Rippercast- Your Podcast on the Jack the Ripper murders

Rippercast is pleased to bring to you presentations from the 2017 East End Conference which took place in the East End of London over the 5th and 6th of August, 2017. <p> Karl Coppack: Ten Weeks In Whitechapel- A new Way of Telling the Story. <p> Mr. Coppack is a football writer for the Anfield Wrap, The Times, and other publications as well as a novelist whose first book 'And What Do...

Rippercast is pleased to bring to you presentations from the 2017 East End Conference which took place in the East End of London over the 5th and 6th of August, 2017. <p> Keynote Speaker <p> Charlotte Mallinson- 'In the Name of Jack: Rethinking Victimhood in Representations of the Whitechapel Murders'. <p> Ms Mallinson is a Ph. D researcher and lecturer at the University of Hudde...

Rippercast is pleased to bring to you presentations from the 2017 East End Conference which took place in the East End of London over the 5th and 6th of August, 2017. <p> Richard Jones: 'The Everyday Humble Hero in the Age of Jack the Ripper' <p> Richard's extensive website about the Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice <p> https://www.london-walking-tours.co.uk/postmans-park/introd...

Rippercast is pleased to bring to you presentations from the 2017 East End Conference which took place in the East End of London over the 5th and 6th of August, 2017. <p> Tom Wescott: Reading Between the Lines <p> Author of 'The Bank Holiday Murders' and 'Ripper Confidential'. <p> Podcast artwork by Andrew Firth

This episode of Rippercast welcomes author Adam Selzer to the show to discuss his new book 'H.H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil'. His extensive and groundbreaking research into Herman Mudgett, alias H.H. Holmes, shatters myths and paints an entirely new picture of the life and legend of this most notorious American con man and murderer. <p> With Paul Begg, Jon Rees and Ally...

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'.

We conclude the audio series '10 Weeks In Whitechapel' by having a panel discussion with the author and narrator, Karl Coppack along with voice actors from the program: Paul Begg, Neil R.A. Bell, Jon Rees, Ally Ryder and Iain Wilson. Joined also by Brian Young, a listener to the series. <p> Music and artwork by Andrew Firth <p> www.tenweeksinwhitechapel.wordpress.com

Rippercast is proud to present the Ninth part of a ten part audio series based on the blog 'Ten Weeks In Whitechapel' by Karl Coppack. <p> Week Nine: Post Kelly Ripperology & Conclusions <p> Music and artwork by Andrew Firth <p> ww.tenweeksinwhitechapel.wordpress.com

Rippercast is proud to present the eighth part of a ten part audio series based on the blog 'Ten Weeks In Whitechapel' by Karl Coppack. <p> Week Eight: 'You've Got Jack the Ripper At Last'- The Contemporary Suspects <p> Music and artwork by Andrew Firth <p> www.tenweeksinwhitechapel.wordpress.com

Rippercast is proud to present the seventh part of a ten part audio series based on the blog 'Ten Weeks in Whitechapel' by Karl Coppack. <p> Week Seven: Aaron, Montague, Michael and Francis- The Police Suspects. <p> Music and artwork by Andrew Firth <p> www.tenweeksinwhitechapel.wordpress.com

Rippercast is proud to present the sixth part of a ten part audio series based on the blog 'Ten Weeks in Whitechapel' by Karl Coppack. <p> Week Six: 'The Work of the Devil'- The Murder of Mary Jane Kelly: 9th November, 1888 <p> Music and artwork by Andrew Firth <p> www.tenweeksinwhitechapel.wordpress.com

Rippercast is proud to present the fifth part of a ten part audio series based on the blog 'Ten Weeks in Whitechapel' by Karl Coppack. <p> Week Five: 'Dear Boss': The Alleged Letters and Writings of the Ripper' <p> Music and artwork by Andrew Firth <p> www.tenweeksinwhitechapel.wordpress.com

Rippercast is proud to present the fourth part of a ten part audio series based on the blog 'Ten Weeks in Whitechapel' by Karl Coppack. <p> Week Four: The Double Event- 'You Would Say Anything But Your Prayers' - 30th September, 1888 <p> Music and artwork by Andrew Firth <p> www.tenweeksinwhitechapel.wordpress.com

