R. Michael Gordon

The Poison Murders of Jack the Ripper

His Final Crimes, Trial and Execution

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Produktbeschreibung

Considered a primary suspect in the unsolved Jack the Ripper murders, Polish-born Severin Antoniovich Klosowski also gained considerable notoriety as ""The Borough Poisoner of Southwark"" in the late 1800s. Within a span of five years, Klosowski took on three women as his wives and lethally poisoned each with deadly doses of antimony. This study of Klosowski's murders of Mary Spink, Elizabeth ""Bessie"" Taylor and Maud Marsh includes extensive accounts of the individual crimes, the accompanying investigations and Klosowski's conviction and execution. The final chapter examines intense police and media speculation that Klosowski may also have been the unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, citing period news articles and more recent developments in the notorious case. One appendix provides a detailed timeline of Klosowski's ""poison period"" from 1892 to 1903.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780786433278
• ISBN-10: 0786433272
• Artikelnr.: 23305780

Autorenporträt

R. Michael Gordon is the author of several books, and has written extensively on Victorian London and the Ripper phenomenon. He lives in Long Beach, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Prologue-A Young Man from Poland     
Section I-A Background of Serial Murder
1. The Ripper and Torso Murders     
2. The American Murders of Jack the Ripper     
Section II-The Poison Work of Jack the Ripper
3. A Serial Killer Returns to London     
4. Mrs. Spink and a Man Called Chapman     
5. The Slow Death of Bessie Taylor     
6. A Barmaid Named Maud     
7. A Death at George's American Bar     
8. The Arrest of a Serial Killer     
Section III-The Investigation of a Serial Killer
9. The Investigation Begins: Other Crimes and a Final Torso     
10. Coroner Waldo's Inquest: The Maud Marsh Matter     
11. The Police Court Does Its Work: The Case of the Borough Poisoner     
12. The Police Court Continues: Focus on Mrs. Spink and Bessie Taylor     
Section IV-The King's Justice
13. The First Day of Trial: The Case of the Borough Poisoner     
14. The Second Day of Testimony     
15. Requiem for a Serial Killer     
16. "You've Got Jack the Ripper at Last"     
Section V-The Future of Jack the Ripper
17. A Century of Speculation and a Pub called the Crown     
Appendix I. A Chronology of the Borough Poisoner     
Bibliography     
Index