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Unmasking Jack the Ripper
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Ripperological Preservation Society 1997 (reprint)
Leather Apron; Or, the Horrors of Whitechapel, London.
Sam'l E. Hudson.
Philadelphia, 1888

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One of the earliest books written on the case, only recently re-discovered in 1997. Published near the end of 1888 in Philadelphia, the book champions Niccoli Vassily as the killer. Reprints available for purchase through the Ripperological Preservation Society.

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