Five. The untold stories of the women killed by Jack the Ripper

Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary Jane are five names lost in the newspaper chronicles and police reports of 1888, overshadowed by the legendary image of their killer. Five difficult lives with the same end. The five canonical victims of Jack the Ripper. In her thorough investigation of the true crime genre, Helly Rubengold gives these silent ghosts their voices and debunks the common myth that the Butcher only hunted whores. Previously unpublished or little-known facts, eyewitness memories, historical sketches, and artistic descriptions helped the author to recreate the portraits and tragic fates of five women who had to live in ruthless, gloomy conditions at the end of the 19th century.