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100 1 _aGordon, R. Michael,
_d1952-
245 1 4 _aThe Thames torso murders of Victorian London /
_cby R. Michael Gordon.
260 _aJefferson, N.C. :
_bMcFarland Publishers,
_cc2002.
300 _ax, 247 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-242) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction 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.
650 0 _aSerial murders
_zEngland
_zLondon
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aSerial murderers
_zEngland
_zLondon
_xHistory
_y19th century.
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