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Delve into the chilling world of true crime with our podcast. Explore infamous cases like the Zodiac Killer, Jack the Ripper, and DB Cooper as we uncover the mysteries, motives, and minds behind history's most notorious serial killers....

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Episodes
  • Jack the Ripper: Suspect Aaron Kosminski
    Feb 1, 2023

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  • Jack the Ripper: Suspect Aaron Kosminski - The Bullet Points
    Feb 26, 2025

    Jack the Ripper: Suspect Aaron Kosminski - The Bullet Points Was Jack the Ripper a Polish hairdresser and Barber named Aaron Kosminski? Let's examine both the DNA evidence and the psychological profile....

  • Jack the Ripper: Anderson's Suspect w/ Steve Blomer
    Feb 18, 2026

    Jack the Ripper: Anderson's Suspect w/ Steve Blomer On this episode of Ripper Wednesday, Black Box Ned will sit down with Steve Blomer to talk about his book, "Inside Buck's Row," as well as Anderson's Suspect in the Jack the Ripper case, and all thinks Aaron Kosminski. You can support this channel at https://buymeacoffee....

  • Jack the Ripper: The From Hell Letter - Full Analysis
    Apr 29, 2022

    Jack the Ripper: The From Hell Letter - Full Analysis As always big thanks to Jack the Ripper dot org and Whitechapel Jack. ‌ ‌Raze Energy Drinks ‌https://reppsports....

  • Jack the Ripper & Martha Tabram: Suspect Jacob Levy
    Mar 11, 2026

    Jack the Ripper & Martha Tabram: Suspect Jacob Levy On this episode of Ripper Wednesday, Black Box Ned will respond to the book "Jacob the Ripper" about Jacob Levy as a Jack the Ripper Suspect. This episode will also have a discussion on Jack the Ripper and the London Press, as well as the suspect Robert Donston Stephenson....

  • Jack the Ripper: The Bloody Apron Clue
    Oct 8, 2025

    Jack the Ripper: The Bloody Apron Clue On this episode of Ripper Wednesday, Black Box Ned will examine the Murder of Catherine Eddowes in Mitre Square and a bloody piece of apron that may have been handled by Jack the Ripper. This episode will also discuss Jack the Ripper & the East End....

  • Jack the Ripper: The Murder of Annie Chapman - An Introductory Analysis
    Mar 26, 2025

    Jack the Ripper: The Murder of Annie Chapman - An Introductory Analysis Who was Jack the Ripper? What does the murder of Annie Chapman reveal about the Whitechapel Murderer ?...

  • Jack the Ripper: The Murder of Martha Tabram - Q&A
    Jul 2, 2025

    Jack the Ripper: The Murder of Martha Tabram - Q&A On this episode of Ripper Wednesday, Black Box Ned will respond to questions and comments about the Murder of Martha Tabram, as well as listing off Jack the Ripper Questions from the Rippercast. You can download this show for free on Spotify under the following names: Black Box True Crime and Black Box Podcast....

  • Jack the Ripper: The September 17th Letter - Full Analysis
    Oct 16, 2024

    Jack the Ripper: The September 17th Letter - Full Analysis On this episode of Ripper Wednesday I will examine the September 17th Letter, a possible Jack the Ripper communication. I will also compare and contrast the September 17th Letter with Jack the Ripper's other pieces of writing, such as the Dear Boss Letter, Saucy Jacky Postcard, and the From Hell Letter....

  • The History of Jack the Ripper: The Case of Martha Tabram
    Jun 18, 2025

    The History of Jack the Ripper: The Case of Martha Tabram On this episode of Ripper Wednesday, Black Box Ned will examine the book "The Complete History of Jack the Ripper" by Philip Sugden with particular attention to the sections on the case of Martha Tabram. This episode will also discuss the "Autobiography of Jack the Ripper" and the 1976 "Jack the Ripper" movie....

