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Abberline, Detective Inspector

George Frederick 11, 12, 32, 119, 144, 169, 175, 212 Aberconway, Lady Christabel 39, 210 agent provocateur 190–192, 197, 198 Airy, Sir George 24 Albert Victor, Prince (Duke of

Clarence and Avondale) 22, 141 Alexandrian Lodge 64, 88, 94, 130 anarchists 117, 121, 129, 146, 149, 150, 164, 189, 214, 216 Anderson, Sir Robert 13, 22, 24, 28, 33–35, 38–41, 43, 44, 47–49, 57, 59, 67–69, 73, 78, 96, 97, 102, 114–119, 121, 127, 130, 136, 144–148, 150–156, 159–166, 169, 170, 175–177, 179, 180, 189, 190, 192, 196–198, 202, 208–210, 214–219 Andrews, Inspector Walter Simon 175 Apostles (Cambridge) 26, 44, 136, 141 Arnold, Sir Edwin 59, 105 Asquith, Henry 166, 167, 169, 196 Association of Assistant Librarians 135 astrology 23, 24, 89 Avenger 45, 117, 209, 210

Balfour, Arthur James 117, 152, 153, 155, 161, 165, 171, 179, 180–191, 196, 197, 200, 214, 219 Barnardo, Dr. Thomas 44 Baxter, Wynne 16, 61, 78, 79, 131 Beadmore, Jane 78, 205 Begg, Paul 136, 138, 214 Belloc Lowndes, Marie 117, 209, 210 Bernard, Marie 139 Bernhardt, Sarah 102, 103 Besant, Annie 19, 20, 33, 34, 69, 102, 113, 117 Bibliotheca Lindesiana 68 Bishop, Irving 17, 18 black magic 22, 55, 56, 59, 60,

64, 65, 67, 68, 70, 73, 75, 79, 88, 89, 92–94, 99, 101, 102, 106, 123, 125, 128, 130–133, 203, 207 Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna 34, 58, 62, 66, 68–73, 89, 91, 93, 95, 100–107, 109–113, 124, 130, 131, 208 Bloch, Robert 131, 211, 212 Bond, Dr. Thomas 25, 27, 28, 34, 35, 78, 108, 135, 148, 159, 160, 179 Booth, Charles 30, 31 Brackenbury, Mrs 21, 22 Bradford, Sir Edward 38, 165, 169 Brewer, John Francis 61, 91 Broderick, St. John 156 Brodie Innes, John William 66 Brodrick (Broderick), George C. 156–161, 215 Brown, Dr. Gordon 51, 52, 67, 131 Browne, Douglas G. 135, 179, 180, 188–190, 218 Bulwer Lytton, Lord Edward 58, 59, 64, 69, 73, 88, 93, 94, 105, 130–132, 207 Butler, Josephine 30

Cambridge Ghost Society 58 Carroll, Lewis 74 Cass, Elizabeth 148, 213 Central News Agency 20, 59, 147, 149, 182, 186 Chapman, Annie 20, 28, 45, 55, 61, 75, 77–79, 84, 115, 130, 131, 150, 178 Charcot, J.M. 56 Charlton, Mrs. 119 Charrington, Mr. 31, 32 Chicago May (May Churchill

Sharpe) 31, 32 Churchill, Lord Randolph 215 Churchill, Winston 142, 150, 151, 153, 154, 161, 162, 214 City of London Police 49, 51–53, 75, 76, 79, 88, 89, 107, 108, 133, 135, 164, 178, 200 Clan-na-Gael 165, 183, 186, 187, 191, 218, 219 Cleveland Street scandal 114, 134–136 Cobbe, Frances 32 Coles, Francis 111, 130, 178 Collins, Mabel 58, 62, 64, 68, 91, 95, 98–106, 107–112, 125, 126, 130–133, 204, 208 Comstock, Anthony 111, 112, 127 Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur 32, 66, 199, 200, 204, 207 Connell, Nicholas 202 Conrad, Joseph 121 Cornwell, Patricia 98, 137–139, 205, 219 Coroners Act 178, 179, 217 counterintelligence 142, 165, 213 Cous, Elliott 72, 104, 106, 107, 204 Coverture 30 Cox, Detective Inspector Henry 178 Cox, Mary Ann 192 Crawford, Ernest 99, 120, 210 “Crawford letter” 67, 68 Cream, Dr. Thomas Neill 164 Cremers, Vittoria 58, 62, 64, 68–70, 75, 89, 97, 98–113, 120, 122–128, 130–132, 136, 139, 204, 205, 210, 211 Crimes Club (Our Society) 64–67, 130 Cronin murder 183, 191, 192, 218, 219 Crowley, Aleister 26, 56, 70, 99–101, 103, 109, 111–113, 122–125, 126–128, 130, 131, 133, 137, 203, 210–212 Crowley, Chief of Police Patrick (San Francisco) 172, 175, 176, 217 Cumberland, Stuart 17–19, 59 Curse Upon Mitre Square 61, 62, 91–93, 203 Curtis, L. Perry 102 Cutbush, Executive Superintendent

