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It will all blow over soon enough. 15 00:00:43,541 --> 00:00:47,221 FRED: We decorated the front page with the women's deaths. 16 00:00:47,381 --> 00:00:48,661 There's been another murder! 17 00:00:48,821 --> 00:00:50,941 Turning blood into profit. 18 00:00:51,101 --> 00:00:52,941 - To The Star newspaper! - (laughter) 19 00:00:53,101 --> 00:00:56,101 FRED: Without any evidence, we linked the murders. 20 00:00:56,261 --> 00:01:00,501 - What if they were all the work of one crazed, maniacal monster? 21 00:01:01,421 --> 00:01:03,621 - Have you got any idea of who it could be? 22 00:01:03,781 --> 00:01:05,381 - We know him alright. 23 00:01:05,541 --> 00:01:07,941 FRED: And now, we had a name. 24 00:01:10,021 --> 00:01:11,741 - The newspaper world 25 00:01:11,901 --> 00:01:15,461 is one of the most competitive industries there is. 26 00:01:15,621 --> 00:01:18,061 You are always told be first and accurate. 27 00:01:18,221 --> 00:01:20,301 - Let's get this into the last edition, boys. 28 00:01:20,461 --> 00:01:22,541 - But if you can't be accurate, just at least be first. 29 00:01:22,701 --> 00:01:25,701 - We are going to change the game! (laughing) 30 00:01:25,861 --> 00:01:27,101 (tense music) 31 00:01:52,301 --> 00:01:54,181 NEWSPAPER BOY: London gripped by fear! 32 00:01:54,341 --> 00:01:55,501 Read it in The Star! 33 00:02:06,661 --> 00:02:08,141 - Hello, everyone. 34 00:02:08,981 --> 00:02:10,741 Gather around, gather around. 35 00:02:10,901 --> 00:02:14,621 Right. So, there is a maniac on the loose. 36 00:02:14,781 --> 00:02:19,021 And we now know that the suspect's alias is in fact... 37 00:02:20,501 --> 00:02:22,101 ...Leather Apron. 38 00:02:23,101 --> 00:02:26,021 BOB: The Star were the first to print the name Leather Apron. 39 00:02:26,901 --> 00:02:29,261 It was said that he was known to the sex workers 40 00:02:29,421 --> 00:02:30,981 who lived in Whitechapel. 41 00:02:31,141 --> 00:02:33,941 And he also had a track record of violent behaviour 42 00:02:34,101 --> 00:02:35,221 and intimidation. 43 00:02:35,381 --> 00:02:37,821 He was also supposedly Jewish. 44 00:02:37,981 --> 00:02:39,421 (hooves clopping) 45 00:02:42,061 --> 00:02:44,021 NEWSPAPER BOY: Police hunt for Leather Apron! 46 00:02:44,181 --> 00:02:46,261 Wanted on the streets of Whitechapel. 47 00:02:46,421 --> 00:02:47,941 Read all about it! 48 00:02:49,261 --> 00:02:51,941 - If you are pointing the finger at somebody from an ethnic 49 00:02:52,101 --> 00:02:54,901 minority background, you need to be really responsible. 50 00:02:56,181 --> 00:02:58,261 Once the information is out there, 51 00:02:58,421 --> 00:03:01,621 you have absolutely no control over it. 52 00:03:01,781 --> 00:03:04,821 Because there will be thousands of people reading what you write. 53 00:03:08,861 --> 00:03:11,741 - Good day, Mrs O'Connor. - Is it, Fred? 54 00:03:15,861 --> 00:03:20,301 - Commissioner Warren has proved to be utterly inept as per usual. 55 00:03:21,781 --> 00:03:25,741 - He is a crazy Jew, Thomas? - (he clears throat) 56 00:03:25,901 --> 00:03:28,621 - Your suspect is a crazy Jew, really? 57 00:03:28,781 --> 00:03:31,421 - He is of Hebrew descent, yes. 58 00:03:31,581 --> 00:03:33,941 - You know exactly what I am talking about. 59 00:03:35,421 --> 00:03:38,541 As an Irishman, I thought you more than anybody would understand 60 00:03:38,701 --> 00:03:42,941 the dangers of whipping up such ancient and demeaning hatreds. 61 00:03:43,101 --> 00:03:46,381 - No, this is different. - How? How is it different? 62 00:03:46,541 --> 00:03:49,821 - Well, for starters, I haven't killed anyone. 63 00:03:50,661 --> 00:03:52,661 - This is despicable. 64 00:03:55,501 --> 00:03:58,341 You should all be ashamed of yourselves! 65 00:03:58,501 --> 00:03:59,981 Go back to your scheming. 