
1988
Jack the Ripper was a prince, a pauper, a mason, a madman... A host of more and more bizarre theories have surrounded the unexplained killings in Whitechapel since they hit the headlines in 1888. This film dispels the grisly fiction, revealing for the first time the true contents of the police and Home Office files on the case, drawing on the expertise of historians and of those who have encountered today's killers - on the street or behind bars.

Christopher Frayling
Presenter

Martin Fido

William Waddell

Judith Walkowitz

An American Tragedy

Sixty Glorious Years

Double Murder: The Inside Story

Bluebeard

The Lady of Silence: The Mataviejitas Murders

Murder: No Apparent Motive

The Killing Spree: Hunting Joanne Dennehy

Ján a Martina: Murder that changed Slovakia

Mrs Brown

Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation

America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries & Crimes

To Walk Invisible

The Importance of Being Earnest

Many Beautiful Things

Far from the Madding Crowd

Rainy in Glenageary

Fanny Hill

Strong Island

The Real Fatal Attraction

Murderous Minds: Harold Shipman