Charles Henry 72, 167 Cutbush, Thomas Hayne 39, 47, 74, 167, 169, 180, 216

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Davies, Dr. Morgan 74, 76, 78, 104, 107–109, 205 Davitt, Michael 156–158, 165, 170, 191, 194–196, 218 Deary, Anne (Stephenson) 110 Dee, Dr. John 56 De Quincy, Thomas 45, 209, 210 Diary of Jack the Ripper 19, 139–144, 200, 212, 213 Dillon, John 156–158, 167, 170 Diosy, Sir Arthur 23, 54, 64–67, 72, 76, 89, 93, 130, 131, 133, 207 Director of Public Prosecutions 178, 179, 212, 217 Donnelly, Ignatius 90, 207 D’Onston, Roslyn 22, 23, 58, 62, 64, 68–70, 74, 75, 76–97, 98–113, 120, 122, 123, 125–128, 130–133, 136–139, 200, 203–208, 212 Doyle, Thomas 184 Dracula 60, 93, 203 Druitt, Montague John 26, 39, 44, 47, 68, 74, 99, 120, 135, 147, 156, 169, 179, 180, 202, 215, 216 Dublin Castle 164, 176, 188, 192, 219 Dutton, Dr. Thomas 22

Earl of Crawford and Balcarres (Lord Lindsay) 24, 67–71, 73, 94, 102, 130, 137, 204 Eddowes, Catherine 20, 28, 32, 49, 52, 54, 55, 61, 67, 75, 76, 78, 86, 88, 91, 93, 108, 118, 130, 131, 133, 150, 178, 179, 203, 207 elixir of life 54, 55, 64, 67, 204 Elizabethan 56 Ellis, Havelock 87, 209 Epstein, Jacob 123 Evans, Stewart P. (foreword) 1–3, 174, 216

Fabian Society 117, 209 Farnell, Kim 109 Farquharson, Henry R. 156, 215 Fellowship of the New Life 117 Fenians 32, 58, 61, 147, 160, 164, 176, 179, 185, 190–193, 214, 216, 217, 219 Fido, Martin 136, 138, 214 Fitch, Detective Inspector Herbert

T. 144 Flanagan, John Woulfe 151, 214 Fogelma 127 Foreign Office 42, 136, 146, 147, 150, 159, 164, 175, 188 fortune- telling 11–14 Foster, Superintendent Alfred 20 Fraudulent Mediums Act 13, 114, 199 Frederic, Harold 148 Freeman, Bella 31, 32 Freemasonry 57, 58, 146, 147 French Occult Revival 58 From Hell (film) 21, 131

Gateshead murder 77, 78 Gaute, Joe 131 George II 82 Ghost Club 64, 200 Girouard, Pierre 127 Gladstone, William 60, 141, 142, 151, 157, 158, 166, 185, 192, 195, 197, 219 Goodman, Jonathan 67 Gould, F.J. 21, 200 Goulden, Mark 127 Goulston Street wall writing 50, 75, 76, 88, 92, 150, 202 Gouriet Ryan, Stephen 108 Graham, Alice 118 Grainger, William see Grant,

William Grand Orient of France 57 Grant, William 117, 118 Grieve, John 137, 219 Griffiths, Major Arthur 47, 67, 130, 176, 202, 204 Grimthorpe, Lord 47 Gull, Sir William 57 Gurney, Edmund 58, 200 gypsies 14, 15, 199

