National Geographic's History (Magazine) offers a comprehensive overview of the creme de la creme of mysterious murderers in Jack the Ripper: The World's Most Notorious Cold Case, by Michael Burgan.
With meticulous care, the mag's contents cover the infamous White Chapel murders, emphasizing its woeful victims with stark, visual frankness, along with many of the scandalous, Ripper suspects.
The spread isn't for the faint of heart, but for anyone drawn to the Ripper's maddening legacy, this History installment is fated to seize one by the throat and not let go with its theoretical thoughts and chilling essays.
To supplement the Ripper periodical, Life (Magazine) presents Vampires: Their Undying Appeal, by Franz Lidz, which covers not only Vlad Tebes' terrifying history, but his literary and cinematic extensions, including (of course) Bram Stoker's influential novel.
Along the dark-drawn way, readers are dealt Dracula's redefined personification through Christopher Lee, Max Schreck, Klaus Kinski, Willem Defoe, Al Lewis, Gary Oldman and the all-consuming Bela Lugosi. These beloved Counts are, in turn, joined by their biting cousins, as disinterred from Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga and Charlaine Harris' True Blood.
Vampires: Their Undying Appeal is a pulse-pounding submission that will hold one's macabre attention, whether one is an erudite follower or novice seeker.
Both Jack the Ripper: The World's Most Notorious Cold Case and Vampires: Their Undying Appeal are worth adding to one's library for whenever one's morbid inclinations transude.
Copies of each can be found in book shops and drug stores nationwide. Catch 'em while you can.
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