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Considered a primary suspect in the unsolved Jack the Ripper murders, Polish-born Severin Antoniovich Klosowski also gained considerable notoriety as "The Borough Poisoner of Southwark" in the late 1800s. Within a span of five years, Klosowski took on three women as his wives and lethally poisoned each with deadly doses of antimony.
This study of Klosowski's murders of Mary Spink, Elizabeth "Bessie" Taylor and Maud Marsh includes extensive accounts of the individual crimes, the accompanying investigations and Klosowski's conviction and execution. The final chapter examines intense police and media speculation that Klosowski may also have been the unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, citing period news articles and more recent developments in the notorious case. One appendix provides a detailed timeline of Klosowski's "poison period" from 1892 to 1903.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue—A Young Man from Poland
Section I—A Background of Serial Murder
1. The Ripper and Torso Murders
2. The American Murders of Jack the Ripper
Section II—The Poison Work of Jack the Ripper
3. A Serial Killer Returns to London
4. Mrs. Spink and a Man Called Chapman
5. The Slow Death of Bessie Taylor
6. A Barmaid Named Maud
7. A Death at George's American Bar
8. The Arrest of a Serial Killer
Section III—The Investigation of a Serial Killer
9. The Investigation Begins: Other Crimes and a Final Torso
10. Coroner Waldo's Inquest: The Maud Marsh Matter
11. The Police Court Does Its Work: The Case of the Borough Poisoner
12. The Police Court Continues: Focus on Mrs. Spink and Bessie Taylor
Section IV—The King's Justice
13. The First Day of Trial: The Case of the Borough Poisoner
14. The Second Day of Testimony
15. Requiem for a Serial Killer
16. "You've Got Jack the Ripper at Last"
Section V—The Future of Jack the Ripper
17. A Century of Speculation and a Pub called the Crown
Appendix I. A Chronology of the Borough Poisoner
Bibliography
Index
