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The book was mentioned as giving very detailed accounts of the lives of the Jack the Ripper victims, all expertly sourced, though the host noted that regarding Mary Jane Kelly, the author states 'not a single statement made by her about her life prior to her arrival in london has ever been verified.'

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Holland mentions this book when discussing Rubenhold's thesis that the Ripper victims were all killed as they slept, that they were homeless, and the Ripper just came across them and killed them. He describes it as 'brilliant on the lives of the victims.'

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Referenced in discussing theories about how the victims were killed, with the hosts noting that Rubenhold "believes all the women were killed as they slept" rather than while soliciting customers.

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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