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Portrait Of A Killer: Jack The Ripper - Case ClosedPatricia Cornwell Portrait Of A Killer: Jack The Ripper - Case Closed There was a general panic, a great many excitable people declaring that the evil one was revisiting the earth. — H.M., ANONYMOUS EAST END MISSIONARY, 1888 Chapter One. Mr. Nobody Monday, August 6, 1888, was a bank holiday in London. The city was a carnival of wondrous things to do for as little as pennies if one could spare a few. The bells of Windsor's Parish Church and St. George's Chapel rang throughout the day. Ships were dressed in flags, and royal salutes boomed from cannons to celebrate the Duke of Edinburgh's forty-fourth birthday. The Crystal Palace offered a dazzling spectrum of special programs: organ recitals, military band concerts, a "monster display of fireworks," a grand fairy ballet, ventriloquists, and "world famous minstrel performances." Madame Tussaud's featured a special wax model of Frederick II lying in state and, of course, the ever-popular Chamber of Horrors. Other delicious horrors awaited those who could afford theater tickets and were in the mood for a morality play or just a good old-fashioned fright. Dr. Jekyll and Mr ...» |
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