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The first issue of Casebook Examiner, the newest and we think already the best in the field, is here! Packing more than 100 pages of interesting content in a fresh, readable format, most members of Casebook.org have received their copies (and if you have not it is easy to request one at examiner @ casebook.org ). For those who can't wait to settle into a comfortable chair and start reading here is a quick peek at some of the contents.
Don Souden opens with an editorial that provides a brief explanation of what the Examiner plans to do and what it seeks to avoid in a Ripper magazine.
Tom Wescott's "Exonerating Michael Kidney" takes a good, hard look at the many myths surrounding the murder of Liz Stride, especially those that seek to implicate her one-time lover Kidney and decides the man has been wronged by many historians and is definitely Not Guilty.
Roger J. Palmer begins a two-part series on Inspector Walter Andrews, the man in the middle of the Dr. Francis Tumblety investigation. Part one, "The Rise of Walter Andrews," focuses on the Inspector's humble beginnings and his exciting career before his "mission to Montreal," that will be covered in the second installment.
David M. Gates offers up a thought-provoking essay "Reconsidering Ripper Geography and Victorian English Culture" that should be a "must-read" for all researchers in the field.
Rounding out this issue's articles, Neal Shelden (with Jennifer) sheds some revealing new light on the identities of three people who figured in the Kelly murder investigation with "Morganstoine, Elizabeth Phoenix and Mrs. Carthy."
The book review section, "Undercover Investigations," looks at five current books along with a survey of Ripper books that have dealt with contemporary press reports of the murders.
The focus on books continues with the first edition of "Collectors' Corner" in which Stewart P. Evans will regularly answer readers' question about Ripper books and other collectibles. "On the Case" will regularly look at related news and this issue adds an extra with a look by Andrew Firth at the recent "LondonJob 2010."
This is followed by the first in an on-going series called "The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Tour," with a peek at what Leicestershire offers. There are also lively features like "CSI: Whitechapel" and "Casebook Archives." Finally there is the "Scenes of the Crime" photo-feature by Rob Clack that will close every issue.
It is an exciting start, but there will be a lot more in coming issues—just be sure you get your copies.
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