Haddon, Geoffrey 100 Haddon, Olivia 99, 100, 123, 211 Hammond, William Alexander 35, 201, 202 Hamnett, Nina 123, 127, 210, 211 Hannen, Sir James 156, 158, 159 Harbottle, Thomas B. 64 Harcourt, Sir William 121, 153–155, 195, 214 Harrap 99, 131 Harris, J.E. 178 Harris, Melvin 98–100, 103, 109, 110, 127, 128, 136–142, 212 Hartmann, Franz 95, 112, 208 Hayter Preston, Ted 99, 123, 127, 130 Hayward, Rhodri 56, 203 Hearn, Lafcadio 65 Hebbert, Dr. Charles Alfred 108 Heilman, Mrs. 130, 131 Helson, Inspector Joseph Henry 131 Hermetic Order of the Golden

Dawn 57, 130 Hibernia Bank 172, 176 Hitler Diaries 139 Holland, Clive 105 Home Office 21, 22, 42, 61, 73, 119, 121, 124, 126, 135, 136, 146, 147, 150, 151, 154–156, 159, 162–165, 169, 170, 175, 176, 178, 188, 190, 192, 195, 213, 214, 216, 217, 219 Hopkins, Ellen 104 House of Lords Select Committee (hospitals) 82–86, 206 Howells, Martin 135 Hughes Hallett, F.C. 203 Humanum Genus 58 Hume, Allen O. 72 Hutchinson, George 74, 81, 110, 138

Ingleby Oddie, S 66, 67, 130 International Working Men’s Educational Club 149 Invincibles 116, 147, 179, 180, 184, 185, 189, 219 Irish Party 151, 159, 161, 163, 166, 175–177, 179–182, 184, 190–192, 194, 214, 215, 218

Jackson, Elizabeth 130, 178 James I 56 Jenkinson, Sir Edward 147, 165, 191, 192, 213, 216, 219 Jesuits 72, 97, 120, 121, 204 Jewish suspect 39, 50, 116, 136, 146, 147, 152, 154, 155, 160, 166, 177, 197, 208, 214 Jews 39, 50–53, 88, 92, 97, 146, 150, 161, 162, 202, 214–216 Jubilee Year 126, 152, 182–184, 214 Judge, W.Q. 106, 113

Kebbell, George 117, 118 Keightley, Archibald 68, 69, 130 Kelly, Alexander 135 Kelly, Mary Jane 28, 32, 34, 37, 55, 78, 81, 84, 86, 88, 98, 103, 104, 108, 110, 118, 130, 131, 135, 136, 138, 146, 148, 159, 160, 175, 177–179, 181, 192, 197, 215, 217 Kemsley Newspapers 128, 141, 143 Kidney, Michael 16, 199, 200 Killeen, Dr. Timothy Robert 60 King James Version(bible) 32, 44, 48, 59, 97, 208, 218 Kingsford, Anna 110, 111, 137 Klosowski 130 Knight, Stephen 21, 58, 99, 131, 134, 137, 200, 212 Kosminski, Aaron 47, 49, 68, 74, 116, 147, 161, 169, 180, 216

Labouchere, Henry 96, 134, 163, 165, 167–169, 193, 194 Lambton, Arthur 66, 67 Larkins, E.K. 178, 217 Lawende, Joseph 118 Le Caron, Major Henri (Thomas

Miller Beach) 48, 153–155, 214, 218, 219 Lees, Eva 21 Lees, Robert James 21–23, 58, 130, 200 Legh, Cynthia 22, 200 Le Grand, Charles 54, 202, 203 Le Grand & Co. 165 Le Queux, William 67, 121, 122, 127, 130, 204 Levi, Eliphas 58, 73, 88, 92, 93, 130, 131, 133, 203, 207, 208 Lewis, George 54, 165, 202 Light (periodical) 22, 91, 104, 200 Lis, Joseph 33 Littlechild, Chief Inspector John

George 24, 38, 59, 74, 99, 120, 150, 164–166, 170, 174–177, 180, 183, 189, 190, 197, 198, 216, 219 The Lodger (novel) 117, 209, 210 London Hospital 74–76, 79–83,

