Works examining the Jack the Ripper case include Maxim Jakubowski and Nathan Braund (eds.), The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper (1999); Stewart P. Evans and Keith Skinner, The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Companion: An Illustrated Encyclopedia (also published as The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Sourcebook: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 2000); Stewart P. Evans and Paul Gainey, The Lodger: The Arrest and Escape of Jack the Ripper (1995; also published as Jack the Ripper: First American Serial Killer, 1996, reissued 1998); and Philip Sugden, The Complete History of Jack the Ripper, rev. ed. (1995).
Latest-Incidents-in-Connection-with-the-Doings-of-Jack-theLatest Incidents in Connection with the Doings of Jack the Ripper, the …[Credits : English School/The Bridgeman Art Library/Getty Images]
Postcard-written-by-Jack-the-Ripper-1888Postcard written by Jack the Ripper, 1888.[Credits : The National Archives/Heritage-Images]
Letter-to-police-purporting-to-originate-from-Jack-the-RipperLetter to police purporting to originate from Jack the Ripper, dated Oct. 6, 1888.[Credits : The National Archives/Heritage-Images]
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