66 00:04:08,101 --> 00:04:09,261 (tense music) 67 00:04:09,421 --> 00:04:13,261 - The Star focusing in on the potential that our killer was 68 00:04:13,421 --> 00:04:14,781 a Jewish man, 69 00:04:14,941 --> 00:04:17,861 I would describe as irresponsible reporting. 70 00:04:18,021 --> 00:04:19,901 And it could've a really serious, 71 00:04:20,061 --> 00:04:22,301 detrimental effect on the investigation. 72 00:04:22,461 --> 00:04:26,221 - The Star's reporting on Leather Apron was really 73 00:04:26,381 --> 00:04:28,541 designed to whip up public anger. 74 00:04:28,701 --> 00:04:30,821 (glass patters) (crowd clamouring) 75 00:04:30,981 --> 00:04:32,901 Just like now where a tweet on social media 76 00:04:33,061 --> 00:04:35,381 can bring people out onto the streets and cause riots. 77 00:04:37,061 --> 00:04:39,381 And Jewish communities became the target. 78 00:04:41,781 --> 00:04:45,141 - In 1888, London was changing. 79 00:04:45,301 --> 00:04:48,021 You had the Jewish community coming in 80 00:04:48,181 --> 00:04:50,861 living next to East London locals. 81 00:04:51,021 --> 00:04:53,021 And it's extremely tribal. 82 00:04:53,941 --> 00:04:54,941 MAN: Oi! 83 00:04:55,821 --> 00:04:56,861 (blow thuds) 84 00:04:58,221 --> 00:04:59,661 (blows thudding) 85 00:04:59,821 --> 00:05:01,821 (crowd yelling) 86 00:05:01,981 --> 00:05:03,501 (man groaning) 87 00:05:05,021 --> 00:05:08,501 - There are people prowling the streets all over the place. 88 00:05:08,661 --> 00:05:10,741 They are in Spitalfields, they are in Whitechapel. 89 00:05:10,901 --> 00:05:13,541 And now I hear that they are crossing the river. 90 00:05:13,701 --> 00:05:17,861 When I told you about Leather Apron I gave you many details about him. 91 00:05:18,021 --> 00:05:21,621 - You did, and I gratefully relayed those details onto TP, 92 00:05:21,781 --> 00:05:24,061 and that information will help catch a killer. 93 00:05:25,061 --> 00:05:27,101 - So, OK, tell me why is it 94 00:05:27,261 --> 00:05:30,341 that your boss fixated on the fact that he was Jewish? 95 00:05:30,501 --> 00:05:32,701 Because I just don't get how that's relevant. 96 00:05:33,861 --> 00:05:35,021 - As a journalist, 97 00:05:35,181 --> 00:05:39,781 if you take information and turn it and make it fit your story, 98 00:05:39,941 --> 00:05:42,021 that's going to come back and bite you. 99 00:05:42,181 --> 00:05:44,101 - I knew that my words would get twisted, 100 00:05:44,261 --> 00:05:46,181 I should have just stayed out of this. 101 00:05:46,341 --> 00:05:48,781 Because the hatred going on out there 102 00:05:48,941 --> 00:05:52,341 has got nothing to do with finding the person that killed these women. 103 00:05:53,461 --> 00:05:54,861 - It's not our doing. 104 00:05:55,741 --> 00:05:56,981 - Wow! 105 00:06:00,421 --> 00:06:01,421 (door slams) 106 00:06:02,941 --> 00:06:04,501 - The Leather Apron story 107 00:06:04,661 --> 00:06:07,221 was causing chaos on the streets of Whitechapel. 108 00:06:07,381 --> 00:06:08,861 (commotion) 109 00:06:09,021 --> 00:06:11,141 And whilst the police were dealing with the riots, 110 00:06:11,301 --> 00:06:13,381 the murder investigation was going nowhere. 111 00:06:13,541 --> 00:06:18,301 Meaning the killer was walking free, leaving women even more vulnerable. 112 00:06:18,461 --> 00:06:20,101 (muffled commotion) 113 00:06:20,261 --> 00:06:22,181 - In the poorer parts of Victorian London, 114 00:06:22,341 --> 00:06:25,861 it's very easy for women to find themselves on the streets. 115 00:06:28,901 --> 00:06:30,821 (dog barking) 116 00:06:30,981 --> 00:06:33,261 And that's exactly what happened to Annie Chapman. 117 00:06:33,421 --> 00:06:35,181 (tense music sting) 118 00:06:35,341 --> 00:06:36,621 Having married a coachman, 119 00:06:36,781 --> 00:06:38,701 she had a relatively comfortable life. 120 00:06:41,101 --> 00:06:43,901 But by 1888, Annie's husband has been dead for two years 121 00:06:44,061 --> 00:06:46,461 and this means that she has got no allowance 122 00:06:46,621 --> 00:06:48,861 and she's homeless and struggling. 