No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature.
A.A. Milne
Jack the Ripper in Cinema
Act IV:
Jack Lives On
No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature. A.A. Milne Jack the Ripper in Cinema
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Edge of Sanity (1989) |
Combines Jekyll and Hyde with Jack the Ripper |
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Jack the Ripper (1988) |
Well received television miniseries starring Michael Caine |
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Jack’s Back (1988) |
Modern day serial killer recreates Ripper crimes in LA |
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The Lodger (1941) |
Talkie remake of Hitchcock silent thriller in which a mysterious lodger may be the Ripper |
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The Ripper (1985) |
Cursed ring causes wearer to be possessed by the Ripper |
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Time After Time (1979) |
H.G. Wells uses Time Machine to track Ripper through time |
Jack on Television
Jack the Ripper made an appearance on
Star Trek "The Wolf in the Fold"
Kolchak: the Night Stalker
"The Ripper"and The Twilight Zone
"The New Exhibit"Jack in Writing
Several web sites offer lists of the best Ripper books, both fiction and nonfiction.
An extensive list of Ripper related books can be found at
Ripper and Victorian Resources. However, a great deal of the hypertext links are outdated.Casebook.org offers another long list of Ripper books
And another annotated list is at:
http://www.execpc.com/~pauer/fhbiblio.htmlThe scholarly article "
Jack the Ripper as the Threat of Outcast London" by Robert F. Haggard analyzes not the crimes but rather their impact on the disparate societies of east and west LondonThe original London Times articles have been gathered at
Discovery.
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