Rippercast- Your Podcast On The Jack The Ripper Murders

Rippercast continues its partnership with the Whitechapel Society 1888 by bringing to you the June 2018 guest speaker Louis Berk. Louis is a photographer whose work has appeared in numerous books including Secret Whitechapel, Whitechapel in 50 Buildings and East End Jewish Cemateries. <p> His website louisberk.com features a wide selection of his photography as well as an online gallery entitled Whitechapel Eye which displays photographs from the past 15 years of his work in Whitechapel and Spitalfields. <p> www.louisberk.com <p> www.whitechapelsociety.com <p> A pdf version of selected photographs<a href="http://www.rippercast.com/mp3/louisberkWS88.pdf"> can be downloaded here.

Rippercast welcomes back to the show researcher and author Michael Hawley to discuss his new book 'Jack the Ripper Suspect-Dr. Francis Tumblety'.

We welcome back to the show the author of 'False Flag' and 'Jewbaiter' Stephen Senise. Listen in as we discuss the suspect candidacy of George Hutchinson and cover topics such as George William Topping Hutchinson, the witnesses in and around Millers Court, the files from the Victoria Home and the possibility that George Hutchinson fled from the East End of London and traveled to Australia.

Rippercast is pleased to bring to you talks from the 2018 Rippercon Baltimore Jack the Ripper and True Crime Conference. <p> Chris Jones: The Maybricks of Liverpool

Rippercast is pleased to be able to bring to you talks from the 2018 RipperCon Jack the Ripper and True Crime Convention in Baltimore, Maryland. The Slide Show that accompanied this presentation <a href="http://www.rippercast.com/mp3/Bernard Beaule Baltimore presentation.pdf">can be downloaded here.

Rippercast is pleased to welcome to the show Paul Williams, the author of the book 'Jack the Ripper Suspects: The Definitive Guide and Encyclopedia'. Joining us for this round table discussion is also authors Paul Begg and Neil R.A. Bell.

Rippercast is pleased to bring to you the guest speaker for the February 2018 meeting of the Whitechapel Society- David Bullock, the author of 'The Man Who Would Be Jack'. Mr. Bullock's book focuses on the suspect Thomas Cutbush who was named as Jack the Ripper by the Sun newspaper in 1894 which led Melville Macnaghten to pen a memoranda disputing the accusation. <p> www.whitechapelsociety.com

Rippercast is pleased to present a Ripper Fiction Roundtable Discussion featuring the following Ripper Fiction authors: <p> Michael Hawley- The Ripper's Hellbroth<br> Matt Leyshon- Jack the Ripper: Live and Uncut<br> Bernard Boley- My Ripper Haunting Days<br> Daniel Dark- Knife's Tell<br> Jana Oliver- Time Rovers Series (Sojourn, Virtual Evil, Madman's Dance). <p> Hosted by Ally Ryder, Iain Wilson and Jonathan Menges <p> All of our guest authors books are available via Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

Rippercast is pleased to bring to you the December 2017 guest speaker at the Whitechapel Society's bi-monthy meeting Gyles Brandreth. Mr. Brandreth discusses his latest book 'Jack the Ripper: Case Closed' and takes questions from the audience. Gyles generously donated all of the proceeds from this evenings special Whitechapel Society talk to the Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity. <p> www.gosh.org <p> www.whitechapelsociety.com

Rippercast is pleased to bring to you a presentation by Michael Hawley, author of the books 'The Ripper's Haunts' and the upcoming 'Jack the Ripper Suspect Dr. Francis Tumblety', joined by author and researcher Brian Young at The Cro Club of Buffalo, New York for a special Halloween talk to its members. Recorded 30 October, 2017. <p> A PDF version of the slideshow that accompanied this talk <a href="http://www.rippercast.com/mp3/Jack the Ripper Presentation Buffalo.pdf">can be downloaded here.

Rippercast continues its partnership with the Whitechapel Society 1888 by bringing to you the October 2017 guest speaker George Fleming. <p> Mr. Fleming gives a fascinating presentation on how mock trials and retrials aid in educating the public about historical events and infamous criminal cases. The cases covered in his talk include the 'Jack the Ripper' murders, the 1908 trial of Flora Haskell for the slaying of her son, and the guilt or innocence of H.H. Crippen. <p> www.whitechapelsociety.com

Oh, Dear Boss welcomes Paul Begg, Mark Ripper, Tom Wescott and Brian Young on to the show to discuss whatever suits our fancy. The topics this time are too numerous to list here, plus the Maybrick Diary.

Rippercast is please to bring to you Part 2 of our interview with Tom Wescott, author of Ripper Confidential: New Research on the Whitechapel Murders. <p> In this episode Tom Wescott discusses the murder of Elizabeth Stride.

Rippercast welcomes photographer and graphic designer Andrew Firth to the show to discuss his new book 'Ripperland'. Andrew has spent the last several years lending his artistic talent to publications such as the Whitechapel Society Journal and Casebook: Classic Crime as well as producing the advertising graphics, delegate packs and books for numerous conferences and London Jobs. <p> His previous publications are 'Past Traces' and 'Fragments of the East End'. <p> 'Ripperland' has just been published by Mango Books. <p> http://www.mangobooks.co.uk/book.php?b=24

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> Mark Ripper: The Trial of Israel Lipski <p> Writing under the name M.W. Oldridge, Mark Ripper is the author of 'Murder & Crime: Whitechapel & District', 'The Moat Farm Mystery', co-author of 'The A-Z of Victorian Crime' and author of the next volume of the 'Notable British Trials' book series: 'The Trial of Israel Lipski'.

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 You Do>' was published in 2014. Karl began writing about the Whitechapel Murders, ultimately leading to the creation of his blog series 'Ten Weeks In Whitechapel', which was later adapted for audio by Rippercast.

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 Huddersfield whose present doctoral work is in analyzing how the Whitechapel Murder victims have been represented in books, heritage tourism, film, television and the news media. <p> This evenings East End Conference event was held in conjunction with the Whitechapel Society's August 2017 meeting. <p> www.whitechapelsociety.com

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/introduction.htm <p> An enhanced version of this podcast with an embedded slideshow <a href="http://www.rippercast.com/mp3/East_End_Conference_Richard Jones.m4a">can be downloaded here</a> <p> A PDF version of the slideshow <a href="http://www.rippercast.com/mp3/The Age of the Humble Hero Slides.pdf">can be downloaded here.

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 Ryder <p> adamselzer.blogspot.com <p> mysteriouschicago.com