At the beginning of the twentieth century, the country’s literature was widely considered provincial. Then Malcolm Cowley set ...

The printing press helped build libraries that were impossibly large by ancient standards. That created its own new ...

In the profile unveiled in British newspapers, the man who strangled and butchered five London prostitutes is likely to look very different from the man authorities were searching for at the time, ...

Nearly two decades have passed since the chilling murders of Xiao Mei Guo, 29, and Bonnie Barrett, 24, in Whitechapel, London. When their killer, Derek Brown, died in prison last week aged 64, his ...

Brown was dubbed a copycat Jack the Ripper for prowling the same area as the notorious serial killer “SHE stood right there… just by that lamp post,” market trader Hassan explains as he points at a ...

A JACK the Ripper copycat who stalked the same streets as the serial killer has died in jail. Derek Brown has died at the age of 64 after being taken to hospital ...

A book that put the five women front and centre, instead of rehashing theories about the killer’s identity, is now in paperback, says Emer Harrington A composite of three Scotland Yard issued ...

Jeff Mudgett learned the shocking truth at a family dinner: His great-great-grandfather was H.H. Holmes, the infamous con man and serial killer who operated a so-called “Murder Castle” during the 1893 ...

Expert sleuths and amateur fans alike have sifted through the tantalising clues left behind by the diabolical Whitechapel murderer. Few mysteries have endured and fascinated like the Ripper and his ...

The story of Jack the Ripper and the mystery surrounding their identity has fascinated investigators, theorists and armchair detectives for years. Even the Victorians couldn’t get enough about the ...

21:57, Mon, Sep 15, 2025 Updated: 21:58, Mon, Sep 15, 2025 A leading criminologist believes he has finally solved the Jack the Ripper case and identified another victim. Despite decades of ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Author Julie Berry breaks down why we're so fascinated by stories of murdered young women and fantastical beasts, and what happens when ...