An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

626. Jack The Ripper: The Killer Strikes Again (Part 3)

December 15, 2025

Description

How did Jack the Ripper manage to strike twice in the same night without getting caught? Did he have an accomplice? And, what chilling clues did the police discover in the wake of the murder…?...

Books Referenced

The Complete History of Jack the Ripper

Author: Philip Sugden

Context:

Referred to as 'whose book on the Jack the Ripper case is the definitive history' - discussed as an authoritative source on the Jack the Ripper murders

The Five

Author: Hallie Rubenhold

Context:

Explicitly mentioned as 'her book The Five, which is brilliant on the lives of the victims' - discussed in relation to the thesis that Ripper victims were killed while sleeping

The Sign of the Four

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Context:

Referenced as a Sherlock Holmes story featuring a bloodhound called Toby, used as comparison when discussing the police's failed experiment with bloodhounds

Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution

Author: Stephen Knight

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Described as 'a very notorious, I think, mad book about Jack the Ripper' - discussed in relation to conspiracy theories involving Masons and the royal family

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

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Mentioned as upcoming topic for discussion in relation to the cultural hinterland of the Ripper murders and the duality of Victorian society

From Hell

Author: Alan Moore

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Referred to as 'the enormous graphic novel by Alan Moore' - mentioned in connection with the famous 'From Hell' letter sent to George Lusk