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Shadow of the Ripper

Shadow of the Ripper

1988•50m
DocumentaryHistory

Jack the Ripper was a prince, a pauper, a mason, a madman... A host of more and more bizarre theories have surrounded the unexplained killings in Whitechapel since they hit the headlines in 1888. This film dispels the grisly fiction, revealing for the first time the true contents of the police and Home Office files on the case, drawing on the expertise of historians and of those who have encountered today's killers - on the street or behind bars.

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EN

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Released

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Cast

Christopher Frayling

Christopher Frayling

Presenter

Martin Fido

William Waddell

Judith Walkowitz

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