123 00:06:50,461 --> 00:06:52,141 (melancholic music) 124 00:06:54,021 --> 00:06:57,261 - When you don't have a home, nor anybody to help you, 125 00:06:58,261 --> 00:07:01,061 it's a very, very desolate experience. 126 00:07:02,021 --> 00:07:05,461 You are society's throwaways, society's trash. 127 00:07:06,941 --> 00:07:09,741 There are people who matter and people who don't. 128 00:07:09,901 --> 00:07:10,901 We all know it... 129 00:07:12,421 --> 00:07:14,261 ...and the predators know it too. 130 00:07:16,301 --> 00:07:17,301 (tense music sting) 131 00:07:18,501 --> 00:07:20,301 (disembodied shrieks) 132 00:07:24,101 --> 00:07:25,101 (horse neighs) 133 00:07:25,261 --> 00:07:27,421 NEWSPAPER BOY: Maniac on the streets of London! 134 00:07:27,581 --> 00:07:28,821 Get the latest! 135 00:07:28,981 --> 00:07:30,941 (typewriters clacking) (office chatter) 136 00:07:31,101 --> 00:07:33,101 (suspenseful music) 137 00:07:33,261 --> 00:07:37,381 - TP, there's been another one. - Fred, get the story! 138 00:07:37,541 --> 00:07:38,701 - Yes, boss. Thank you! 139 00:07:41,221 --> 00:07:45,581 - It doesn't take long for word to get out that there's been a murder. 140 00:07:48,141 --> 00:07:49,141 (tense music sting) 141 00:07:52,021 --> 00:07:54,821 When you investigate suspicious death, 142 00:07:54,981 --> 00:07:58,141 the most important step for those officers there, 143 00:07:58,301 --> 00:08:01,741 preserve the crime scene and keep members of the public out. 144 00:08:01,901 --> 00:08:03,661 COPPER: Get in line. Get in line! 145 00:08:03,821 --> 00:08:06,021 - And if you don't get it under control, 146 00:08:06,181 --> 00:08:08,221 potential evidence could be lost. 147 00:08:10,741 --> 00:08:14,661 - Come see the body! Line up, people! 148 00:08:14,821 --> 00:08:17,621 A penny to see the dreadful sight. 149 00:08:19,261 --> 00:08:21,341 A penny a go, sir. 150 00:08:21,501 --> 00:08:22,501 Thank you! 151 00:08:23,821 --> 00:08:25,301 A penny a go. 152 00:08:25,461 --> 00:08:26,781 (street chatter) 153 00:08:27,621 --> 00:08:29,021 - Thank you. 154 00:08:29,181 --> 00:08:32,061 - People have always been drawn to murder. 155 00:08:33,621 --> 00:08:35,741 (crowd chatter outside) 156 00:08:37,021 --> 00:08:39,021 And they want to understand it. 157 00:08:43,061 --> 00:08:46,621 It's human nature to want to get closer and closer, 158 00:08:48,021 --> 00:08:51,501 until you are seeing things that you will never forget. 159 00:08:51,661 --> 00:08:53,381 (tense music building) 160 00:08:53,541 --> 00:08:54,541 (tense music sting) 161 00:09:08,461 --> 00:09:09,461 (tense music sting) 162 00:09:22,741 --> 00:09:25,381 - A penny a go, sir. Best seat in the house. 163 00:09:25,541 --> 00:09:26,541 Thank you very much. 164 00:09:28,901 --> 00:09:31,341 (crowd clamouring) 165 00:09:31,501 --> 00:09:33,901 Thank you! A penny a go! Thank you very much! 166 00:09:34,061 --> 00:09:37,621 - If you have never seen the dead body of a murdered victim, 167 00:09:37,781 --> 00:09:42,701 especially in horrific, grotesque killings, 168 00:09:44,261 --> 00:09:46,541 you cannot understand 169 00:09:46,701 --> 00:09:48,821 what Fred would have been thinking and feeling. 170 00:09:49,981 --> 00:09:54,061 Now, in this situation, as the clock is ticking, you are in a race. 171 00:09:54,221 --> 00:09:56,701 The press pack is right over your shoulder. 172 00:09:56,861 --> 00:09:59,181 So, having a police contact was really important. 173 00:09:59,341 --> 00:10:01,261 Because they would be the ones that would be giving you 174 00:10:01,421 --> 00:10:02,621 the steer off the record. 