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History Unplugged Podcast

The Escape of Jack the Ripper: History’s Most Infamous Serial Killer, and the Cover-up to Protect His Identity

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

History, Society & Culture

4.24K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

He was young, handsome, highly educated in the best English schools, a respected professional, and a first-class amateur athlete. He was also a serial killer, the Victorian equivalent of the modern-day Ted Bundy. His name was Montague Druitt—also...

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History is in just a bunch of names and dates and facts.

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It's the collection of all the stories throughout human history that explain how and why we got here.

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Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast, where we look at the forgotten, neglected, strange,

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and even counterfactual stories that made our world what it is.

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I'm your host, Scott Rank.

1:40.0

He was young, handsome, and highly educated in the best English schools.

1:44.0

He was a respected professional and a first class amateur athlete.

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However, many historians think that he was also a serial killer, the Victorian equivalent of the modern day Ted Bundy.

1:54.0

His name was Montague Druitt, also known as Jack the Ripper.

1:58.0

Druitt's handiwork included the slot of at least five women of Il Repute in the East End of London,

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