Jack the Ripper - Part One: The Canonical Five

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In the first part of a 2-parter, I look closely at a genuine historical mystery, THE true crime case, which launched an entire genre of non-fiction research: Jack the Ripper. In part one, I look at the actual murders. Listener discretion is advised. Direct all advertising inquiries to [email protected]. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found! And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts! Some music on this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of this episode's publication. Tracks include "Brimevil," "Cicle Vascule," "Winter in Black," "Cherry Heath," and "Leatherbound." Other music is copyright Alex Kish. Visit alexkishmusic.com to contact him for musical compositions. Additional music, including "Remedy for Melancholy," "daedalus," "daemones," and Daylight PON II," are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.3	Hey, history fans. If you enjoy shows like historical blindness, then you'll love Airwave
0:09.2	History Plus, now available on Apple Podcasts. Airwave History Plus is your ticket to
0:13.9	ad-free listening to historical blindness plus bonus content in early episodes from dozens of
0:18.9	the most popular history shows, including History
0:21.3	That Doesn't Suck, The Explorers Podcast, Redacted History, The Box of Oddities, History of Everything,
0:27.8	Queen's podcast, the history of World War II, The Age of Napoleon, and more. To get your free
0:33.2	seven-day trial, go to the Apple page for historical blindness and hit subscribe or search Airwave
0:38.5	History Plus on Apple Podcasts. Airwave History Plus, the essential audio destination for history
0:44.5	lovers. Once again, I want to warn the listener that the gruesome details of famously violent
0:52.8	murders will be shared in this episode.
0:55.9	As the subject matter in this case is a series of murders famous for their brutality,
1:01.7	I will be mentioning some of the particulars of the crimes, including the findings of post-mortem
1:07.2	examinations that revealed the extent of the murderer's heinous acts. I will not shrink
1:14.1	from describing what was done to the victims. Listeners should beware. 19th century London was no stranger to the concept of gruesome murder.
1:31.3	As I've just recently been discussing, they had been reading about it for some time.
1:36.0	From the cannibalistic highwaymen said to haunt rural roads to murderous innkeepers
1:41.4	and the demon barber Sweeney Todd, the stories of arch-killers
1:46.1	filled the popular Penny dreadfuls. And while these were largely fiction, there was no
1:52.2	shortage of real violent crime either, especially in the slums of the East End. Many were the
1:59.1	daylight robberies, the assaults, the drunken rapes committed in this
2:03.9	seedy underbelly of a city and society transformed by the Industrial Revolution. And murder was a known
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Nathaniel Lloyd, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Nathaniel Lloyd and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.