{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6391fba1f304f7001156d16a/63a50e4a94912b0010170507?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Simon Daryl Wood - Deconstructing Jack ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6391fba1f304f7001156d16a/1671761474573-b052849cee6c6e6b2d4eaeb42e2759e4.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>","author_name":"Alan Warren"}