Episodes Referencing This Book
December 18, 2025
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Referenced as a source for detailed accounts of the lives of Jack the Ripper victims, described as 'expertly sourced' with information drawn from written material
December 15, 2025
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Explicitly mentioned as 'her book The Five, which is brilliant on the lives of the victims' - discussed in relation to the thesis that Ripper victims were killed while sleeping
December 11, 2025
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Referenced when discussing theories about how the victims were killed. The hosts note that Rubenhold 'believes all the women were killed as they slept' and mention that she doesn't include Mrs. Long's testimony in her book.
December 08, 2025
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Referenced as a prize-winning 2019 book providing group biography of Jack the Ripper's murdered victims, described as revelatory for showing the women as human beings rather than just prostitutes