175 00:10:03,981 --> 00:10:07,861 - A police officer getting money from Fred Best for information, 176 00:10:08,021 --> 00:10:09,301 would that surprise me? 177 00:10:09,461 --> 00:10:11,301 Well, the simple answer is no. 178 00:10:11,461 --> 00:10:14,501 We just have to look at modern times to see bribery going on. 179 00:10:15,941 --> 00:10:18,301 - (man advertising the body) 180 00:10:19,941 --> 00:10:22,901 - With the murder of Annie Chapman the police were now confronted with 181 00:10:23,061 --> 00:10:27,341 another murder where the injuries were horrific. 182 00:10:30,181 --> 00:10:34,501 - In Annie Chapman's case, there was more injury to the abdomen 183 00:10:34,661 --> 00:10:36,461 than there was in Polly Nichol's case. 184 00:10:37,421 --> 00:10:40,981 The intestines were thrown over her shoulder 185 00:10:41,141 --> 00:10:44,341 and an organ was taken for the first time. 186 00:10:45,501 --> 00:10:48,301 - It's not unusual that there are killers 187 00:10:48,461 --> 00:10:52,301 who like to have a particular ritual that they go through. 188 00:10:53,941 --> 00:10:56,861 By removing organs, they can assert their dominance, 189 00:10:57,021 --> 00:10:58,381 feel like they are in control 190 00:10:58,541 --> 00:11:01,901 and have possession over the victim that they have taken the life of. 191 00:11:02,901 --> 00:11:04,581 (office chatter) 192 00:11:05,701 --> 00:11:07,941 - TP? Ernest. 193 00:11:09,181 --> 00:11:11,221 - Get this man a drink. 194 00:11:11,381 --> 00:11:13,141 Come on, Fred, sit down, sit down. 195 00:11:13,301 --> 00:11:14,301 Sit down, boy. 196 00:11:18,941 --> 00:11:19,941 - Thank you! 197 00:11:21,261 --> 00:11:22,581 - What have we got? 198 00:11:23,781 --> 00:11:27,381 (shakily) The victim is called Annie Chapman. Her throat was slit. 199 00:11:27,541 --> 00:11:30,341 Stomach was cut open. It was mutilation. 200 00:11:30,501 --> 00:11:32,061 Her internal organs were cut out. 201 00:11:32,221 --> 00:11:34,861 Heart, liver, intestines, all removed. 202 00:11:36,021 --> 00:11:37,821 - Anything else? - Yes. 203 00:11:38,781 --> 00:11:41,261 The police searching at the scene found that Annie's injuries 204 00:11:41,421 --> 00:11:44,501 matched that of the previous victim, Polly Nichols. 205 00:11:45,461 --> 00:11:47,461 The same wounds which- which must mean... 206 00:11:47,621 --> 00:11:48,621 - Does mean... 207 00:11:50,261 --> 00:11:51,661 ...it's the same killer. 208 00:11:53,341 --> 00:11:55,861 It's a confirmation. Jesus Christ! 209 00:11:56,021 --> 00:11:58,301 There really is a lone maniac here. 210 00:11:58,461 --> 00:12:00,461 Emma Smith was set upon by a gang. 211 00:12:00,621 --> 00:12:03,741 Martha Tabram was most likely killed by a bayonet. 212 00:12:03,901 --> 00:12:06,461 But Polly and Annie, two women, 213 00:12:06,621 --> 00:12:08,501 both killed in the same way with the same hand. 214 00:12:09,421 --> 00:12:11,701 Jesus, it's... it's incredible. 215 00:12:14,141 --> 00:12:15,741 What wasn't true becomes so. 216 00:12:15,901 --> 00:12:19,501 - We have to remember that the theory of a serial killer was 217 00:12:19,661 --> 00:12:23,141 created by The Star to sell papers. 218 00:12:25,061 --> 00:12:27,701 When the paper is describing these three murders, 219 00:12:27,861 --> 00:12:31,021 Emma Smith, Martha Tabram and Polly Nichols, 220 00:12:31,181 --> 00:12:35,341 it's very much a choice of The Star to tie these murders together. 221 00:12:37,301 --> 00:12:42,861 - With the wounds inflicted on Mary Ann Nichols and Annie Chapman, 222 00:12:43,021 --> 00:12:45,181 there were huge amounts of similarity. 223 00:12:45,341 --> 00:12:49,221 But the injuries were very, very different to the preceding victims. 