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- ↑ City of London Police's Crime Museum Archived November 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ London Walks Jack the Ripper Tour
- ↑ List of TV, movie, and documentary credits at IMDB.com
- ↑ "Railway Murders". UKTV, 3DD Productions. 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "Penguin book author's biography". Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
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