Rippercast- Your Podcast On The Jack The Ripper Murders

Author and researcher Paul Williams presents 'Dr. John Morgan Hopkins' the first in a two part episode he has contributed to the series 'A Cast of Thousands'- showcasing the research conducted by Ripperologists into the lives of the lesser known individuals who populate the events surrounding the Whitechapel Murders. <p> For further reading go to Ripperologist Magazine #160 and the article entitled 'The Welshman Who Knew Mary Kelly' <p> Paul Williams is the author of 'Jack the Ripper Suspects: The Definitive Guide and Encyclopedia'

We are pleased to bring to you the August 2021 guest speaker at the Whitechapel Society: <p> Dr Andrea Nini- A forensic linguistic analysis of the Jack the Ripper letters <p> Dr Andrea Nini is a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in Linguistics and English Language at the University of Manchester. In 2018, Dr. Nini published An Authorship analysis of the Jack the Ripper letters in Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, in which he analyzed 209 letters and postcards sent to police and newspapers that claimed to have been written by ‘Jack the Ripper’ and concluded that several were journalistic hoaxes, supporting the claims made by Sir Robert Anderson, Melville Macnaughten and Detective Chief Inspector Littlechild. <p> www.whitechapelsociety.com

We are pleased to be able to bring to you Ruby Vitorino Moody's presentation from the 2019 Salisbury History Festival: <p> Down Among the Dead Men- The Executions at Fisherton: The personal accounts of some of the prisoners hanged at Gallows Gate. <p> https://www.salisburyhistoryfestival.co.uk/ <p> A PDF version of the slideshow that accompanied Ruby's talk<a href="http://www.rippercast.com/mp3/Down Among The Dead Men.pdf">can be downloaded here.

Researchers and authors John Malcolm and Jon Lee Rees join Jonathan Menges in a discussion about behavioral and geographical profiling. Does profiling have value when applied to the hunt for Jack the Ripper? <p> Sources read and further reading: <p> John Douglas: The Cases That Haunt Us, Scribner, 2000 <p> John Douglas: FBI NCAVC Criminal Investigative Analysis of Jack the Ripper <p> David Canter: Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer, HarperCollins, 1995 <p> Kim Rossmo: An Evaluation of NIJ's Evaluation Methodology for Geographic Profiling Software, March 9, 2005 <p> Kim Rossmo: Geographic Profiling-NCIS Conference 1998 <p> Geographic Profiling Survey: A Preliminary Examination of Geographic Profilers Views and Experiences Karla Emeno, Craig Bennell, Brent Snook, and Paul J. Taylor <p> Nichols, Beth "Geographic Profiling: Contributions to the Investigation of Serial Murders ." Electronic Thesis or Dissertation. Wright State Universit

We are pleased to bring to you the August 2019 guest speaker at the Whitechapel Society: <p> Steve Blomer: Bucks Row Inside Out <p> The slide show that accompanied this presentation <a href="http://www.rippercast.com/mp3/insde bucks row2.pdf">can be downloaded here. <p> www.whitechapelsociety.com

We welcome to the show John Malcolm, the author of 'The Whitechapel Murders of 1888: Another Dead End?' for a roundtable discussion about Sir Robert Anderson, his 'Polish Jew' suspect and Aaron Kosminski. <p> With Paul Begg, Steve Blomer, Jon Rees and Jonathan Menges.

We are pleased to welcome to the show Steve Blomer, the author of 'Inside Bucks Row: Mary Ann Nichols- An Anatomy of Murder'. <p> Interviewed by Jonathan Menges <p> Purchase a copy of 'Inside Bucks Row' via Paypal at the following link: <p> https://www.paypal.me/bucksrow

Rippercast welcomes to the show composer Kip Winger and writer Damien Gray for a discussion about their new musical 'Get Jack'. <p> Interviewed by Tom Wescott and Jonathan Menges <p> www.getjack.com

The fifth release from the Maybrick Diary audio archives is Paul Feldman, the author of 'Jack the Ripper: The Final Chapter'. <p> Interviewed by Bob Azurdia on BBC Radio Merseyside and aired on the 11th and 18th of October, 1995

Our forth release from the Maybrick Diary audio archives is Anne Graham interviewed by Bob Azurdia on BBC Radio Merseyside, 4 October 1995.

