Obsessed with True Crime discussion

Hi,
Would anyone have any suggestions as to the overall "best" novel or true crime examination of the Ripper crimes?

Crimes, Detection and Death of Jack the Ripper by Martin Fido

Thank you, Terri for your suggestions,

My research has also lead me to the Skinner books, "Letters From Hell" and the "Ultimate Companion" (I believe that' s the title?)
Have you heard of these titles?

My own favorite novel-based-on-the-facts is Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution by Stephen Knight. It's presented as 100% factual, and all the people in it really existed, but the author later admitted making the conclusions up. It's my favorite rendering of a case that will never be solved.

Bob wrote: "Thank you, Terri for your suggestions,

My research has also lead me to the Skinner books, "Letters From Hell" and the "Ultimate Companion" (I believe that' s the title?)
Have you heard of these ti..."

I actually have LEtters From Hell in my TBR piles but haven't got to it yet.

I also have to say that I love the Ripper Notes: The Hunt for Jack the Ripper series/magazines. They have tons of interesting evidence and pieces and theories

Bob wrote: "Thank you, Terri for your suggestions,

My research has also lead me to the Skinner books, "Letters From Hell" and the "Ultimate Companion" (I believe that' s the title?)
Have you heard of these ti..."

Letters From Hell is a good book but may not be if you are unfamiliar or new to the case.
The Complete History of Jack the Ripper is one of the best overviews of the case as is The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Sourcebook
In my humble opinion of course!

My brother is completely uninterested in anything related to JTR, but he told me he could not put down They All Love Jack: Busting the Ripper. It's supposed to be nonfiction, but like all "I solved the Ripper case" books it must be highly speculative.

Great suggestions..... thank you all.

Has anyone read the novel, "I, Ripper" by Stephen Hunter?

I have not gotten to that one. One of the problems with JTR books is that there about 4 zillion of them.

Are there any suggestions for the best collection of "Ripper Short Stories" in fictionalized form?

Tales of Jack the Ripper by Ross E. Lockhart

Collection of stories. I haven't read it but it has a good rating with lots of reviews you can read.

I was very absorbed in Red Jack edited by Waugh and Greenberg.

Has anyone read Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert ? Would you recommend it?

For some reason, I've never been interested in Jack the Ripper.

Dannibal wrote: "Has anyone read Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert ? Would you recommend it?"

I keep not getting to that one. But I was fascinated by two other Sickert-did-it works, Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution and Sickert and the Ripper Crimes. Not to mention Walter Sickert: The Camden Town Nudes. Just looking at the painting reproduced on the cover of the book makes me wonder if he was at 13 Miller Court on November 9, 1888.

https://www.amazon.com/Portrait-Kille...

This is a book stating Sickert did it. I really liked it

I don't believe Sickert was a killer, just an an artist with an interest in the macabre. Anyway i found this iinteresting blog post connecting The Bedford music hall to Jack the Ripper, Sickert, and Dr Crippen. Sickert

If you run through the list in your head, Sickert was fairly surrounded by Ripper suspects, and he hung out in Whitechapel with Prince Eddy, one of those suspects. Little wonder he thought about the case so much.

One of the characters he dressed up as was a sailor in a red neckerchief -- the last man seen with one of the victims.

The best researched and most sensible: "The Crimes, Detection and Death of Jack the Ripper" by Martin Fido.

Thought for the day: Sickert was weird. But then so are many visual artists - creative types.
Curiously, Inspector Walter Dew started his career looking at filleted remains, Mary kelly, and ended with the deboned corpse of Cora Crippen.

Do check out horror/thriller author Michael Bray’s novels about the Ripper! Very good.