HistoryHype at Casebook.org

Welcome.

This site will initially be a mirror of a blog I maintain at my own domain, HistoryHype.com. Over time, I may add some original posts as well. The main difference will be that most of what I post here, whether mirrored or original, will focus on Jack the Ripper and related topics. If you have any interest in other historical topics I may eventually write about, then my main HistoryHype.com site would be worth a visit as well!

 I’ve been a student of the Jack the Ripper case for nearly 30 years now, but only recently have I started conducting my own research into the topic and writing professionally about it. My first Jack the Ripper-related article appeared in Ripper Notes #28, and you’ll find a final draft version on this site in the next post, without the benefit of Dan Norder’s masterful final edit. As it stands, this is about 95 percent the way it appeared in Ripper Notes #28.

Currently, I am hard at work on my next article, which, unlike the one-0ff piece, “Romanticizing Mary Jane Kelly,” will focus more on my main area of research insterest, which is the comparative study of Jack to other serial killers. I’ll likely be using this blog, as well as my main HistoryHype.com blog, to test out some of my thoughts as I work toward completing my next manuscript.

I hope you enjoy the time and discussions we’ll share going forward. I know I will.