S5 Ep102: Ripper

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History, True Crime

4.9 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Since opening its doors in 1850, The University of Michigan's School of Medicine has been one of the most prestigious medical schools in the country. But not all of its pupils perfected the art of saving lives. Some of them went on to do the exact opposite. In 1882, two men with similar names and matching handlebar mustaches entered the program. One went on to become America's first serial killer, while the other became the subject of the most infamous transatlantic manhunt in history. Both men would eventually be sent to the gallows and hanged for murder. But not before each, separately, was accused of being Jack the Ripper. Did the world's most infamous unknown serial killer get his start at Michigan's most infamous college?

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0:00.0	This is a Scream Queen production.
0:05.7	These Violet Delights have Violet Ends.
0:13.3	Violet Ends.
0:16.9	Violet Ends.
0:20.2	And we're back. Welcome to Violent Ends. And we're back.
0:22.3	Welcome to Violent Ends.
0:23.9	I'm your host, Jen Carpenter.
0:26.3	My springtime hiatus is officially over, so it's time to dive back into the world of Michigan-made true crime.
0:36.7	Way back in episode one, we talked about one Mr. H. H. Holmes.
0:42.3	You remember, I said the F-word 22 times in the first 22 minutes.
0:48.4	Danny and I interviewed H.H.'s great-great-grandson, Jeff Mudgett, which was so interesting.
0:56.2	We talked about Holmes's time as a med student at the University of Michigan,
1:01.7	the theory that he may have been Jack the Ripper,
1:05.7	and we also talked about the best-selling book about Holmes's reign of terror, devil in the white
1:12.8	city by Eric Larson.
1:15.0	What I didn't tell you at that time, because I did not know this, or I definitely would
1:22.5	have mentioned it, was that Holmes was not the only University of Michigan med students suspected of being Jack the Ripper.
1:32.8	Yeah, there was another.
1:35.6	Not only did this possible Ripper attend the same alma mater as Holmes,
1:41.0	but he also had a best-selling book written about him by Eric Larson, and his name
1:48.7	was also H-H. This is super weird, right? I love a good coincidence, but this is downright spooky.
1:58.4	Both possibly Jack the Ripper, both University of Michigan graduates, both named
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