Fringes of Society: Episode 323

UK True Crime Podcast

History, Society & Culture, Uk, Serial Killer, True Crime, Murder, Uktruecrime, Robbery, Police, Crimepodcast, Fraud, Personal Journals, Crime, Guns, Drugs

4.3 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Whitechapel, East London. Famous among many True Crime fans for the Jack the Ripper Murders where women on the very fringes of society were incredibly vulnerable to a murderer like Jack.

In our modern-day story today, two women at the very edge of modern society - one selling sex, one selling counterfeit DVDs - go missing from the streets of Whitechapel within weeks of each other. Are the disappearances connected?

Sources
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2012/07/streetwalkers-whitechapel-prostitution
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7650889.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7631399.stm
https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/whitechapel-ripper-will-die-in-prison-for-killings-6837225.html
https://southwarknews.co.uk/news/crime/10-years-daughter-murdered-jackie-no-nearer-finding-bonnies-body/
https://www.policeprofessional.com/news/life-sentence-for-murder-%C2%96-but-no-bodies/
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-star-sunday/20181118/282063393004149
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/jack-the-ripper-copycat-murders-spark-call-for-sex-worker-protection-9100294.html

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 323 of the UK True Crime Podcast.
0:07.0	I'm Adam.
0:08.0	Today is a story from the White Chapel region of London, the infamous haunt of Jack the
0:14.3	Ripper in the 1800s.
0:16.0	At the end of today's story, maybe we can ask.
0:20.4	And maybe at the end of the story we can ask, are things so different today.
0:26.4	As always, a huge thank you to all my supporters at Patreon for especially the new members
0:31.2	of this community.
0:32.2	Let's lead Jackson, Alice G and Claire Beaumont and also Catherine Fierfield for raising
0:38.9	her level of support.
0:40.2	Thank you all so much, it's really appreciated.
0:44.2	A reminder that if you haven't listened yet, the picture of the scene podcast is now
0:48.6	out every Tuesday.
0:50.9	Andrew and Rachel this week are covering at the time the UK's most wanted woman,
0:56.2	who managed to successfully be on the run for nine years, evading the police, as she
1:00.9	once evaded them by wearing a wig and walking straight past them as you do.
1:07.4	Picture the scene, it's a great show.
1:09.2	Please do take a listen.
1:10.8	Before we begin, let's set the context for today's story with our guest a month and year
1:16.1	game.
1:17.1	Top of the UK charts was Kanye West with Stronger, beautiful girls from Sean Kingston was
1:23.6	number one in the US.
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