Spirits in the Night: A Taste of True Crime. A Taste of Fine Spirits – FULL

Did a Connecticut Woman Kill Jack the Ripper? With noted podcaster and storyteller Mike Allen

Cocktails by Mine Hill Distillery

We are at capacity, but you can still join the waiting list—we’d love to have you if a spot opens up!  Email jkallay@burnhamlibrary

Enjoy craft cocktails before and after the talk. Doors open at 5:30 PM—come early to sip, settle in, and prepare for a night where spirits (both liquid and ghostly) come alive.

In the late 1800s, five gruesome stabbing deaths of prostitutes occurred in London’s seedy East End. The unknown perpetrator came to be known as Jack the Ripper because several women were literally mutilated and their organs were ripped out of their bodies. To this day, Scotland Yard has not accused anyone of being the infamous killer. One man was considered a potential suspect – and his wife was convicted of poisoning him. After serving her jail term, she returned to her native United States and eventually settled in western Connecticut. However, she lived her incognito and nobody knew her identity until after she died. The question remains: was Florence Maybrick a murderer, and was her husband Jack the Ripper?

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