30 h. ago Descendants of the victims of Jack the Ripper have demanded a new inquest

Ripper researcher Russell Edwards claims Freemasons shielded the killer from police at the time and ensured that he was locked away in an asylum until his death

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5 d. ago Press conference for teen 'killer' Karmelo Anthony descends into chaos as victim's father is thrown out

Austin Metcalf's father Jeff Metcalf crashed a press conference on Thursday for 17-year-old alleged killer Karmelo Anthony.

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2 w. ago Brits list crimes they want solved the most from Jack the Ripper, JFK to BBC news star

The identity of Jack the Ripper, the murder of Jill Dando and the disappearance of Lord Lucasn are all among the great mysteries curious Brits was to be finally solved

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2 w. ago Brits obsessed with unsolved crimes like Jack the Ripper, shows research

A study of 2,000 adults found 41 per cent have a personal fascination with unsolved crimes - with nearly a quarter tuning in to TV shows or documentaries about unsolved crimes at least once a week

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2 w. ago Test your knowledge of unsolved crimes from Jack the Ripper to the Zodiac Killer

A new quiz challenges Brits to test their knowledge of some of the most infamous unsolved crimes in history - from Jack the Ripper to the Zodiac Killer and the Black Dahlia

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2 w. ago Today's TV with Sara Wallis: Bradley Walsh crack walnuts with bum in ITV's Breaking Dad

From gory Jack The Ripper thrills to Alison Hammond caring for cats and a nutty scene in Breaking Dad, our TV columnist Sara Wallis picks the best telly to watch tonight

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2 w. ago BBC child star looks completely different in new Jack the Ripper drama

Outnumbered star Tyger Drew-Honey has a major role in Sky's Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood after the success of the BBC Christmas special - and has undergone a make-over

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3 w. ago The Five author Hallie Rubenhold: ‘I really hate true crime’

The award-winning writer turned the Jack the Ripper case on its head. Now she is giving Dr Crippen the same treatment – and questioning how we tell stories about murderous menIt was called “the crime of the century” and “the north London cellar murder”, and more than 100 years after it happened, the name of the murderer is still widely known. Dr Crippen has been the subject of multiple books, movies and TV shows and had a waxwork made of him at Madame Tussauds. But the story of his crimes, writes Hallie Rubenhold in Story of a Murder, remains one “predominantly about women but told almost exclusively by men”. As such, Crippen’s victim is long forgotten. Her name was Belle Elmore, and in Rubenhold’s book she is brought back to life.Rubenhold and I are in a cafe in Muswell Hill, north London, a 10 minute walk from where Elmore is buried, and where the 53-year-old author lives with her barrister husband, Frank. Writing Story of a Murder was nerve-racking, says Rubenhold, partly because...

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