  • Jack the Ripper: Suspect Walter Sickert - The Code Was on the Wall
    Oct 29, 2025

    Jack the Ripper: Suspect Walter Sickert - The Code Was on the Wall On this episode of Ripper Wednesday, Black Box Ned will reexamine Walter Sickert as a Jack the Ripper suspect. This episode will also talk about books related to Walter Sickert, as well as another Jack the Ripper suspect, Aaron Kosminski....

Jack the Ripper – Vom Mörder zum Mythos

Dennis & Nina

Jack the Ripper – Vom Mörder zum Mythos London, 1888: In den Elendsvierteln von Whitechapel beginnt eine grausame Mordserie, die bis heute Rätsel aufgibt. Doch wer war unbekannte Mörder, der als Jack the Ripper berüchtigt wurde, wirklich – und warum fasziniert uns dieser Fall über ein Jahrhundert später noch immer?...

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  • 13. Aaron Kosminski – War er Jack the Ripper?
    Jan 27, 2026

    Bis heute gilt Aaron Kosminski als einer der bekanntesten Verdächtigen im Fall „Jack the Ripper“. Dabei wissen wir erstaunlich wenig über ihn....

  • 7. Elizabeth Stride & Catherine Eddowes
    Sep 30, 2025

    Heute jährt sich eine der berüchtigtsten Nächte der Whitechapel-Morde: das „Double Event“. Am frühen Morgen des 30....

  • 6. Annie Chapman
    Sep 16, 2025

    Nur acht Tage nach dem Mord an Mary Ann Nichols wird Annie Chapman brutal ermordet – die Parallelen sind erschreckend. In dieser Folge erfahrt ihr von Annies tragischem Leben: von persönlichen Verlusten, Krankheit, Armut und jener Nacht, in der sie ihrem phantomhaften Mörder begegnete, der mit „Leather Apron“ erstmals einen Namen erhält....

  • 12. "Wir wissen, wer's war!" Russell Edwards und Kosminskis Schal
    Dec 23, 2025

    Ist der Fall "Jack the Ripper" gelöst? Seit über zehn Jahren tauchen immer wieder Schlagzeilen auf, die behaupten, dass ein DNA-Fund die Identität des berühmtesten Serienmörders der Geschichte endgültig enthüllt....

  • 5. Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols
    Aug 31, 2025

    Heute Morgen vor 137 Jahren verlor Mary Ann „Polly“ Nichols in der dunklen Buck’s Row in Whitechapel ihr Leben – ein Opfer, das bis heute Jack the Ripper zugeschrieben wird. Doch Polly war mehr als nur das Opfer eines unbekannten Mörders oder ein Name in den Geschichtsbüchern....

  • 11. Ripperologie: Ist das Wissenschaft oder Faszination?
    Nov 25, 2025

    Wir machen weiter. Und was könnte für den Neustart passender sein, als die eigene Auseinandersetzung mit diesem Thema zu hinterfragen?...

  • 10. Vom Mörder zum Mythos
    Nov 11, 2025

    In dieser Folge gehen wir der Figur „Jack the Ripper” auf den Grund. Warum ist ein unbekannter Mörder auch heute noch im kollektiven Gedächtnis verankert?...

  • 1. London 1888 – Das Leben im East End
    Jul 8, 2025

    In der Auftaktfolge erkunden wir die dunklen Gassen des viktorianischen Londons – lange bevor Jack the Ripper zuschlägt. Wir zeichnen ein detailliertes Bild der sozialen, politischen und wirtschaftlichen Verhältnisse im East End, dem Schauplatz der berüchtigten Mordserie....

  • 14. Im Gespräch mit ... Philipp Röttgers & Dorothee Schröder
    Feb 24, 2026

    In dieser Folge sprechen wir mit Philipp Röttgers und Dorothee Schröder über die Whitechapel-Mordserie, aktuelle Ripper-Forschung und den Blick der deutschen Sachbuchszene auf einen der bekanntesten Kriminalfälle der Geschichte. Die beiden stehen hinter dem Projekt „London Beyond Time and Place“ und sind eng mit der britischen Forschungsszene vernetzt....

