Capturing Jack the Ripper: The Ripper Mythos 130 Years On (Nov. 10, 2018)

[Howard Brown]

Capturing Jack the Ripper: The Ripper Mythos 130 Years On

https://www.shropshirelive.com/enter...ck-the-ripper/



Dr Lucy Andrew of University Centre Shrewsbury (UCS) will be reopening the case files at an event in the town on November 10.

[Gary Barnett]

Capturing Jack the Ripper: The Ripper Mythos 130 Years On

https://www.shropshirelive.com/enter...ck-the-ripper/



Dr Lucy Andrew of University Centre Shrewsbury (UCS) will be reopening the case files at an event in the town on November 10.

Academia seems to be paying attention at last. I wonder how Dr Andrew's talk will compare to one given by a non - academic at a WS meeting or a Ripper conference?

Does anyone know the significance of Shrewsbury in crime fiction?

[Howard Brown]

Does anyone know the significance of Shrewsbury in crime fiction?

That's easy, Gary.....its where some bigmouth got her attitude adjusted a couple of hundred years ago...you know.....the Taming of The Shrew.

[Gary Barnett]

Does anyone know the significance of Shrewsbury in crime fiction?

That's easy, Gary.....its where some bigmouth got her attitude adjusted a couple of hundred years ago...you know.....the Taming of The Shrew.

Mmm... Very creative, How, but not what I had in mind.

[Simon Wood]

Brother Cadfael.

[Gary Barnett]

Brother Cadfael.

Spot on!