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The Rest Is HistoryDecember 22, 2025

628. Jack The Ripper: The Killer Unmasked (Part 5)

About This Episode
Who are the prime suspects for the identity of Jack the Ripper? Why did he suddenly halt his hellish killing spree, and never strike again? And, once and for all, who really was Jack the Ripper…? Join Dominic and Tom as they reveal, with shocking melodrama, the true identity of one of the world’s most mysterious serial killers: Jack the Ripper… _______ Hive. Know your power. Visit https://hivehome.com to find out more. _______ Give The Rest Is History Club this Christmas – a year of bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access, the private chat community hosted on Discord, and an exclusive t-shirt! Just go to https://therestishistory.supportingcast.fm/giftsAnd of course, you can still join for yourself at any time at therestishistory.com or on apple podcasts. _______ Get our exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ ⁠https://nordvpn.com/restishistory⁠ It's risk-free with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee ✅ _______ For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com _______ Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Video Editor: Jack Meek Social Producer: Harry Balden Assistant Producer: Aaliyah Akude Producer: Tabby Syrett Senior Producer: Theo Young-Smith
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The Complete History of Jack the Ripper cover

Philip Sugden's book, The Complete History of Jack the Ripper, is really the definitive survey of the case.

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Alice in Wonderland cover
Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland and so on, who supposedly, you know, he loved kind of tricksy rhyme and a kind of anagram and things like that.

ASIN: B0948LPG76
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Jack the Ripper, the final solution cover

This ends up being turned into perhaps the single most notorious book ever written about Jack the Ripper, by journalist Stephen Knight.

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From Hell cover
From Hell
Alan Moore

It inspired From Hell, the Alan Moore animated novel, which in turn inspired the Johnny Depp film.

ASIN: 0958578346
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Jack the Ripper's Bedroom cover

Sickert painted a picture called Jack the Ripper's Bedroom in 1906, it was his bedroom of his own lodging house.

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Philip Sugden's book cover

Robert House did loads of research on Kosminski's background and has turned up lots of stuff that actually supersedes the description in Philip Sugden's book.

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Darwin cover

A book by Darwin is mentioned in the context of items given to Ostrog by a schoolteacher.

ASIN: 0451529065
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