Features
Editorial:
Don Souden on Mama Bears and Ripper Theorists
Sex or No Sex: The Mind of Jack the Ripper
By Amanda Howard
The Wages of Sin: Prostitution in Victorian London
What was life really like for the prostitute in the 1880’s?
By Jane Coram
Is there an Echo in here?
Gavin Bromley gives us an update on his Batty Street Lodger Story.
Opium Dens and Other Victorian Delights
Eduardo Zinna takes us into the smokey corners of the Victorian Opium Den
Sherlock Holmes and Jack The Ripper
An exciting tale of the World’s Favourite Detective as he faces his greatest
challenge . . .tracking down the Whitechapel Murderer
Regulars
Press Trawl
Chris Scott returns with more from the news from the 19th century.
News and Views
I Beg to Report
"From Britney Spears in wax to Walter Sickert in oils, if it happened, you'll
find it here"
Books
On the Crimebeat
Wilf Gregg reviews the latest additions to
the True Crime bookshelf.
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Maggie Bird, Stephen Ryder, Keith Skinner, Thomas
Schachner and Eduardo Zinna. Thank you!
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