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84–87, 101, 103, 108, 130, 131, 205, 206 London Spiritualist Alliance 20, 200, 207 Lucifer (periodical) 58, 62, 94, 96, 105, 106, 110, 111, 130–132 Luckes, Matron Eva 82–86 Lusk, George 79, 206

Machen, Arthur 93, 94, 207 Mackey, Marion Barry 84–86 Macnaghten, Sir Melville Leslie 19, 24, 25, 27, 28, 35, 38, 39, 47, 59, 67, 73, 99, 116, 117, 119, 120, 130, 135, 147, 165–167, 169, 176, 177, 179–181, 184, 188–191, 197, 198, 202, 215, 216, 219 Macnaghten Memorandum 26, 39, 116, 161, 166, 167, 169, 179, 180 MacVeagh, Jeremiah 151 Malcolm, Mary 15–17, 199 Mallon, Inspector John 171, 176, 177 Mansfield, Richard 47 Marsh, George 74, 76, 77, 98, 108, 205 Maskelyne, Jasper 142, 143, 213 Massey, Charles 69 Matchgirls Strike 33, 34 Matters, Leonard 126, 130 Matthews, Henry 117, 134 136, 142, 146, 148, 149, 153, 155, 167, 175, 178, 184, 186, 191, 192, 196, 214, 216, 219 May, Betty 99, 103, 122–124, 126, 127, 130, 133, 210, 211 Maybrick, Florence 19, 114, 142, 193, 208 Maybrick, James 19, 74, 139, 142 Maybrick diary see Diary of Jack the Ripper McCormick, Donald 22, 128, 133, 138, 140–144, 212 McDermott, James 165, 191–196 McGrath, William 189, 219 McIntyre, Detective Sergeant

Patrick 150, 165, 190, 198, 208, 209, 213, 218, 219 McKenzie, Alice 130, 178 mentor 39–41 Merton College, Oxford 156 Metropolitan Police 12, 73, 126, 129, 135, 144, 162–164, 191, 212, 216 Metropolitan Police Special Branch see Special Branch Monro, Christopher 135 Monro, James 23, 38, 73, 134–136, 147, 148, 151, 153, 164–166, 178, 181, 183, 186, 190–192, 197, 210, 214, 216, 219 Montgomery, Doreen 142, 213 Morland, Nigel 133, 142–144 Moroney, Joseph 183 Morris, Mary 104 Morris, William 59, 104, 149, 203 Morton, Cyril 22 Moses, Stainton (MA Oxon) 91, 92, 207 Moylan, Sir J.F. 126, 144 Mylett, Rose 38, 159, 178 Mysteria Mystica Maxima 113, 123, 127

Napoleon’s Book of Fate 11, 199 Nash, Eveleigh 67 National Archives 139, 140, 212 Neuburg, Victor 99, 100, 123, 127, 128, 211 New Scotland Yard 21–23, 116, 124, 129, 133, 139, 144, 166, 189 Newgate Calendars 77, 205 Newnes, George 139, 208 Nichols, Mary Ann 20, 28, 75, 77, 78, 130, 131, 150, 178, 200 Nightingale, Florence 82 Noriss, Joel 98

O’Brien, Matthew 165 O’Brien, William 157, 191, 215 occult 43, 56, 59, 60, 61, 65–68, 71–74, 89, 91–94, 102, 112, 115, 144, 147, 203, 205, 207 O’Connor T.P. 87, 116, 152, 156, 166, 167, 209 Odell, Robin 51, 67, 129, 134, 135, 202, 212 O’Donnell, Bernard 22, 26, 62, 68, 70, 75, 89, 99–103, 105–113, 122, 123, 125–133, 137, 138, 210–212 O’Donnell, Peter 128 O’Donnell manuscript 98–112, 120, 123, 128–133, 137, 138 official secrets 153, 154, 214 Openshaw, Dr. Thomas H. 79 Order of Christ 65 Order of the Silver Star 130 Ordo Templi Orientis 59, 113, 123, 208 Ostrog, Michael 47, 74, 169, 180, 205, 216 Our Society see Crimes Club Overton Fuller, Jean 99, 100, 125, 128, 210, 211 Oxford Movement 46 Oxford University Unionist League 156

