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The letter came into the possession of the City of London Police, being later transferred to the Metropolitan Police. The original letter and the kidney which accompanied it have since been lost or stolen, along with other contents that were contained in the Metropolitan Police Ripper files, but a photograph was taken of the "From Hell" letter.
Valdemar Adolph Thisted. Valdemar Adolph Thisted (28 February 1815 – 14 October 1887) was a Danish writer, translator and priest. [1] His works include novels, travelogues, romantic dramas and theological polemics.
In October 1888 Lusk came to believe that his house was being watched by a sinister bearded man, and requested police protection. He received a small package in the evening mail at his home, 1 Alderney Road, Mile End. On opening the package he found a letter addressed to himself, inside which was half a human kidney. The letter read: "From hell ...
Letters from Hell (Danish: Breve fra Helvede) is a didactic Christian novel by the Danish priest and author Valdemar Adolph Thisted (1815–1887), [1] The work was published in Copenhagen in 1866 and went through 12 editions in its first year. The setting of the novel is Hell, a typical fantasy setting.
The "From Hell" letter was received by George Lusk, leader of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, on 16 October 1888. [188] The handwriting and style is unlike that of the "Dear Boss" letter and "Saucy Jacky" postcard. [189] The letter came with a small box in which Lusk discovered half of a human kidney, preserved in "spirits of wine" . [189]
The collected edition was a top vote getter for the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Reprint Graphic Album in 1999. [15] During its initial serialization, From Hell received the 1996 International Horror Guild Award for Graphic Story/illustrated Narrative, [16] and the 1997 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Story. [17]
From Hell is a graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell, about Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel murders From Hell may also refer to: From Hell, a 2001 American/British film, loosely based on the comic book series; From Hell letter, the original letter, purported from Jack the Ripper
From Hell is a 2001 period detective horror film [3] directed by the Hughes Brothers and written by Terry Hayes and Rafael Yglesias.It is loosely based on the graphic novel of the same name by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell about the Jack the Ripper murders.