An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
The Complete History of Jack the Ripper
Author: Philip Sugden
Referenced in 2 episodes
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December 22, 2025
Context:
Tom and Dominic refer to this throughout the series as the definitive survey of the case, with Sugden writing that the quest for Jack the Ripper's identity has proved 'at best inconclusive, at worst downright fraudulent.'
December 11, 2025
Context:
Described by the hosts as "the definitive book" on the Ripper case and "by far the most scholarly and sort of serious book on this." They note that Philip Sugden is the brother of John Sugden, the definitive biographer of Nelson.