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Queen Victoria’s Black Sheep: Prince Eddy and the Ripper Rumours, Part 2

By Culture& Stuff | Published: February 8, 2010
As we saw in Part 1 of this story, there are many theories on the real identity of Jack the Ripper doing the rounds, which range from the hypothetically plausible to the palpably absurd. Delving a little deeper, it is interesting to note how many of the suspects suggested over the years involve highly respected [...]
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Queen Victoria’s Black Sheep: Prince Eddy and the Ripper Rumours, Part 1

By Culture& Stuff | Published: February 4, 2010
Jack the Ripper occupies a curious place in the popular consciousness – one that seems utterly divorced from the string of vicious murders (at least 5) he is thought to have committed. Perhaps we’ve grown too used to the idea of serial killers now, too exposed to the archetype of an unhinged misogynist, banishing their [...]
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