224 00:12:50,661 --> 00:12:52,341 FERN: Now, with the death of Annie Chapman 225 00:12:52,501 --> 00:12:55,141 just eight days after Polly Nichols was killed, 226 00:12:55,301 --> 00:12:57,701 and less than a half a mile away, 227 00:12:57,861 --> 00:13:00,381 it did indeed look like this press invention 228 00:13:00,541 --> 00:13:02,261 was turning out to be true. 229 00:13:04,141 --> 00:13:07,261 - To connect the dots that there is in fact a serial killer 230 00:13:07,421 --> 00:13:09,501 operating in Whitechapel, 231 00:13:09,661 --> 00:13:12,741 that's a really serious moment for everyone. 232 00:13:12,901 --> 00:13:15,221 Everyone that is, other than the press, 233 00:13:15,381 --> 00:13:18,901 who need more salacious details to titillate the public. 234 00:13:19,061 --> 00:13:21,101 (typewriters clacking) 235 00:13:24,461 --> 00:13:27,181 - Whitechapel's streets are now a hunting ground. 236 00:13:27,341 --> 00:13:29,341 The women are the prey. 237 00:13:29,501 --> 00:13:32,821 And the police seem powerless to do anything about it. 238 00:13:32,981 --> 00:13:36,421 - (clicks fingers) That's it. That's how we will finish the piece. 239 00:13:36,581 --> 00:13:37,941 We start a call to arms. 240 00:13:38,101 --> 00:13:40,261 We tell the people of Whitechapel to get out onto the streets 241 00:13:40,421 --> 00:13:41,581 and do it for themselves. 242 00:13:41,741 --> 00:13:43,461 Because if the police can't catch the maniac, 243 00:13:43,621 --> 00:13:45,461 well the people can do it for them. 244 00:13:45,621 --> 00:13:46,661 - I like that! 245 00:13:47,741 --> 00:13:51,381 - And create even more chaos for the police to deal with? 246 00:13:52,621 --> 00:13:57,261 Have you considered that you may actually be hindering their work? 247 00:13:59,541 --> 00:14:02,181 And what that could mean for another woman? 248 00:14:03,781 --> 00:14:07,341 - What TP would be looking for is the angle of the story 249 00:14:07,501 --> 00:14:09,861 that no other journalist has got. 250 00:14:12,461 --> 00:14:16,781 - TP O'Connor decides to push the view that the police are incompetent 251 00:14:16,941 --> 00:14:19,501 and to galvanise the community to, you know, 252 00:14:19,661 --> 00:14:22,941 take the law into their own hands and become vigilantes. 253 00:14:24,741 --> 00:14:26,941 - The East End people are people of action. 254 00:14:27,101 --> 00:14:30,821 And all they are reading about and hearing about is the police 255 00:14:30,981 --> 00:14:32,861 and the investigation going nowhere. 256 00:14:34,861 --> 00:14:39,381 The Eastenders would take that as they're at war 257 00:14:39,541 --> 00:14:42,341 and just take things into their own hands. 258 00:14:42,501 --> 00:14:44,941 It doesn't mean that they would get it right. 259 00:14:45,101 --> 00:14:48,781 It could easily fall into territory of lynching the wrong person. 260 00:14:50,821 --> 00:14:52,861 - The Star did this, Fred. 261 00:14:53,021 --> 00:14:55,501 You wound them up and set them on the war path. 262 00:14:55,661 --> 00:14:58,101 - People will do what they want, Hen, it's not up to me. 263 00:14:58,261 --> 00:15:01,421 - Is that what you really think? Is that what we are seeing? 264 00:15:01,581 --> 00:15:04,221 Words have power, Fred, now more than ever. 265 00:15:04,381 --> 00:15:07,061 - This would have been extremely concerning for the police. 266 00:15:07,221 --> 00:15:10,381 You can't have members of the public running around 267 00:15:10,541 --> 00:15:11,981 carrying out their own justice. 268 00:15:13,621 --> 00:15:16,501 It not only would interfere with their investigation, 269 00:15:16,661 --> 00:15:18,421 but it put lives at risk. 270 00:15:21,901 --> 00:15:23,141 (tense music sting) 271 00:15:24,221 --> 00:15:25,941 (knocking at door) - Enter! 272 00:15:31,101 --> 00:15:35,141 This rag, The Star, is calling upon the people of Whitechapel 273 00:15:35,301 --> 00:15:37,221 to take matters into their own hands. 