Bad Women The Ripper RetoldEpisodes Episode guide

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Welcome to Whitechapel
It's August 1888. Tour the London streets that became the killing ground of the Ripper.
The Ripper Myth
The story we tell about Jack the Ripper and his victims is wrong...
The Mystery of Mary Jane Kelly
Who was Mary Jane Kelly? Her upbringing and even her name are shrouded in doubt.
The Monster Among Us
Jack the Ripper stalks our bookshops, podcasts and even our classrooms. Is that ok?
The Madness of Jacob Levy
We hear from living relatives of victims and those accused of being the Ripper
The Gentlemen of the Press
Can we really believe those newspaper reports about Jack The Ripper?
The Face of The Ripper
Elizabeth Stride was supposedly seen in her final hours. They also saw a man with her.
The Bones of Marie Jeanette
Mary's murder was cruel, but even in death she has not been allowed to rest in peace.
The Ballad of Kate Eddowes
Kate Eddowes rejected the conventional working class life and left to roam the open road.
Public Woman 97
A pregnancy out of wedlock caused a myriad of physical and emotional humiliations.
Polly Walks Out
Polly had a husband, family and lived in a new home. Then she walked out. Why?
Polly the "Prostitute"
Why did the police wrongly state that the victims of the Ripper were killed selling sex?
In a Dark, Dark Corner
Kate Eddowes was murdered in a dark square at night, but what had she been doing there?
Dark Annie and the Demon Drink
Society's disgust with women who drank pushed Annie closer and closer to her killer.
Chamber of Horrors
During a lull in the killings... some found ways to profit from the murders.