S1 E13: The Bones of Marie Jeanette

Bad Women: The Blackout Ripper

Pushkin Industries

History, True Crime

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Mary Jane Kelly was the final victim of Jack the Ripper. And the mutilation of her body was more horrendous than in any previous murder. But something also sets her apart from the other victims. Her youth, her reputed beauty and the nature of her death have resulted in a strange cult growing up around her. Even her corpse cannot rest in peace... with some demanding that her bones been exhumed for examination.

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0:00.0	A 34-year-old man was found bleeding to death on the street.
0:13.0	This man was Anthony Virgilio, Tony, to his friends.
0:16.6	Calvin Jones would spend 30 years in prison for Tony's murder.
0:20.4	And for 30 years, Calvin Jones would call my house and speak to my father.
0:25.1	What did my dad have to say to a convicted murderer?
0:28.4	When my dad died, he left behind a question.
0:31.4	Was he responsible for killing Tony Virgilio from Sonoro and Tenorfoot TV, the estate?
0:37.2	Listen to the estate wherever you get your podcasts.
0:50.6	When Ren Collector Thomas Boyer wraps on Mary Jane Kelly's door,
0:54.7	he receives no answer.
0:58.7	She's an arrears and the slum landlord, who owns this building,
1:02.6	has sent him to settle the matter.
1:05.5	Boyer spots a smashed window whose jagged pain is stuffed with rags.
1:11.6	I put my hand through the broken pain and lifted the curtain.
1:15.8	I saw two pieces of flesh lying on the table.
1:19.6	Horrified, he flees and returns to his boss.
1:23.3	Another one, Jack the Ripper.
1:29.2	When police officers break down the door to the little room,
1:32.8	they are confronted by a dreadful scene.
1:37.5	Mary Jane has been horribly mutilated.
1:41.8	Every part of her body has been defiled.
1:46.9	No one really knew Mary Jane in life.
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