Features
Editorial: Brilliant Branding
Don Souden asks if it would still be Jack without Jack.
Tumblety Talks
R J Palmer on an interview given by Francis Tumblety to the New York World in January 1889.
A Skeleton Shingle
Joe Chetcuti reveals how Tumblety was compared to a pagan god.
Foster’s Notations
Gavin Bromley examines the accuracy of Frederick Foster’s calculations.
PC 225H Reports
Adam Wood and Keith Skinner turn the pages of a real Whitechapel constable.
A Monstrous Deception
Dr Jan Bondeson warns us to be wary of contemporary illustrations.
Obituary: Des McKenna
Chris George remembers the popular theorist and contributor.
Regulars
Press Trawl
Chris Scott with a mammoth report from the Evening News of 6 October 1888.
News and Views
I Beg to Report
From Dracula to Shirley Temple, if it happened, you’ll find it here.
I Beg to Report: The Trial of James Maybrick
Fresh from a return to his Liverpool roots, Chris George reports on the vote against the cotton trader.
I Beg to Report: 2007 Conference
The full lineup for Wolverhampton is revealed.
Books
On the Crimebeat
Wilf Gregg reviews the latest additions to the True Crime bookshelf.
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