Author Interview: Tony McMahon

What is the link between Jack the Ripper and Abraham Lincoln? A strange question you might think. One is a notorious murderer whose killings terrorised women in the East End of London in 1888; the other was President of the USA who was assassinated in 1865. My guest this week, historian and author Tony McMahon, explores this link in his book, aptly named “Jack The Ripper and Abraham Lincoln”. This book is absolutely fascinating and I am so pleased to welcome Tony onto the blog to explain his investigations, and his book. But first, here’s a quick book summary:

BOOK SUMMARYi

A fraudulent doctor, Francis Tumblety, is implicated in both the 1865 assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in Washington DC and the 1888 Jack the Ripper killings in the East End of London. It seems incredible but the compelling evidence is revealed in this book.

We delve into the murderous trail left by Tumblety – one that stretches from America’s Gilded Age to the poverty-ridden slums of London’s Whitechapel district and explore the murky underworld which enabled his horrific crimes. He was a flamboyant huckster, well known in the newspaper gossip columns though his celebrity masked his homicidal tendencies. Arrested over clear links to the Lincoln assassination then released while others were hanged on the scaffold. Locked up by Scotland Yard as a prime Jack the Ripper suspect, but then made a daring escape. The proof is overwhelming that Tumblety, a man who possessed a grisly collection of uteruses in a cabinet of curiosities, was undoubtedly Jack the Ripper.

THE INTERVIEW

For pinning later. ©Linda Hobden
© Linda Hobden

I run several blogs. 

My London history blog: https://london-ghosts.com/

Beardy History covers everything and anything: https://beardyhistory.com/

My obsession with the 1970s can be explored here: https://the70s80s90s.com/

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Knights Templar: https://thetemplarknight.com/

Great to chat to you Tony. I found the book absolutely fascinating – thank you for the review copy. My thanks also to Ben Cameron of Cameron Publicity & Marketing.

Linda x

Photographs have been published with kind permission of Tony McMahon as well as photographs by Linda Hobden.

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