274 00:15:38,501 --> 00:15:40,781 "The police have not even a clue, 275 00:15:40,941 --> 00:15:42,981 they are in despair at their utter failure 276 00:15:43,141 --> 00:15:45,501 to not even get a scent of the criminal." 277 00:15:48,941 --> 00:15:50,461 - They are humiliating us. 278 00:15:52,301 --> 00:15:53,981 - Senior officers now drafted in 279 00:15:54,141 --> 00:15:56,061 Detective Inspector Frederick Abberline. 280 00:15:56,221 --> 00:15:57,821 Abberline was in a unique position 281 00:15:57,981 --> 00:16:01,861 in that he was an experienced murder investigator. 282 00:16:02,021 --> 00:16:05,901 But he also had a really strong knowledge of the Whitechapel area. 283 00:16:06,061 --> 00:16:10,701 - Well, what about this Leather Apron? The so called "crazy Jew." 284 00:16:10,861 --> 00:16:12,901 Do we know who this man is? 285 00:16:13,061 --> 00:16:16,301 - John Pizer, sir. John Pizer is Leather Apron. 286 00:16:17,741 --> 00:16:20,701 - Yes, we have been searching the lodging houses and casual wards 287 00:16:20,861 --> 00:16:23,141 for a week now, sir, and- - Well, search harder! 288 00:16:26,501 --> 00:16:30,381 Now, both of you get out there and do your duty. 289 00:16:32,021 --> 00:16:35,101 - John Pizer - better known as Leather Apron - 290 00:16:35,261 --> 00:16:37,901 worked as a boot maker in the Whitechapel area. 291 00:16:38,061 --> 00:16:41,781 And he was always wearing a leather apron. Hence the name. 292 00:16:42,741 --> 00:16:47,061 And his arrest would be at the top of Abberline and Thick's priorities. 293 00:16:47,221 --> 00:16:48,701 (crowd clamouring) 294 00:16:48,861 --> 00:16:52,541 At this stage, John Pizer - AKA Leather Apron - 295 00:16:52,701 --> 00:16:56,101 was the best suspect they had for these crimes. 296 00:16:56,261 --> 00:16:59,261 Going on the descriptions given by the girls, 297 00:16:59,421 --> 00:17:02,221 he was someone known to use aggressive behaviour 298 00:17:02,381 --> 00:17:03,621 and carry a knife. 299 00:17:04,941 --> 00:17:07,341 Having been searching for over a week, 300 00:17:07,501 --> 00:17:11,741 and despite several sightings of Leather Apron, 301 00:17:11,901 --> 00:17:14,741 the police eventually got a tip off that he was staying with family 302 00:17:14,901 --> 00:17:16,741 at 22 Mulberry Street. 303 00:17:17,981 --> 00:17:20,781 Now, he was within the police's grasp. 304 00:17:20,941 --> 00:17:22,781 (crowd clamouring) 305 00:17:25,221 --> 00:17:28,341 - When you consider John Pizer's previous records, 306 00:17:28,501 --> 00:17:31,621 his predatory nature towards women, his behaviours, 307 00:17:31,781 --> 00:17:34,301 the fact that he was proficient in terms of using a knife, 308 00:17:34,461 --> 00:17:36,781 he fits the bill for a potential suspect. 309 00:17:36,941 --> 00:17:38,781 (crowd clamouring) 310 00:17:38,941 --> 00:17:40,661 - Fuck you too! 311 00:17:42,501 --> 00:17:44,181 (copper giving orders) 312 00:17:44,341 --> 00:17:46,781 - When the police arrest John Pizer, 313 00:17:46,941 --> 00:17:50,181 everyone would have been really praying and hoping 314 00:17:50,341 --> 00:17:52,341 that we're going to put an end to it now. 315 00:17:52,501 --> 00:17:54,381 We are going to stop these crimes. 316 00:17:55,301 --> 00:17:57,501 Everyone that is, other than the press. 317 00:17:59,341 --> 00:18:01,221 (crowd clamouring) (grunting) 318 00:18:03,101 --> 00:18:04,461 (dog barking) 319 00:18:06,061 --> 00:18:07,501 (hooves clopping) 320 00:18:07,661 --> 00:18:10,741 - I was beginning to have my doubts about your editorship, Tay Pay, but 321 00:18:10,901 --> 00:18:12,421 you have turned the ship around. 322 00:18:12,581 --> 00:18:15,621 This means that your next challenge will be 323 00:18:15,781 --> 00:18:21,781 maintaining this level of sales for, um, well, forever. 324 00:18:23,941 --> 00:18:27,981 - (inhales) Well, forever might be a bit of a stretch. 