Rippercast- Your Podcast on the Jack the Ripper murders

We are pleased to be able to bring to you the guest speaker for the February meeting of the Whitechapel Society 1888-Chris Jones with 'Bruce & Florence: Busting the Conspiracy', in which Chris gives us his take of the Bruce Robinson book 'They All Love Jack' and takes questions from the audience. Chris Jones is the author of the Maybrick A-Z and manages the website jamesmaybrick.org. <p>...

Listen in to the guest speaker at the Whitechapel Society 1888's December 2015 meeting: Neil Storey with 'East End Tales of Ghosts, Grim times and Dark Deeds'. <p>www.whitechapelsociety.com</p> <p>Podcast artwork photograph courtesy of Andrew Firth<p/>

Listen in to the final speaker to appear at the Casebook:Classic Crime Symposium that took place at the Chamberlin Hotel in London on Saturday, December 5th, 2015. This event was organized by Frogg Moody and Time Zone Publishing's Casebook: Classic Crime, in conjunction with the Whitechapel Society. We are pleased to present Adam Wood-Donald Swanson and the Seaside Home. The slide show from Adam's...

Neil Bell's ' Bluebottles & Tecs: Life as a policeman in H Division' was the third talk at the Casebook: Classic Crime Symposium that took place at the Chamberlin Hotel in London on Saturday, December 5th 2015. This event was organized by Frogg Moody and Time Zone Publishing's Casebook: Classic Crime in conjunction with the Whitechapel Society. All four talks will be presented in their entiret...

Listen in to Trevor Bond's 'A Terrible Tale of 1888'- the second talk at the Casebook: Classic Crime Symposium that took place at the Chamberlin Hotel in London on Saturday, December 5th 2015. This event was organized by Frogg Moody and Time Zone Publishing's Casebook: Classic Crime in conjunction with the Whitechapel Society with Philip Hutchinson as the emcee. The slideshow that accompanied Trev...

We are very pleased to be able to bring to you the audio recordings of the Casebook: Classic Crime Symposium that took place at the Chamberlin Hotel in London on Saturday, December 5th 2015. This event was organized by Frogg Moody and Time Zone Publishing's Casebook: Classic Crime in conjunction with the Whitechapel Society with Philip Hutchinson as the emcee. The first speaker at the event was Jo...

Episode 68 is a one-on-one conversation with author Richard Patterson about the Jack the Ripper suspect candidacy of the late 19th century poet Francis Thompson. Thompson lived in the rough in the East End of London during the Autumn of Terror on a quest to find the prostitute who had left him, and carried with him a surgeon's knife. Hosted by Jonathan Menges

Episode 67 of Rippercast welcomes Dr. Mark Curbishley taking part in a discussion of the possibility that the murderer of any one of the "Canonical" five victims may have had some type of surgical skill or training. In the later part of the show we address the worthiness of, and moral and ethical issues surrounding the human organ experiments conducted by author Trevor Marriott while res...

On this 'Oh, Dear Boss' mini-podcast, listen in as Iain Wilson, Trevor Bond and Jon Rees join host Jonathan Menges in a discussion of the Kray's movie 'Legend'; upcoming book releases, Jon Rees' play 'The Murders and Mystery of Jack the Ripper' and the 'Jack the Ripper' addition to the video game 'Assassin's Creed: Syndicate'.

Rippercast is pleased to bring you author Sarah Wise's talk from the Whitechapel Society 1888 Conference in Salisbury from November of 2014- Gaslight Stories - Tales from the Victorian Lunatic Asylum. www.sarahwise.co.uk www.whitechapelsociety.com

Listen in as Rippercast's intrepid correspondents Jon Rees and Trevor Bond venture into the East End of London to provide us with on location reportage concerning the redevelopment of several Jack the Ripper related murder sites.

Episode 64 welcomes Wynne Weston-Davies to the podcast to discuss in detail his new book 'The Real Mary Kelly' in which he presents his theory that Mary Jane Kelly was in fact his Great-Aunt Elizabeth Weston-Davies and her murderer could have been her estranged husband Francis Spurzheim Craig. Joining Wynne in this discussion are authors Paul Begg and Robert McLaughlin. Hosted by Jonathan Menges h...