Rippercast is proud to present the third part of a ten part audio series based on the blog 'Ten Weeks in Whitechapel' by Karl Coppack. <p> Week Three: The Murder of Annie Chapman: 'Will You?' - 8th September, 1888. <p> Music and artwork by Andrew Firth <p> www.tenweeksinwhitechapel.wordpress.com

We are pleased to yet again bring you the guest speaker talk from the bi-monthly meeting of the Whitechapel Society. June 2017s guest speaker was the director of the Whitechapel Mission, Anthony Miller. Mr. Miller details the history of the mission, once called the Working Lads Institute and Home, which was the scene of several inquests concerning the victims in the Whitechapel murders, as well as...

Rippercast is proud to present the second part of a ten part audio series based on the blog 'Ten Weeks in Whitechapel' by Karl Coppack. <p> Week Two: Polly Nichols- 'See what a jolly bonnet I'm wearing'- 31st August, 1888 <p> Music and artwork by Andrew Firth <p> www.tenweeksinwhitechapel.wordpress.com

Rippercast is proud to present the first part of a ten part audio series based on the blog 'Ten Weeks in Whitechapel' by Karl Coppack. <p> Week One: The Whitechapel Murders- An Introduction. <p> Music and artwork by Andrew Firth <p> www.tenweeksinwhitechapel.wordpress.com

Tumblety: The Hidden Truth interviews author Michael Hawley and researcher Brian Young about the contents of over 600 pages of Saint Louis County legal documents that have been recently discovered which for the first time describes Tumblety traveling with a collection of surgical knives as well as containing further evidence of Francis Tumblety's hatred of women, particularly prostitutes. Plus, th...

Rippercast is pleased to welcome back author Tom Wescott to discuss his new book 'Ripper Confidential: New Research on the Whitechapel Murders'. In this episode we discuss the murder of Mary Ann Nichols on the 31st of August, 1888. <p> Part one of a two part interview.

We are pleased to be able to bring to you presentations from the Poison and Poisoners one-day event held in London on 29 April 2017. Organized by Casebook: Classic Crime in association with Mango Books. <p> Linda Stratmann: The Scientific Poisoner <p> In the 1840s the popular image of a typical poisoner was a woman who put arsenic in her husband's food. The 1850s, however, saw a new ki...

We are pleased to be able to bring to you presentations from the Poison and Poisoners one-day event from London 29th April 2017. Organized by Casebook: Classic Crime in association with Mango Books. <p> Stephen Bates: The Prince of Poisoners: William Palmer and the Trial of the Century <p> The Poisoner tells the story of William Palmer, hanged in 1856 before a crowd of 30,000 people fo...

This episode of 'Oh, Dear Boss' welcomes writer Karl Coppack to the show to discuss his blog series 'Ten Weeks In Whitechapel' with Neil Bell, Jon Rees and Jonathan Menges. <p> https://tenweeksinwhitechapel.wordpress.com

London Blue Badge Guide & Lecturer David Thompson was the Guest Speaker at the April 2017 meeting of the Whitechapel Society 1888. <p> The slide presentation that accompanied this talk <a href="http://www.rippercast.com/mp3/Christchurch Spitalfields.pdf">can be downloaded here</a> <p> www.whitechapelsociety.com

Rippercast welcomes author Joanne Vigor-Mungovin to the show for a discussion about her book 'Joseph: The Life, Times and Places of the Elephant Man'. Full of new genealogical and historical information, this is a truly unique biography about a singularly unique individual. <p> www.mangobooks.co.uk

Rippercast is pleased to bring to you the February 2017 guest speaker from the meeting of the Whitechapel Society 1888. Mick Priestley is the author of the newly released book 'One Autumn in Whitechapel' and his talk is entitled 'Jack the Ripper: A Modern Day Investigation'. <p> The slides that accompanied Mick's talk <a href="http://www.rippercast.com/mp3/Priestley.pdf">can...