Shadow of the Ripper (1988)

Name: Shadow of the Ripper
Director: John Triffitt
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 1988
Cast: Christopher Frayling, Martin Fido, William Waddell, Judith Walkowitz

0h 50m IMDb

Documentary History

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.