{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5b7eee3536bf3f4166bc8c11/6213b0e9b7242b0015e6e07b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Simon Wood - Deconstructing Jack ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5b7eee3536bf3f4166bc8c11/1645457589872-b0b45fc4f6588ed4516ac784259b1349.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Jack the Ripper did not exist.</p><p><br></p><p>This second, expanded, edition of Simon Daryl Wood's award-winning book continues to reveal the endless stream of lies, invention, political misinformation, self-publicity and opportunism which has kept this Victorian bogeyman alive in the darkest reaches of our 21st Century imaginations. It introduces characters many readers may not have encountered before, takes a closer look at some of Ripperology's sacred texts, and provides additional facts, allowing for a better understanding of the people, places and events surrounding the Whitechapel murders of 1888.</p><p><br></p><p>Book of the Year 2015.</p><p>Finalist, International Book Awards, 2016</p>","author_name":"House of Mystery Radio"}