  • 9. Rose Mylett, Alice McKenzie, Frances Coles und der Pinchin Street Torso
    Oct 28, 2025

    Heute schließen wir die Whitechapel-Mordakte – doch zuvor werfen wir einen Blick auf jene Frauen, die dort bis 1891 als letzte Opfer aufgeführt wurden und die aus der offiziellen Ripper-Geschichte verschwanden. Heute schließen wir die Whitechapel-Mordakte, doch zuvor werfen wir einen Blick auf die Frauen, die bis 1891 als letzte Opfer aufgeführt wurden und aus der offiziellen Ripper-Geschichte verschwanden....

Ripperature: Building the Myth

Gracie Bain

What do you think of when you hear "Jack the Ripper"? In 1888, five women, Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Kelly, were murdered and mutilated in London’s East End....

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Episodes
  • Episode Eight: Stalking Jack the Ripper
    May 15, 2024

    It’s time! In this episode, we discuss the very popular book Stalking Jack the Ripper and how the protagonist/forensic detective is a complicated portrayal of neo-Victorian gender....

  • Episode Four: Doctor Jekyll and Sister Hyde
    Apr 18, 2024

    In this episode, Gracie leads you through the cinematic masterpiece Doctor Jekyll and Sister Hyde, which combines Jill the Ripper with another famous culture-text, Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ....

  • Episode Seven: A Study in Terror
    May 8, 2024

    Today, we’ll explore a film called A Study in Terror , which combines two very famous Victorian figures, Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper. In this episode, we talk about how one of the most popular detective figures mirrors what we know about detective surveillance and how the movie treats the victims....

  • Introduction to Ripperature: Building the Myth
    Nov 8, 2023

    Welcome to Ripperature: Building the Myth! In this episode, Gracie introduces Jack the Ripper as a culture-text, briefly explains the five women canonically characterized as victims of Jack the Ripper, and places you within the theoretical and gender contexts of the season....

  • Episode Five: The Michaelmas Girls
    Apr 25, 2024

    In our final episode on Jill the Ripper, we examine perhaps one of the more difficult texts, The Michaelmas Girls , to discuss Jill the Ripper’s violence. In this episode, an unofficial detective figure suspects Mary Jane Kelly of participating in the murders....

  • Episode Two: Jill the Ripper
    Nov 28, 2023

    In the second episode of this season, Gracie introduces one of the more popular theories of the Whitechapel Murderer’s identity, Jill the Ripper. After briefly establishing the historical context for this theory, we talk about Victorian gender ideology and what a female serial killer means for a mythology like the Whitechapel Murders using a dime novel from 1889 called “The Whitechapel Murders; Or, An American Detective in London....

  • Episode Six: Ripperature Detectives
    May 1, 2024

    In our first episode on detectives, we walk through some common detective tropes, the dependence of Ripperature on those tropes, and the dime novel  “The Whitechapel Murders: Or, On the Track of the Fiend” (published in 1888). Works cited can be found here: https://graciebain....

Rippercast- Your Podcast on the Jack the Ripper murders

Rippercast- Jack the Ripper

Listen in as Jonathan Menges, joined by a roundtable of co-hosts and special guests discuss topics related to the Whitechapel Murders, Jack the Ripper, Victorian British history, and whatever else suits their fancy. This free and loose discussion is sure to interest everyone involved in the 120 year long hunt for 'Jack the Ripper'

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Episodes
  • 2021 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference: Steven Blomer: Who was the Seaside Home Witness?
    Nov 6, 2021

    We are pleased to bring to you the speaker presentations from the Casebook: Jack the Ripper Online Conference that took place on 30 October 2021. <p> Steven Blomer: Who Was the Seaside Home Witness?...