Oh, Dear Boss... Topics discussed on the maiden voyage of 'Oh, Dear Boss...', Ripper cast's mini-podcast news and views series: The Jack the Ripper Museum in Cable Street; Launch of the independent publisher Mango Books; Ripperologist Magazine/Rippercast book contest. Recorded 31 July, 2015 With Ally Ryder and Jonathan Menges

Episode 63 welcomes Friends of Joseph Carey Merrick Chairperson and founder Jeanette Sitton to the show, along with historical researchers Philip Hutchinson and Neil Bell, to discuss the life and times of an individual that was perhaps the most famous resident of the East End of London during the time frame of the Whitechapel Murders: Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man. Jeanette Sitton is also the c...

Join Ally Ryder, Robert McLaughlin, Mark Ripper and Neil Bell as they discuss Neil's new book: Capturing Jack the Ripper: In the Boots of a Bobby in Victorian London.

This special episode of Rippercast brings to you researcher Robert Anderson's talk given at the Whitechapel Society 1888's 2014 conference in Salisbury. His chosen topic was tertiary syphilis and its widespread presence amongst the prostitutes and their clients in the East End of London in the late Victorian Period. He discussed its symptoms, treatments, and how it may have affected victims and su...

Ally Ryder, Jonathan Menges, Jon Rees, Trevor Bond, Neil Bell and Mark Ripper chat about the Russell Edwards DNA controversy and the conference in Salisbury.

Rippercast welcomes researcher and author Tom Wescott to the show for an in depth discussion of his book 'The Bank Holiday Murders-The True Story of the First Whitechapel Murders'. He details his over-decade long history in researching the Whitechapel Murders; the books, authors and researchers who have most influenced him in his study of the case; and addresses what he believes is the current sta...

This Primer episode of the Rippercast focuses on the lives of the Victims. Neal and Jennifer Shelden provide us with brief biographies on the lives of the Canonical victims of Jack the Ripper.

This is a special episode of the Rippercast that is meant to serve as a primer for those new to the case in order to familiarize them with the practices and people who made up the police force of London during the "Autumn of Terror"

This podcast is a roundtable discussion of the various lectures and events that took place at the 2012 Jack the Ripper conference in York. Hosted by Ally Ryder with special guests including Neil Bell, Melanie Clegg, Rob House, Neil Storey, Trevor Bond, and Mark Ripper.

This episode of Rippercast welcomes Martin Fido, Chris George, Robert McLaughlin, Mike Covell, Ally Ryder and special guest David Lindblad-host of the podcast Fist Full of Podcast and author of the book Found Manuscript. Panel discussions include the Aberconway version of the Macnaghten Memoranda, the Goulston Street Graffito, the behavior of serial killers when it comes to lapses between murders,...

Episode 50 of Rippercast welcomes Trevor Bond to the show to discuss the February 1891 murder of Frances Coles in Swallow Gardens. As well as hearing in detail the events surrounding her murder and the acquittal of Thomas Sadler, Trevor gives a brief review of the Keefe book 'Carroty Nell' as well as informs us about the upcoming Cardiff Job mini-conference to be held in the summer of 2011. With R...

This episode welcomes author and researcher Simon Wood for a special one-on-one interview. We discuss his background in Ripper studies that stretches back to the mid-1970s, his examination and critique of the Stephen Knight 'Final Solution', publishing 'The Bloodhound' true crime magazine in the 1980s, and hear his unique and always interesting opinions on the murder victims, police officials, and...

This Episode welcomes author and researcher Sarah Beth Hopton for a discussion of the 1890 murder of Phoebe Hogg and her infant child; a crime comitted by Mary Eleanor Wheeler Pearcey, who has often been suggested as "Jill the Ripper". Listen in as we discuss the Pearcey murder case, her life, trial and execution, as well as talk about the widely disregarded theory that she somehow could...