Jack the Ripper Archives

Jack the Ripper and Walter Sickert!

Tony McMahon7 months ago7 months ago011 mins

How did the artist Walter Sickert come to be a suspect in the Jack the Ripper killings? TV historian Tony McMahon investigates.

Tony McMahon1 year ago1 year ago016 mins

Quack doctor Francis Tumblety was accused of plotting to assassinate Abraham Lincoln and being Jack the Ripper as historian Tony McMahon investigates

Tony McMahon3 years ago13 mins

We’ve heard all sorts of theories about the identity of Jack the Ripper but what did Londoners at the time make of this grisly serial killer?

Tony McMahon7 years ago6 months ago26 mins

Tony McMahon investigates what the Victorians really thought about Jack the Ripper and makes some surprising findings about contemporary reactions