L. Forbes Winslow conjures up the secret actions of Jack the Ripper, from the Illustrated Police News |
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Founded | 1864 |
| Ceased publication | 1939 |
The Illustrated Police News was a weekly illustrated newspaper which was one of the earliest British tabloids. It featured sensational and melodramatic reports and illustrations of murders and hangings and was a direct descendant of the execution broadsheets of the 18th century.
First published in 1864, The Illustrated Police News ended publication in 1938. It was inspired by The Illustrated London News which had been launched in 1842 and revealed that newspapers with illustrations could achieve very high sales.
Its standards of illustration and tone were reminiscent of the old Newgate Calendar and the popular "Penny dreadfuls", and it gained a reputation for sensationalism during the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888.
Around the turn of the 20th century The Illustrated Police News ran numerous articles dealing with the "alien immigration question" that promoted xenophobic attitudes and paranoia amongs its mostly working-class readership.[1]
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