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Authors: Russell Edwards
With this personal knowledge, I find myself caring even more about the unfortunates, the women whose sad lifestyle made them prey for the man we have always called Jack the Ripper.
That name will never go away. But now, thanks to the shawl, the scientific brilliance of Jari Louhelainen, and my determination, persistence and refusal to be sidetracked, we have his real name.
He is no longer just a suspect. We can hold him, finally, to account for his terrible deeds. My search is over:
Aaron Kosminski is Jack the Ripper.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would never have reached the end of this special journey without the help of so many people, most of whom have shown me kindness, support and understanding over the
years.
I initially wish to thank the experts and historians whose passion for the Ripper story gave me the grounding and information that helped me gain my first true understanding of the mystery. They
are Paul Begg, Martin Fido, Stewart Evans and Donald Rumbelow.
Without Dr Jari Louhelainen’s dedicated and painstaking forensic work on the shawl, my story wouldn’t be where it is today. I wish to acknowledge his professionalism, support,
understanding and kindness, and his utmost patience with me, a non-scientist. To Karen Miller and ‘M’, without whose contributions we wouldn’t have had the DNA vital for the
testing.
Andy and Sue Parlour, for the many years in which they have given me the will to keep going: their support has been tremendous. To my literary agent, Robert Smith, my sounding board, to whom I
would turn at any time of frustration, anxiety and elation. He has always been there for me. My special thanks to my publisher, Ingrid Connell at Sidgwick & Jackson, who took a chance on me
when I was halfway through my story.
To Jean Ritchie and John Bennett, who have provided me the
friendliest and most nurturing help in order to understand my life, Alan McCormack and Paul Bickley at the
Black Museum in Scotland Yard, David Melville-Hayes, Chris Phillips, Pat Marshall, Robert House, Diane Thalman and Darren Nicholhurst.
To the institutions who were so helpful and informative: the National Archives in Kew, the London and Metropolitan Archives in Farringdon, the Public Record Office, the London Hospital Museum in
Whitechapel, Cambridge University Library, Sotheby’s, Christie’s, the Huguenot Society, the Victoria & Albert Museum, Encyclopaedia Britannica and Lacy Scott & Knight
Auctioneers.
PICTURE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
All images © Evans Skinner archive excluding:
Section One
© Lacy Scott and Knight Auction Centre
;
© Mary Evans/Peter Higginbotham Collection
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© Mary Evans
Picture Library
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courtesy of Library of the London School of Economics & Political Science, LSE/BOOTH/E/1/5
Section Two
courtesy of Andy and Sue Parlour
;
© Adam Wood and the Swanson family
;
© Mary Evans/Peter Higginbotham
Collection
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© Mary Evans/Peter Higginbotham Collection
;
© Dr Jari Louhelainen
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© Dr Jari Louhelainen
Integrated
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Note: all street names are in London unless otherwise stated.
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Angel, Miriam
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Ashworth, Dawn
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ASP Historical Research
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Atlantic Productions television company
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Autumn of Terror
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Aylmer, Alfred
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Badham, Sergeant Edward
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Barnes, Ian, Professor of Molecular Palaeobiology
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Barrett, Mike
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Barrow Hill, Suffolk
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Barton, Eric
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Batty Street
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Baxter, Wynne
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Beck, Inspector Walter
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Blackwell, Dr Frederick
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Blackwood’s Magazine
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his profile of the Whitechapel murderer
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Boot, Oliver
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Booth, William
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Broadmoor
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Brown, Dr Frederick Gordon
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Brown’s Stable Yard
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buccal cells
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Buckland, Richard
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Bundy, Elizabeth
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Bundy, John
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Buki, Mrs
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Bull, William
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Burrell, Emily
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Burridge, Mary
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Burton, Harry
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Buxton Street, Mile End
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Byfield, Sergeant James
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Cadosch, Albert
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Caine, Michael
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Cambridge University Library
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Carroll, Lewis
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Carter Lane
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Carthy, Mrs
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Chapman, Mark
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Chappell, Mary
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Charing Cross railway station
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Chase, Richard Trenton ‘the Vampire of Sacramento’
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Cheapside
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Chikatilo, Andrei ‘the Rostov Ripper’
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Clugston, Jennifer
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Cohen, Jacob
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Cooney’s lodging house
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Cooper, Eliza
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Corbett’s Court
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Cornwell, Patricia
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Cox, Detective Harry
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Cox, Mary Ann
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Crippen, Dr
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Cripples’ Home, The
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Crook, Annie
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Crossingham’s dosshouse
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Crossman’s lodging house
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Crow, Alfred
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Crowndale Road, St Pancras
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Cullen, Tom
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Cunningham, James Gilbert
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Daily Mirror
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Daily News
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‘Dark Annie’,
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Davies, Dr Christopher
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Dawkes, S. W.
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Devonshire Street
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Diary of Jack the Ripper
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Dickens, Charles (son of the author of the same name)
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Drury Lane
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Duke Street
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East London Advertiser
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East London Observer
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Eastern Orthodox Church
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Ellis, Ruth
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Emin, Tracey
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Enderby murders
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enzyme method reaction test (the KM method)
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epithelial cells
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Essex Wharf
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