Ripperologist - January 2008

Features

We Are, After All, A Community
Editorial by Don Souden

The Man Who Saw
The face of key witness Joseph Lawende revealed
By Adam Wood and Don Souden

Knocking on Pall Mall’s Door
By Joe Chetcuti - Tumblety in the Beefsteak Room

a.k.a Charles Cross
Michael Connor with more revelations about the man who discovered the body of Mary Ann Nichols.

The Difficulty of Body Identification in the Late Victorian Period
Mary Kelly's body was not the only one not definitively ID'd
By Christopher T George

Obituaries
Julian Rosenthal, Jonathan Goodman and Jeremy Beadle

Regulars

Whitechapel Times
Jennifer Pegg’s new column gives us a round up of some world events from September 1888

Press Trawl
Chris Scott returns with more from the news from the 19th century

News and Views

I Beg to Report
From the Yorkshire Ripper to Dilbert - you'll find it here

Film Review
Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd
By Christoper T George

On the Crimebeat
Wilf Gregg reviews the latest additions to the True Crime bookshelf.