ripper. The torso murder of Elizabeth Jackson, 1889. The mystery of the Pinchin Street torso, 1889 -- A serial killer and a final torso. The serial killer up close. On the trail of a Victorian serial killer, George Chapman. The torso of Salamanca Place, 1902. A possible motive as a dark horse emerges, Wolff Levisohn -- Postscript of terror ER -