Our third release from the Maybrick Diary audio archives is Shirley Harrison, author of the book 'The Diary of Jack the Ripper'interviewed by Bob Azurdia on BBC Radio Merseyside, which aired on the 27th of September, 1995.

Our second release from the Maybrick Diary audio archives is Mike Barrett interviewed by Bob Azurdia on BBC Radio Merseyside, aired on the 13th and 20th of September, 1995.

Our first release from the Maybrick Diary audio archives is Paul Feldman's talk at the very first meeting of the Cloak & Dagger Club on 7 January, 1995.

With the publication of 'Jack and the Thames Torso Murders: A New Ripper?' by Drew Gray and Andrew Wise as a backdrop, author Tom Wescott talks about the pleasures and the perils of writing Jack the Ripper books in the current age of internet message boards critiques, and offers advice to aspiring Ripperology authors.

We are pleased to be able to bring to you yet another release from the Audio Archives. <p> LBC Radio call-in show from 20 August 2003 hosted by Jeremy Beadle with guests Paul Begg, Paul Feldman, Andy Aliffe and Christopher-Michael DiGrazia.

We are pleased to bring to you the April 2019 speaker at the Whitechapel Society 1888. Jo Vigor-Mungovin is one of the world's leading experts on the life and times of Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man. <p> She is the author of the excellent book 'Joseph: The Life, Times and Places of the Elephant Man' which can be purchased by visiting Mango Books. <p> www.mangobooks.co.uk <p> Also available on Amazon. <p> For more information about the Whitechapel Society please visit <p> www.whitechapelsociety.com

We are pleased to welcome Professor Turi King from the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester to talk about the 2019 publication of the 'Forensic Investigation of a Shawl Linked to the "Jack the Ripper" Murders by Jari Louhelainen, Ph.D and David Miller, Ph.D in the Journal of Forensic Sciences. <p> Professor King led the famous genome sequencing project on the remains of Richard III and we are very grateful for the time she was able to spend with us discussing this topic. <p> Joining the round table discussion were numerous Ripperologists. Those who questioned the Professor were: <p> Robert House, the author of 'Jack the Ripper and the Case for Scotland Yard's Prime Suspect'. <p> Steve Blomer, researcher and writer. <p> Jon Rees, researcher, writer and lecturer. <p> Brian Young, researcher, writer and lecturer. <p> Hosted by Jonathan Menges <p> Very special thanks to Chris Phillips, Paul Begg, Tom Wescott and John

Listen in as Rippercast reviews the book 'The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper' by Hallie Rubenhold <p> A roundtable discussion with: <p> Debra Arif: a researcher and the co-editor with Paul Begg and Sean Crundall of the New Jack the Ripper A-Z, and amongst her numerous finds was the discovery of Catherine Eddowes fourth child Frederick. <p> Paul Begg:, the author of Jack the Ripper: The Facts, the Definitive History, co-author with John Bennett of The Forgotten Victims, CSI Whitechapel and the Complete and Essential Jack the Ripper as well as being the long time editor of the Jack the Ripper A-Z. <p> Amanda Lloyd: an avid reader and collector of Ripper related books and is the admin of the only online Facebook group for Ripper book collectors Ripperology Books and more <p> Robert McLaughlin: a researcher as well as the author of the highly acclaimed and sought after The First Jack the Ripper Victim Photographs <p> Jon Rees: a lecturer and frequ

We are pleased to bring to you February 2019's guest speaker at the meeting of the Whitechapel Society: <p> Bob Hinton in Conversation with Karl Coppack <p> Listen in as Mr. Hinton, the author of the 1998 book 'From Hell: The Jack the Ripper Mystery' discusses his identification of a man he believes was George Hutchinson, the Whitechapel Murderer. <p> A PDF version of the slideshow <a href="http://www.rippercast.com/mp3/Bob Hinton Slides.pdf">can be downloaded here. <p> www.whitechapelsociety.com

We are pleased to bring to you Dr. Lucy Andrew's talk on Ripper Fiction and Jack the Ripper in Popular Culture entitled 'Capturing Jack the Ripper: The Ripper Mythos 130 Years On', from the University Centre Shrewsbury Event held on 10 November 2018. <p> A PDF version of the slideshow that accompanied this talk <a href="http://www.rippercast.com/mp3/Lucy Andrew.pdf">can be downloaded here. <p> https://www.ucshrewsbury.ac.uk/group-user/17/36