An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
626. Jack The Ripper: The Killer Strikes Again (Part 3)
December 15, 2025
Description
Books Referenced
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
Author: Hallie Rubenhold
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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
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
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Referenced as a Sherlock Holmes story featuring a bloodhound called Toby, used as comparison when discussing the police's failed experiment with bloodhounds
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
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
Author: Alan Moore
Context:
Referred to as 'the enormous graphic novel by Alan Moore' - mentioned in connection with the famous 'From Hell' letter sent to George Lusk