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THE MYSTERY OF JACK THE RIPPER

“The Ripper’s hunting ground was Whitechapel in London’s East End, an overcrowded pit of poverty and crime”

When Jack the Ripper stalked the streets of London, the city that powered a global empire was suddenly plunged into the shadow of fear. As the leaves turned red and fell from the trees in 1888, five women were murdered and mutilated in acts of heinous butchery. Over the years, sleuths have shared a mass of theories and suspicions concerning the true identity of the monster responsible – but the case remains

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