Features
The American Connection: Sandford Conover aka Charles A Dunham
and Dr Francis Tumblety
Carman Cumming sizes up the credibility of a well-known scoundrel and its effects on the standing
of a leading Ripper suspect
On the Trail of the Ripper: Szemeredy in Argentina
José Luis Scarsi tracks the convoluted journey of a minor rascal, thief and murderer who may also
have been the best known serial killer of them all
Ripper Fiction: The Phantom Model - A Story of Wapping
Hume Nisbet brings you the chilling tale of an artist and his doomed model in the slums of
Victorian London - as a faceless killer lurks in the shadows. With an Afterword by Eduardo Zinna
The Green of the Peak: The Coronial System in Britain
Robert Charles Linford, John Savage and David O’Flaherty map the tortuous trajectory of a much
misunderstood, much maligned and much needed institution in their ambitious history of the
office of coroner from its origins to the late Victorian era
Regulars
East End Life: The Last Supper - Mary Kelly’s Evening Meal
and the Fast Food of the East End
Adam Wood kicks off a new column with a celebration of Fish & Chips - the Briton’s hasty and
hearty fare. Israel Zangwill, Henry Mayhew and Watts Phillips are in attendance
Cyber Jack
In his new column, Monty navigates the waters and backwaters of the Internet to steer you clear of
both tsunamis and the Sargasso Sea. This Month: Stephen P Ryder’s Casebook: Jack the Ripper
Press Trawl
Christopher Scott is back after a much-noted absence to serve up more and more obscure titbits
from the past
I Beg to Report
If it happened, or is happening - or will happen - you’ll first read about it here
The Baddest Brit of All: The BBC History Today Worst Briton Poll
Eduardo Zinna weighs up the ten beastliest Britons of the last ten centuries as they compete for
Number One
Dear Rip: Your Valued Letters and Opinions
On the Crimebeat
Wilf Gregg introduces you to the latest goons, villains and thugs in the True Crime world
Ripper Yarns
All appearances by the Ripper in the Media - books, films, radio, television, tapes, DVDs, graphic
novels - past, present and future
The Last Word
Christopher-Michael DiGrazia revisits the mysterious death of Thomas Ince, another unsolved
riddle of the Golden Years of Hollywood with an all-star cast: Charlie Chaplin, William Randolph
Hearst and Hearst’s paramour Marion Davies.
Reviews
This month’s new titles
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We would like to acknowledge the valuable assistance given by the following people in the production of this issue of
Ripperologist: Andrew Balfour for the photo of Carman Cumming, Joe Chetcuti, Stewart Evans, David Inglis, Michaela
Koristova, Hugh Lamb, Greg Laxton, Alan McCormick (Curator of the Crime Museum), Stephen P Ryder. Thank you!
