An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

Hallie Rubenhold

3 books referenced

Books by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five

Referenced in 2 episodes

625. Jack The Ripper: Horror in Whitechapel (Part 2)

December 11, 2025

Context:

Referenced when discussing theories about how the victims were killed. The hosts note that Rubenhold 'believes all the women were killed as they slept' and mention that she doesn't include Mrs. Long's testimony in her book.

624. Jack The Ripper: History’s Darkest Mystery (Part 1)

December 08, 2025

Context:

Referenced as a prize-winning 2019 book providing group biography of Jack the Ripper's murdered victims, described as revelatory for showing the women as human beings rather than just prostitutes

Five

Referenced in 1 episode

85. Sherlock Holmes

August 12, 2021

Context:

Described as 'a brilliant book' about the victims of Jack the Ripper

Mistress of My Fate

Referenced in 1 episode

24. Sex in the City

February 18, 2021

Context:

Tom mentions this was the first book of Hallie's that he read - a novel about Henrietta Lightfoot, an 18th century woman following the style of Hogarth's Harlot's Progress with an unreliable narrator