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Book Review: From Whitechapel, by Melanie Clegg

As Jack the Ripper holds London in the grip of the autumn of terror, three very different young women find themselves thrown together to solve the mystery of a mysterious letter. Little do they know that the letter’s contents will take them into the heart of Whitechapel and bring some of them face to face […]

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Pop Culture

What I Watched Last Night: Whitechapel

Whenever I’m sick – like I am right now with this ridiculous cold – there are certain shows that I like to watch just because they distract me from how crappy I feel. Yesterday, I chose to watch episodes five and six of series three of ITV’s Whitechapel. Whitechapel, which premiered in 2009, is your typical […]

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Pop Culture

What I Watched Last Night: “Ripper Street,” Episode 1

Last night I was able to finally catch the first episode of the new BBC series “Ripper Street.” The period drama is set in London’s East End in 1889, six months after the last canonical Jack the Ripper murder. It follows a pair of detectives working in Scotland Yard’s H Division and the American former […]