More so than
perhaps any other serial killer in history, Jack the Ripper has been
molded into a figure of almost mythical proportions over the years
since his gruesome crime spree. This may be because he was never
apprehended by the law and, most importantly, that he was never given
a human face for the public to identify him with. This has distorted
an already warped soul into something greater, a demonic creature
whose existence still remains a mystery. Robert Bloch, a literary
mastermind who knows how to craft a fine psychopath, offers up his
own serving of Red Jack on a bloody platter.(read more...)