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Woman at the Devil's Door: The Untold True Story of the Hampstead Murderess

By Hogg , Phoebe; Hogg , Tiggie; Hopton , Sarah Beth; Pearcey , Mary Eleanor

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9780253034625, 9780253034632, 0253034620
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
4 MB (4246724 bytes)
Edition
First North American edition
Pages
i, 271 pages: illustrations; 23 cm\0
Time added
2020-11-29 04:15:46
Crime;True Crime;Nonfiction;Audiobook;History;Myst

Description

Discover the haunting untold true story of the woman whose crimes inspired speculation that Jack the Ripper was a woman. On October 24, 1890, a woman was discovered on a pile of rubbish in Hampstead, North London. Her arms were lacerated and her face bloodied; her head was severed from her body save a few sinews. Later that day, a blood-soaked stroller was found leaning against a residential gate, and the following morning the dead body of a baby was found hidden underneath a nettle bush. So began the chilling story of the Hampstead Tragedy. Eventually, Scotland Yard knocked on the door of No. 2 Priory Street, home to Mary Eleanor Pearcey, the pretty 24-year-old mistress whose dying request was as bizarre and mysterious as her life.Woman at the Devil's Dooris a thrilling look at this notorious murderer and the webs she wove.

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