Jump in a hansom cab and come with me to the foggy, lamplit streets of London’s East End as we embark on this 7 part mini-series on the gruesome murders of arguably the most infamous serial killer of all time… Jack the Ripper. Pack your doss money and a penny for the newsboy and let’s get started with two killings that occurred just before the Autumn of Terror. Could Emma Smith and Martha Tabram have been early Ripper victims?

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Philip Hutchinson’s theatre company: https://www.luckydogtheatreproductions.com/

Charlie & Eileen – Crimelapse podcast https://www.crimelapsepodcast.com/

Jenny – It’s Murder up North podcast https://www.spreaker.com/show/its-murder-up-north_1

Emily G. Thompson – Morbidology podcast https://morbidology.com/

Erik Rivenes – Most Notorious and Where Blood Runs Cold podcasts https://www.mostnotorious.com

Adam, host of UK True Crime podcast https://www.uktruecrime.com/



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