Interview Week: Jeff Crandall Voice/Thinker from The Swallows, J. Briozo & Dissonant Creatures Originally published in Poplitiko Tuesday, October 12, 2021 Interview by Alex Ness I met Jeff Crandall asContinue readingPoplitiko Interview with Jeff Crandall of Swallows, J. Briozo
Seven Stars: A Vision Most Unwelcome
In the Shadow of the Seven Stars Related song: The Boneyard Albert hadn’t imagined a crowd of this size would be traveling in mass to the funeral. As he scannedContinue readingSeven Stars: A Vision Most Unwelcome
Seven Stars: The Fruitier and His Grapes
In the Shadow of the Seven Stars Related song: Wrecking Ball On Tuesday morning, Mr. Batchelor and Mr. Grand arrived at 44 Berner Street to get a statement from MatthewContinue readingSeven Stars: The Fruitier and His Grapes
Seven Stars: Kidney Won’t Spill the Beans
In the Shadow of the Seven Stars Related song: Wrecking Ball A shabbily dressed man paced the lobby of the Leman Street Police Station. After several minutes of hurling insultsContinue readingSeven Stars: Kidney Won’t Spill the Beans
Seven Stars: Of Laudanum and Luminescence
In the Shadow of the Seven Stars Related song: Ultraviolet Albert couldn’t find his spectacles. Someone was in his room; he could feel it. He reached for his nightstand, gropingContinue readingSeven Stars: Of Laudanum and Luminescence
Seven Stars: Mr. Krantz and Mr. Moring
In the Shadow of the Seven Stars Related song: Wrecking Ball Krantz sat in his usual chair at the coffeehouse. He was drafting an article for the next week’s issueContinue readingSeven Stars: Mr. Krantz and Mr. Moring
Seven Stars: Murder at 40 Berner Street
In the Shadow of the Seven Stars Related song: Wrecking Ball “Haven’t you heard? A woman has been murdered in the yard?” Gilyarovsky was out of breath. Everyone thought heContinue readingSeven Stars: Murder at 40 Berner Street
Chief Inspector Abberline Implicates Klosowski
In the Shadow of the Seven Stars Hunting the Ripper The Chief Detective Inspector’s Case The following Pall Mall Gazette articles from March of 1903 lay out Inspector Abberline’s theoryContinue readingChief Inspector Abberline Implicates Klosowski
Seweryn Klosowski – Origins of a Killer
In the Shadow of the Seven Stars Hunting the Ripper Jack the Ripper suspect Seweryn (a.k.a., Severin, Severyn, Severino) Antoniovich Klosowski (a.k.a. George Chapman) was born in the Polish villageContinue readingSeweryn Klosowski – Origins of a Killer
The Colorado Connection
In the Shadow of the Seven Stars Hunting the Ripper Related song: Gravediggers A Letter from Jack the Ripper’s Pal While most – and maybe all – of the lettersContinue readingThe Colorado Connection
Tewkesbury Buildings – Whitechapel High Street
In the Shadow of the Seven Stars Hunting the Ripper Related song: Wrecking Ball The question of who was where and when is always a key to solving any crime.Continue readingTewkesbury Buildings – Whitechapel High Street
Swallow Gardens
In the Shadow of the Seven Stars Hunting the Ripper Related songs: The Boneyard and Dead and Gone Swallow Gardens was a dank archway situated in the area east ofContinue readingSwallow Gardens
Frances Coles’ Tragic Last Days
In the Shadow of the Seven Stars Hunting the Ripper Related songs: In the Shadow of the Seven Stars and Dead and Gone James Thomas Sadler and Frances Coles DuringContinue readingFrances Coles’ Tragic Last Days
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
In the Shadow of the Seven Stars Hunting the Ripper Related songs: Watertight and Grace The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde In 1888, when the Jack theContinue readingThe Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Aboard the SS Westernland
In the Shadow of the Seven Stars Hunting the Ripper Related song: Watertight Aboard the SS Westernland The steam ship Westernland was built for the Red Star Line by LairdContinue readingAboard the SS Westernland
The Seven Stars Story
Another Murder in Whitechapel! Frances Coles was murdered in the early morning hours of Friday, February 13, 1891, under a railway arch at Swallow Gardens in the Whitechapel District ofContinue readingThe Seven Stars Story
The Funeral of Frances Coles
In the Shadow of the Seven Stars Hunting the Ripper Related song: The Boneyard Source: The Echo, Thursday February 26, 1891, Page 5 WHITECHAPEL MURDER. FUNERAL OF THE VICTIM. TheContinue readingThe Funeral of Frances Coles