  • A Clue in Whitechapel: The Goulston Street Graffito
    Oct 20, 2008

    This episode is a discussion of the obscure message left in chalk at the Wentworth Model Dwellings, Goulston Street, near a piece of Catherine Eddowes' blood soaked apron. What is the meaning of this message?...

  • 2021 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference: Mark Ripper-Animals (Eleven Different Ones)
    Nov 6, 2021

    We are pleased to bring to you the speaker presentations from the Casebook: Jack the Ripper Online Conference that took place on 30 October 2021. <p> Mark Ripper: Animals (Eleven Different Ones) <p> This is a video podcast....

  • 2021 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference: Suspectology Panel
    Nov 7, 2021

    We are pleased to bring to you the Suspectology panel discussion from the Casebook: Jack the Ripper Online Conference that took place on 30 October 2021. <p> with Paul Begg, Steve Blomer, Amanda Lloyd, Jon Rees, Steve Stanley and Brian Young....

  • 2021 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference: Suzanne Huntington: Charles Alfred Hebbert- Physician, Anatomist, Bigamist
    Nov 6, 2021

    We are pleased to bring to you the speaker presentations from the Casebook: Jack the Ripper Online Conference that took place on 30 October 2021. <p> Suzanne Huntington: Charles Alfred Hebbert- Physician, Anatomist, Bigamist <p> This is a video podcast....

  • Mitre Square Revisited: With Neil Bell
    May 11, 2008

    Rippercast welcomes author and researcher Neil Bell to discuss the 30 September 1888 murder of Catherine Eddowes. Topics surrounding this most brutal murder and covered on this episode include the organ removal, depositing of the apron, the Goulston Street Graffito, the Lusk Letter and kidney as well as the 'Saucy Jack' postcard....

  • Ripper Confidential Part One- Bonus Topic: The Goulston Street Graffito
    Jul 13, 2017

    We bring to you a short segment edited out of our last interview with Tom Wescott in which he discusses his opinion on the Goulston Street Graffito. <p> Tom Wescott is the author of the books 'The Bank Holiday Murders' and 'Ripper Confidential'.

  • Interview with Chris Jones-The Maybrick Murder and the Diary of Jack the Ripper
    Oct 10, 2022

    From the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference <p> 8 October 2022 <p> Interview with Chris Jones, co-author of ‘THE MAYBRICK MURDER AND THE DIARY OF JACK THE RIPPER: THE END GAME with Jonathan Menges and Roger Palmer.

  • Still Warm: The Murder of Mary Ann Nichols
    Aug 25, 2008

    This episode covers the 31 August murder of Mary Ann Nichols, who is widely considered to be the first victim of 'Jack the Ripper'. Listen in as Robert McLaughlin, Ally Ryder and Howard Brown join Jonathan Menges to discuss the murder of 'Polly' and all of the events surrounding the discovery of her body in Bucks Row....

  • False Flag: Jack the Ripper- an interview with Stephen Senise
    May 12, 2018

    Rippercast is pleased to welcome journalist and author Stephen Senise to discuss his book 'Jewbaiter: Jack the Ripper- New Evidence and Theory' which has recently been released in an expanded edition entitled 'False Flag: Jack the Ripper'. Listen in as we cover a variety of the topics addressed in his book such as the mass migration of Jewish people into the East End, the government, media and population's response, and how an atmosphere of antisemitism and xenophobia may have given birth to a serial killer....

Victorian Era Crimes / Jack The Ripper

Alan Warren

This podcast covers murders from the Victoria Era, with the Jack the Ripper case being the best known. You will get the complete picture of the murders, the discovery of the victims, and policing of the crime....

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Episodes
  • Tom Wescott - Ripper Confidential
    Dec 21, 2022

    Groundbreaking history and exciting investigative journalism combine in a work jam-packed with newly unearthed finds and fresh insights that pull us deeper into the world of Jack the Ripper and closer to the man himself. Wescott does not promote a suspect but instead comprehensively investigates the murders of Polly Nichols and Elizabeth Stride, bringing to light new medical evidence, crucial new material on important witnesses, and – revealed for the first time – the name of a woman who may have met Jack the Ripper and survived to tell the tale....

