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Unmasking Jack the Ripper
"Perhaps the best Jack the Ripper documentary produced in recent years." North American and European DVD formats both available.
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Penny Publishing, 2001 (hardcover)
Jack the Ripper's Black Magic Rituals
Ivor Edwards
Penny Publishing, 2001. 172pp., illustrated.
ISBN: 0954147405

Casebook Review:

This book purports to explain the motive, planning and execution of the Ripper murders as part of a mystical "black magic" ritual performed by none other than Roslyn Donston. Edwards' theory is that the murders were planned on a map according to an ancient geometric symbol called Vesica Pisces. Although he provides a lot of information concerning the symbol and its use throughout history, the attempt to connect it to the Ripper murders does not fully convince. Enthusiasts with an interest in black magic and the occult may be interested in this book, though casual Ripper readers may just find it confusing.


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       Dissertations: DOnston Stephenson: Dissecting the incident off Flamborou... 
       Dissertations: Jack the Ripper - by Aleister Crowley 
       Dissertations: Letter from the Sickbed: Donston Writes to the Police 
       Message Boards: Robert Donston Stephenson 
       Press Reports: Pall Mall Gazette - 1 December 1888 
       Press Reports: Pall Mall Gazette - 3 December 1888 
       Press Reports: Pall Mall Gazette - 6 December 1888 
       Ripper Media: Jack the Ripper by Aleister Crowley 
       Ripper Media: Jack the Ripper: A Cast of Thousands - Anne Deary 
       Ripper Media: Jack the Ripper: A Suspect Guide - Robert Donston Stephen... 
       Ripper Media: The Ripper File 
       Ripper Media: The True Face of Jack the Ripper 
       Suspects: Robert Donston Stephenson