Paget, Sir A. 146 Parnell, Charles Stewart 151–153, 156, 160, 165, 174, 182, 185, 189, 191, 192, 194, 197, 215, 219 Parnell Special Commission see

Special Commission Parnellism and Crime (articles) 117, 151, 152, 156, 161, 165, 166, 181, 184, 190, 210, 214, 215, 217 Patristic Gospels 58, 94, 96, 122, 130–133, 208 Pedachenko, Alexander 121, 122, 127 Pemberton, Sir Max 65, 66, 130, 131 Phillips, Dr. George Bagster 61, 77, 78, 108, 131, 159 Phoenix Park murders 61, 147, 156, 176, 180, 185, 186, 196, 215, 217–219 227

Piazzi Smyth, Charles 24 Pigott, Richard 151, 160, 191, 214, 218 Pinchin Street murder 18, 19, 178, 200 Pinkerton Detective Agency 164, 165, 188, 189, 191, 218 Pompadour Cosmetique Company 104, 109, 130, 131 Pope Leo XIII 57 Porter, Bernard 135, 216 Press Association 59 Prophesy Investigation Society 24 prostitution 30–32, 34, 201, 217 Prothero, Margaret 135 Psychopathia Sexualis 35, 59 Public Record Office 75, 135, 179

Quaritch, Bernard 66, 68, 204

Redway, George 93, 94, 207 Reid, Detective Inspector Edmund 16, 131, 199 religious mania 24, 25, 30, 32, 33, 35, 44–46, 53, 55, 73, 117, 121 Ressler, Robert 98 Reuss, Theodor 59, 149, 203, 208 Reuters News Agency 59 Revised Version (bible) 44, 48, 58, 59, 94, 96, 207, 208 Richards, Grant 122, 131, 132 Rider Haggard, Sir Henry 94, 95, 103, 130 ritual murder 43, 46, 50–53, 55, 59–61, 94, 111, 114, 203 Roots, Inspector Thomas 74, 76–78, 80, 81, 87, 107, 108, 120, 205, 206 Rosicrucian Society 57 Royal Irish Constabulary 118, 164, 177 Royal Masonic conspiracy 21, 22, 57, 58, 114, 115, 131 Ruggles- Brise, Evelyn 136 Rumbelow, Donald 67, 134, 162, 212

Salisbury, Lord Robert Cecil 44, 125, 148, 149, 152, 161, 165, 166, 181, 182, 184, 186–188, 197, 215, 216 satanism 55, 59, 130, 131, 203 Saunders, Joyce 99, 100 Scotland Yard General Registry (crime index) 159, 160, 163, 175, 180, 181, 190, 215 Scott, Chris 110 Scott, Sir Walter 55, 203, 207 séances 20, 56, 58, 200 secret service 72, 73, 124, 135, 136, 146, 149, 154, 162–164, 166, 176, 179, 180, 191, 192, 194–196, 216, 219 Secret Service Vote (monies) 155, 163–165, 189, 191, 193–195 secret societies 58, 61, 72, 73, 146, 147, 149, 156, 159, 161, 163, 164, 179–181, 183, 189, 190, 193, 214 “Sette of Odd Volumes” 66

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sexual serial killer 27, 28, 35, 38, 39, 45, 59, 114, 119, 138, 147, 197 Shaw, George Bernard 116, 117 Shochetim 51, 202 Short, K.R.M. 135 Sickert, Walter 74, 100, 123, 127, 137, 139, 205, 210–212, 219 Sims, George R. 23, 67, 72, 99, 119, 120, 170, 175–177, 180, 200. 210 Singh, Maharajah Duleep 72, 204 Sinnett, A.P. 70, 71, 93, 105, 130 Skinner, Keith 135, 140, 217 Smith, Emma 33, 130, 178, 202 Socialist League 59, 203 Socialists 13, 14, 27, 31, 34, 48, 59, 60, 72, 100, 104, 117, 146, 149, 150, 156, 160, 161, 184, 189 Society for Psychical Research 21–23, 58, 69, 71, 101, 105, 106, 200, 204, 207, 209, 214 Special Branch 126, 135, 144, 150, 162–166, 170, 175, 176, 179–181, 183, 186–191, 195, 197, 214–216, 219 Special Commission 42, 48, 54, 148, 151, 152, 155–160, 165, 166, 170, 174–176, 179–181, 184, 186, 188, 189, 191–194, 197, 202, 214, 215, 217–219 Special Constables 14, 15 Spurgeon, Mr. 48 Stead, William Thomas 23, 31, 33, 34, 48, 58, 69, 72, 75–77, 87–89, 93–97, 99, 102, 107, 108, 111, 112, 120, 121, 130–132, 136, 200, 205–208, 210 Stephen, James Kenneth 141 Stephenson, P.R. 127 Stephenson, Robert Donston see