  • PAUL WILLIAMS - Jack the Ripper Suspects: The Definitive Guide and Encyclopedia
    Dec 21, 2022

    In the autumn of 1888, a serial killer known as Jack the Ripper stalked the East End of London. He was never identified, but hundreds of people were accused....

  • Tracy I'Anson - Jacob the Ripper
    Dec 21, 2022

    When playing the game of Name the Ripper, many authors start with a suspect and attempt to make them fit the facts; some can't even be proved to be in London at the time of the murders. What is required is an ordinary man local to the East End; a man who suffered mental illness, and was known to prowl the streets at night....

  • Jonathan Hainsworth & Christine Ward-Agius - The Escape of Jack the Ripper
    Dec 21, 2022

    In 1888, five gruesome murders shocked the civilized public. A bloodthirsty killer was on the loose in the slums of London....

  • Matt Leyshon - Jack the Ripper Live and Uncut
    Dec 21, 2022

    Investigative Reporter Carl Axford is offered the story of a lifetime. When recruited by Limbo, (a covert group that uses unique technology to solve cold cases), Axford is presented the chance to crack the greatest cold case in existence....

  • Michael Benson - Filthy Murders : In the Era of Jack the Ripper
    Feb 14, 2024

    A tremendous history lesson and essential reading for everyone in the Rochester area. You'll recognize the locations and find interest in how those places looked 140 years ago....

  • Neil R. Storey - Jack the Ripper London
    Dec 21, 2022

    Jostling for position in this cornucopia of the criminal and the curious are diverse tales of baby farmers, garrotters, murderers, poisoners, prostitutes, pimps, rioters and rebels. Other tales tell of those who walked the poverty-stricken streets of 'the abyss', trying to earn a few honest coppers by the most unusual and desperate occupations, from tater man to tosher....

  • PAUL BEGG - Jack the Ripper: The Facts
    Dec 21, 2022

    Using contemporary documents, police files, Home Office papers and newspaper reports, 'Jack the Ripper: The Facts' recreates the notorious crimes and police investigation of 1888 to provide the best available overview of the 'Great Victorian Mystery', the greatest unsolved, true crime story of all time. Written by one of the world's foremost authorities on the case, this is a completely rewritten and fully updated edition of Begg's classic title Jack the Ripper....

  • Russell Edwards - Naming Jack the Ripper
    Dec 21, 2022

    After 125 years of theorizing and speculation regarding the identity of Jack the Ripper, Russell Edwards is in the unique position of owning the first physical evidence relating to the crimes to have emerged since 1888. This evidence is from one of the crime scenes, and has now been rigorously examined by some of the most highly-qualified forensic scientists in the country who have ascertained its true provenance....

  • Tom Wescott - Bank Holiday Murders
    Dec 21, 2022

    Book******WINNER***Independent Publisher (IPPY) Bronze Medal Award for Best History Book 2014******FINALIST*** Indie Excellence Award for Best True Crime Book (second place)***Jack the Ripper stalked the streets of London’s East End from August through November of 1888 in what is dubbed the ‘Autumn of Terror’. However, the grisly ripping of Polly Nichols on August 31st was not the first unsolved murder of the year....

  • Michael L. Hawley - Dr. Francis Tumblety & The Railway Ripper
    Sep 20, 2023

    Undetected by the FBI for three decades until the turn of the twenty-first century, a handful of elusive, transient long-haul trucker serial killers had been murdering hundreds of sex workers and hitchhikers along major US highways. This was not the first time innocent victims were attacked along major US interstate thoroughfares....

  • Steven E. Blomer - Inside Bucks Row
    Dec 21, 2022

    The autumn of 1888 went down in British history as “the autumn of terror”. From August to November, a serial killer named “Jack the Ripper” murdered five women in London’s East End and was never caught....

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