An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
628. Jack The Ripper: The Killer Unmasked (Part 5)
December 22, 2025
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Books Referenced
Author: Philip Sugden
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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.'
Author: Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
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Mentioned as the comic book that inspired the 2001 Johnny Depp film, featuring the royal conspiracy theory with Sir William Gull as the killer.
Author: Stephen Knight
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Described as 'perhaps the single most notorious book ever written about Jack the Ripper,' presenting the royal conspiracy theory involving Prince Albert Victor, Walter Sickert, and Freemason murders.