325 00:18:28,141 --> 00:18:32,261 But until the end of the century perhaps. (chuckles) 326 00:18:32,421 --> 00:18:36,061 - The amount of pressure that somebody like TP would be under 327 00:18:36,221 --> 00:18:39,621 from the owners of the paper would be huge. 328 00:18:40,581 --> 00:18:44,501 They are looking at the newspaper sales every single day. 329 00:18:44,661 --> 00:18:48,021 That editor knows he has to come out on top. 330 00:18:49,461 --> 00:18:52,181 - The paper's backers couldn't possibly have dreamt of the kind 331 00:18:52,341 --> 00:18:54,061 of numbers they were now seeing. 332 00:18:54,221 --> 00:18:59,581 The paper was now selling around about 260,000 copies a day. 333 00:19:00,581 --> 00:19:03,821 That was 90,000 more than just a few days earlier. 334 00:19:03,981 --> 00:19:05,901 But in the cutthroat world of Victorian journalism, 335 00:19:06,061 --> 00:19:07,821 you couldn't live on past triumphs. 336 00:19:10,181 --> 00:19:12,261 - Your, um, methods... 337 00:19:13,341 --> 00:19:14,981 You are a bit of a rabble rouser. 338 00:19:17,741 --> 00:19:21,141 - A rabble rouser? Whatever do you mean? 339 00:19:22,541 --> 00:19:24,341 - Your editorial angle. 340 00:19:25,341 --> 00:19:30,061 The crazy Jew, vigilante mobs, attacking the police. 341 00:19:30,221 --> 00:19:33,701 Let's not upset the natural order of things too much. 342 00:19:37,301 --> 00:19:39,381 Do you understand what I am saying? 343 00:19:39,541 --> 00:19:41,421 - (takes deep breath) 344 00:19:42,461 --> 00:19:44,541 - For an editor like TP, 345 00:19:44,701 --> 00:19:47,341 the highs that come with the success of getting the exclusive 346 00:19:47,501 --> 00:19:48,981 are very short-lived. 347 00:19:50,861 --> 00:19:52,181 - At this stage, 348 00:19:52,341 --> 00:19:57,181 John Pizer was the best suspect The Star had for these crimes. 349 00:19:58,781 --> 00:20:02,781 But now, John Pizer had an alibi. 350 00:20:02,941 --> 00:20:04,941 Leather Apron is not the killer. 351 00:20:08,701 --> 00:20:12,381 BOY: Leather Apron walks free! Get your morning papers! 352 00:20:18,541 --> 00:20:19,781 - (he grunts) 353 00:20:19,941 --> 00:20:23,061 How the hell could the police release John Pizer so quickly? 354 00:20:23,221 --> 00:20:25,501 He was only in custody a day. 355 00:20:25,661 --> 00:20:27,421 - And there is something else. 356 00:20:31,221 --> 00:20:32,861 While we were not able to speak to Pizer, 357 00:20:33,021 --> 00:20:35,181 it seems he did speak to the Associated Press. 358 00:20:35,341 --> 00:20:36,461 - Oh, for fuck's sake. 359 00:20:40,541 --> 00:20:42,381 - TP. Not good. 360 00:20:46,341 --> 00:20:47,621 - What does it say? 361 00:20:48,461 --> 00:20:52,141 - He's threatening legal action, and he might just win it. 362 00:20:52,301 --> 00:20:54,301 - When you're pointing the finger at someone 363 00:20:54,461 --> 00:20:58,141 and you are accusing them of murder, you had better be right. 364 00:20:58,301 --> 00:21:01,181 Because if you are wrong, you are going to lose. 365 00:21:01,341 --> 00:21:02,901 And you are going to lose big. 366 00:21:03,941 --> 00:21:06,741 And the sums involved in a defamation or libel case 367 00:21:06,901 --> 00:21:08,101 could bring down a paper. 368 00:21:08,981 --> 00:21:10,781 - If you have been hounded by the press, 369 00:21:10,941 --> 00:21:12,181 what are you going to do? 370 00:21:12,341 --> 00:21:14,501 Most people are going to seek libel damages 371 00:21:14,661 --> 00:21:16,821 and that's exactly what Pizer does. 372 00:21:18,461 --> 00:21:20,461 He's determined that The Star 373 00:21:20,621 --> 00:21:22,781 is going to pay for what they have done to him. 374 00:21:25,781 --> 00:21:30,501 - My name is John Pizer, and you have wronged me. 375 00:21:33,461 --> 00:21:35,061 (tense music sting) 376 00:21:44,821 --> 00:21:48,421 BOY: Buy a copy of The Star! Get The Star! 377 00:21:50,141 --> 00:21:52,061 - Alex, it's alright. Thank you. 378 00:21:52,221 --> 00:21:56,461 Mr Pizer, I don't think this is the right time or place. 