Keith Skinner, Seth Linder and Caroline Morris
Ripper Diary
The Inside Story
Sutton Publishing ( 2003)
The Diary of Jack the Ripper purporting to be a manuscript written in 1888 by a Liverpool cotton merchant, James Maybrick, who confesses to the crimes of Jack the Ripper, was a sensational bestseller in 1993. At the time, The Sunday Times tried to expose it as a modern hoax. Yet, despite extensive enquiries and research during the past 20 years, no conclusive proof has yet been offered to identify an alternative author of the Diary, nor has any reliable evidence come to light to explain how or why it was written. Ripper Diary is an intriguing, compelling and fiercely objective investigation of the Diary’s origins and story.