Elizabeth Stride and Jack the Ripper
The Life and Death of the Reputed Third Victim
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About the Book
As soon as the newspapers hit the streets on October 1, 1888, Elizabeth Stride became world renowned as the third victim of Jack the Ripper. Reportedly, Stride was killed only an hour before fellow victim Catherine Eddowes, becoming a key player in the legendary “double event” of Jack the Ripper’s brief but notorious killing career. This book tells the complete life story of Elisabeth Gustafsdotter, beginning with her birth in Sweden during the winter of 1843. The author describes Stride’s reported “habitual drunkenness,” her brief career as a prostitute, and the public aftermath of her untimely death. Period photos and sketches are included throughout the work, along with several appendices and an index.
About the Author(s)
Bibliographic Details
Dave Yost
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 228
Bibliographic Info: 17 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2008
pISBN: 978-0-7864-3318-6
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. The Good Ol’ Days 3
2. A Prelude to Murder 16
3. Death Becomes Her 31
4. The Aftermath 43
5. He Saw Liz 60
6. She Said Watts 75
7. I Need a Detective 88
8. The Swedish Connection 103
9. A Wilful Murder 115
10. The Mysterious Liz 126
11. Packer and the Grapes 143
12. The Secrets of Berner Street 163
13. A Killer in Whitechapel 177
Epilogue 191
Glossary of Names, Things and Terms 195
Appendix: Conversion Rates 202
Recommended Reading 203
Chapter Notes 204
Bibliography 209
Index 215