D’Onston, Roslyn Stewart, William 126, 130 Stoker, Bram 60, 61, 93, 199, 203 Stokes, Richard 142, 143, 213 Stowell, Dr. Thomas 22 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and

Mr. Hyde 47, 202, 203 Stride, Elizabeth 15–17, 20, 28, 45, 54, 86, 130, 131, 149, 150, 178, 199, 200, 202 Stuart, Frank Stanley. 142, 143, 144, 213 Sullivan, Sir Edward 66 Summers, Montague 112, 130 supernatural 15–17, 20, 21, 44, 45, 56, 58, 60, 61, 70, 73, 93, 96, 115, 136, 200, 202, 213 Swanson, Chief Inspector Donald

Sutherland 13, 14, 15, 38, 39, 74, 77, 81, 85, 107, 108, 116, 118, 147, 159, 165, 166, 169, 176, 189, 190, 197, 205 Swanson Marginalia 39, 116, 161, 209

Tabram, Martha 20, 60, 61, 130, 178, 203 Tautriadelta 94, 95, 110, 111, 130–133, 137, 138, 208 Theosophical Society 19, 20, 34, 58, 59, 62–65, 68–73, 89, 91, 93–96, 98–102, 105–107, 110–113, 121, 125, 127, 130, 207, 208 Thomas, Dylan 99 Thomson, Sir Basil 130, 179 Thomson, Henry Yates 87 Treasury Rule 151–153, 155, 214 Tumblety, Francis 54, 74, 160, 170–177, 180, 190, 216, 217 Tynan, Patrick Joseph Percy (Number One) 184, 185, 219

United Grand Lodge of England 57, 66

Vagrancy Act 13, 30, 114, 199 Vatican 58, 72, 180, 210 Victoria, Queen 21, 22, 44, 72, 114, 182, 187, 188, 200 Victorian Occult Revival 43, 55–57, 59

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Vincent, Howard 32 Le Voile d’Isis (periodical) 96, 208

Waite, Arthur Edward 93, 94, 203, 207 Walsh John S. 186, 187 Warren, Sir Charles 11, 28, 31, 32, 34, 50, 57, 76, 88, 116, 130, 136, 146–153, 159, 163, 177, 178, 184, 186, 191, 192, 214, 219 Wells, H.G. 117 Wensley, Chief Inspector Frederick

Porter 22, 129, 133, 211 West, Dr. Donald J. 21–23, 200 West, Mrs. George Cornwell (Lady

Randolph Churchill) 65 Westcott, B.F. 58, 208 Westcott, Wynn 130 Westminster Detective Agency 165 Wheatley, Dennis 130 Whistler, James McNeill 104, 219 White, Detective Sergeant Stephen 11, 12, 25, 26, 103, 199, 203, 211 Whitechapel Vigilance Committee 14, 54, 79, 165, 202 Whittington Egan, Richard 67, 99, 122, 129, 131, 134, 137 Wilde, Oscar 123 Williamson, Chief Constable Adolphus 164, 165, 211 Williamson, George Charles 66 Wilson, Colin 73, 134, 135, 137 Winslow, Dr. Forbes 117–119, 130, 131 witchcraft 55, 56, 130, 203 Witchcraft Act 13, 114, 199, 203 Woodhall, Edwin T. 22, 26, 126 Woodhull, Victoria 105

Yatman, Ellen Mary 84 Yeats, William Butler 64, 101

Zadkiel’s Almanac (periodical) 23, 24