A Spot of Bother: Jack the Ink-Slinger
A Spot of Bother: Jack the Ink-Slinger Jack the Ink-Slinger had a fetish for spraying purple ink on ladies’ dresses.
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Lizzie Seems Lonesome Tonight
Lizzie Seems Lonesome Tonight Lizzie Borden–or an unknown suspect–took an axe to her father and stepmother on this day in 1892. Immediately afterwards Andrew Borden returned via spirit medium, with a detailed description of the murderer.
A Spot of Bother: Jack the Ink-Slinger
A Spot of Bother: Jack the Ink-Slinger Jack the Ripper’s reign of terror inspired a series of copy-cat killers. His name, which may have been coined by a journalist in a hoax letter to the police, was irresistible to journalists covering social panics at the turn of the century and beyond. There was Jack the Kisser, Jack the Smasher, Jack the Nipper, and, one of strangest: Jack the Ink-Slinger, who liked to throw violet ink on ladies’ dresses in the dark.