Vacher l'éventreur et les crimes sadiques (Vacher the ripper and sadistic crimes)

[SirJohnFalstaff]

Is this the one with the first known publication of the MJK pic?

Edit: apparently yes, although not very good quality. Page 272

Yeah, nothing you haven't seen before, when it comes to picture.


The second half of the book is about sadistic murders in general.

[drstrange169]

Thanks for posting this link, much appreciated.

[Joshua Rogan]

Is this the one with the first known publication of the MJK pic?

Edit: apparently yes, although not very good quality. Page 272

[Phil Carter]

Thank you SJF ☺

I will have a struggle through...lol



Phil

[SirJohnFalstaff]

This is a thesis written in 1899 by Alexandre Lacassagne (a famous French physician and criminologist).

You can download the book from this link:

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k77016g.pdf

Joseph Vacher is a French serial killer executed by guillotine in 1899. He confessed of 11 murders, but was suspected of several more.

He killed, disemboweled, raped and sodomized his victim.
He was nicknamed the French Ripper.

While the thesis is only remotely related to JtR, some allusions and theories could prove interesting, especially about how criminology was approached at that time.

You can message me if you need any help with translation. The book is in French.