Patricia Cornwell: Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper, Case Closed

Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

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🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Several years ago, Patricia Cornwell wrote a book about Jack the Ripper called, Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper, Case Closed. This book presents Patricia’s opinion on his identity based on her extensive research. She believes that Jack the Ripper was a German-British artist named Walter Sickert. A controversial opinion, according to some Ripperologists. In this episode with the author, you’ll hear why. See more information on my books: katewinklerdawson.com Follow me on social: @tenfoldmore (Twitter) / @wickedwordspod (Facebook) / @tenfoldmorewicked (Instagram) 2024 All Rights Reserved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.0	along with references to sexual assault.
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0:53.0	I did not ask to write about Jack the Ripper. I got ambushed by him, and I'm still mad at him,
1:05.3	because I had a perfectly reasonable, sensible, nice little life
1:08.4	until he came along. I'm Kate Winkler Dawson, a non-fiction author and journalism professor in Austin,
1:19.6	Texas. I'm also the co-host of the podcast Buried Bones on Exactly Right, and throughout my career
1:25.8	research for my many audio and book projects has taken me around the world.
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