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American Museum of Natural History Fiction Burnham, Daniel Hudson 1846-1912 Mudgett, Herman W 1861-1896 Serial murderers Serial murders Serial murders England London History 19th century Serial murders England London History 19th century Drama Serial murders Fiction the Ripper Jack Whitechapel (London, England) HistoryHunt, Amber
Summary: A fascinating pop-history dive into the stories behind the incredibly impactful crimes--both infamous and little-known--that have shaped the legal system as we know it. When asked why true crime is so in vogue, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Amber Hunt always has the same answer: it's no hotter than it's always been. Crimes and trials have captured...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square & Co. 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 364.109 HUNMcCracken, Patricia Nell
Summary: "The horror occurred in a rustic farming enclave in modern-day Hungary. To look at the unlikely lineup of murderesses--village wives, mothers, and daughters--was to come to the shocking realization that this could have happened anywhere, and to anyone. At the center of it all was a sharp-minded village midwife, a "smiling Buddha" known as Auntie Suzy, who distilled arsenic from flypaper and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 MCCAnderson, Jennifer Joline.
Summary: Discusses the unsolved Jack the Ripper murders in Victorian England.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 364.1523 ANDStarr, Douglas P.
Summary: With high drama and stunning detail, relates the infamous crime and punishment of French serial killer Joseph Vacher, interweaving the story of how Dr. Alexandre Lacassagne, Emile Fourquet and colleagues developed forensic science as we know it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 STASummary: The final season finds its end during the cold winter of 1901, taking the heroes to a place where a dark secret they all share emerges to destroy the lives they've built.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV RIPSummary: Three years have passed since the Leman Street locomotive disaster, when DI Edmund Reid is forced to return to Whitechapel to help clear his former associate's name. Once again Reid finds himself, along with DS Drake, plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to overtake London's East End on the eve of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee celebration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: "Vain and charismatic Walter Sickert made a name for himself as a painter in Victorian London. But the ghoulish nature of his art--as well as extensive evidence--points to another name, one that's left its bloody mark on the pages of history: Jack the Ripper. Cornwell has collected never-before-seen archival material--including a rare mortuary photo, personal correspondence, and a will with a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas & Mercer 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SICKERT, WALTER CORVronsky, Peter
Summary: "Fans of Mindhunter and true crime podcasts will devour these chilling stories of serial killers from the so-called "surge" or epidemic years of serial murder. With books like Serial Killers, Female Serial Killers, and Sons of Cain, Peter Vronsky has established himself as the foremost expert on the history of serial killers. In this first definitive history of the worst decades of American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 VRORasmussen, William T.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sunstone Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 RASSummary: Haunted by the failure to catch Jack the Ripper, Inspector Edmund Reid is charged with keeping order in the blood-stained streets of Whitechapel. Reid and his men find themselves fighting to uphold justice and the rule of law. But always in the background lurks the gear of the Ripper.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam's 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 CORBegg, Paul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andre Deutsch 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 BEGBegg, Paul.
Contents: Introduction -- The Whitechapel murders -- The East End was a dangerous place -- The gangs of Whitechapel -- Soldiers -- Jack the Ripper -- "He's gone to gateshead" -- Bits of body turning up here and there -- "What a cow!" -- Murder by natural causes --The ripper that never was -- A gruesome jigsaw -- Jack the Ripper or not? -- The body from elsewhere -- The fit-up -- American swansong? --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale Univ Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 BEGSummary: Inspector Edmund Reid travels deep into the seedy criminal London underworld hell-bent on taking back the blood-stained streets of Whitechapel. But Reid isn't fighting this battle alone. He's joined by Detective Inspector Bennet Drake, a hard man who prefers to let his fists do the talking, Captain Homer Jackson, a brash American with a voracious appetite for vice, and Long Susan, a madam with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV RIPSchwartz, Anne E.
Summary: "The real story of the shocking Jeffrey Dahmer murders, as told by the Milwaukee Journal reporter who broke the story--from the dramatic scene when police first entered Dahmer's apartment to the lasting repercussions of the case today. One night in July 1991, two policemen saw a man running handcuffed from the apartment of Jeffrey Dahmer. Investigating, they made a gruesome discovery: three...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling New York, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2021
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Summary: A Libyan terrorist leads former New York cop John Corey on an international race to save the free world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2000
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DEMCornwell, Patricia Daniels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 364.1523 CORFrei, Pierre
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRESummary: Corridors of blood: Set in the primitive hospitals of 19th century London, this recounts the story of the unfortunate Dr. Bolton, an early pioneer in anesthesiology, showing his gradual addiction to drugs and his dealings with grave robbers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006
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2 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER HAULarson, Erik.
Summary: Abridged.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 364.1523 LARKing, David C.
Summary: "For a long time, the national identities of the people of Serbia and Montenegro were shared as they lived under one country. However, in recent years, Serbia and Montenegro have become their own nations, and readers discover the details behind this split as they examine the similarities and differences between these neighboring nations. Using the most current information available, this volume...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 949.71 KINLarson, Erik
Summary: Tells the parallel stories of Daniel Burnham, the main architect of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and serial killer Henry H. Holmes, discussing the challenges Burnham faced in creating the hugely successful White City, and looking at how Holmes used the opportunities afforded by the fair to lure victims to their deaths.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Large Print Press (Gale, Cengage Learning) 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 364.152 LARAlabed, Bana
Summary: Bana's mother tells her of the strong bana tree that grows in their homeland, Syria, and how Bana's strength helped her survive war, being a refugee, and starting fresh in a new country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALAPreston, Douglas J.
Summary: When New York City construction workers uncover the remains of thirty-six people murdered and dismembered over 130 years ago, archaeologist Nora Kelly and Special Agent Pedergast set out to investigate the killings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2002