Jack the Ripper
After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
History Hit
4.7 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
What is it about this case that holds the imagination after all these years? When did that fascination with it begin? How early on did the myths of Jack the Ripper evolve?
Anthony and Maddy look at how the newspapers and showmen were quick to pounce on this case, turning these tragic murders into the most infamous true crime story of all.
Written by Anthony Delaney. Edited by Tom Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick. The Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Warner Brothers and Salem's Lot, the spine-tingling new horror film from the legendary Stephen King. |
| 0:09.1 | It is so exciting, it is that time of year. It is spooky season. |
| 0:13.0 | Oh, it's just the best time of year. |
| 0:15.0 | No surprise that we love this time of year, of course. |
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| 0:22.0 | Salem's lot is one of Stephen King's |
| 0:25.1 | favorite stories, I'm sure you've heard of it, and it's adapted from the 1975 best-selling |
| 0:30.0 | novel. Salim's Lot follows an author who returns to his hometown in Maine, but things are not as they should be. The place is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire. |
| 0:42.1 | Of course it is. |
| 0:43.0 | Why wouldn't it be the place is called Salem? |
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| 1:02.3 | Salem's lot in cinemas October 11th. |
| 1:05.0 | Hello and welcome to After Dark, I'm Maddie. |
| 1:08.0 | And I'm Anthony. |
| 1:09.0 | And this episode, we're heading to Whitechapel in 1888. Now this is an episode that's been, I think it's fair |
| 1:17.2 | to say our most requested one. We've taken our time and getting to it and we wanted to offer something a little bit different. |
| 1:24.7 | So to set the scene over to Anthony. It's Thursday, November 8th, 1888. Walk with me now through the gloomy streets of White |
| 1:40.9 | Chapel in the east end of London. |
| 1:43.7 | According to the official copy of the report issued by the meteorological office, |
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