379 00:21:57,861 --> 00:21:59,781 - Do you have any idea what you have done? 380 00:22:00,981 --> 00:22:05,861 - My family has been abused. My business is ruined. 381 00:22:06,021 --> 00:22:10,701 My name is now tarnished forever by your lies and distortions. 382 00:22:10,861 --> 00:22:14,221 I will have my day in court. - (stuttering) 383 00:22:14,381 --> 00:22:15,741 - I will have justice. 384 00:22:15,901 --> 00:22:18,141 - C-Come on, man. D-Don't do that. 385 00:22:18,301 --> 00:22:19,741 Let's work together. 386 00:22:19,901 --> 00:22:24,141 I mean, what would satisfy you? 50 pounds? 387 00:22:25,021 --> 00:22:26,261 - A hundred. 388 00:22:26,421 --> 00:22:29,501 - Oh, come on, be serious, man, 50 pounds is more than generous. 389 00:22:29,661 --> 00:22:30,661 - I said a hundred! 390 00:22:33,381 --> 00:22:34,421 - One moment, please. 391 00:22:37,381 --> 00:22:41,541 - John Pizer, being accused of the Whitechapel murders, 392 00:22:41,701 --> 00:22:44,661 once you are tarred, it would be impossible to go back. 393 00:22:45,541 --> 00:22:47,341 You know, like no smoke without fire. 394 00:23:05,461 --> 00:23:06,461 - 50 pounds. 395 00:23:09,141 --> 00:23:11,741 Now, I am sure Pall Mall Gazette would be 396 00:23:11,901 --> 00:23:14,101 more than willing to give you the other half. 397 00:23:14,981 --> 00:23:18,141 That is if they allow you to darken their door in the first place. 398 00:23:18,301 --> 00:23:21,381 Not everyone is as kind-hearted as I am, you see. 399 00:23:28,581 --> 00:23:32,261 If you will excuse me, I have a news floor to run. 400 00:23:35,301 --> 00:23:37,701 Come on, back to work, everybody. 401 00:23:41,301 --> 00:23:45,141 - To have such a dangerous libel claim put towards The Star 402 00:23:45,301 --> 00:23:47,141 would risk their entire business. 403 00:23:48,501 --> 00:23:51,381 So, The Star is very, very lucky 404 00:23:51,541 --> 00:23:55,341 that Pizer accepts this 50 pounds. 405 00:23:56,501 --> 00:23:59,701 - If you are going to name someone as a killer 406 00:23:59,861 --> 00:24:01,061 and you have got it wrong, 407 00:24:02,861 --> 00:24:07,381 attention and focus is diverted away from the actual killer, 408 00:24:07,541 --> 00:24:10,181 and you are allowing them to continue killing. 409 00:24:25,581 --> 00:24:26,701 (tense music sting) 410 00:24:29,821 --> 00:24:31,421 HENRIETTA: Frederick. 411 00:24:33,621 --> 00:24:34,621 Fred! 412 00:24:35,621 --> 00:24:37,381 - Yeah, sorry, love. I'm miles away. 413 00:24:39,661 --> 00:24:42,101 - It's certainly left it's mark on you, hasn't it? 414 00:24:42,261 --> 00:24:43,261 - What has? 415 00:24:45,301 --> 00:24:47,381 - Well, what do you think I am talking about? 416 00:24:49,141 --> 00:24:50,301 - Go on then, spit it out. 417 00:24:53,101 --> 00:24:54,861 - I still feel sick 418 00:24:55,701 --> 00:24:59,301 about the muck and the hatred that your paper's spread. 419 00:25:00,221 --> 00:25:02,421 Did you ever really think it was John Pizer? 420 00:25:02,581 --> 00:25:04,061 Or did his face just fit? 421 00:25:08,941 --> 00:25:11,061 This isn't the Fred I know. - (he scoffs) 422 00:25:12,261 --> 00:25:16,581 - The Fred I know had morals and was decent and honest with himself. 423 00:25:19,461 --> 00:25:23,181 (footsteps receding) (door opens, slams shut) 424 00:25:24,101 --> 00:25:25,741 (Fred sighs) 425 00:25:30,421 --> 00:25:32,141 (hooves clopping) 426 00:25:35,541 --> 00:25:36,741 (TP sighs) 427 00:25:36,901 --> 00:25:39,141 - With the release of John Pizer, 428 00:25:39,301 --> 00:25:42,541 O'Connor and The Star are back to square one. 429 00:25:42,701 --> 00:25:46,341 The reality is there is no longer a tangible 430 00:25:46,501 --> 00:25:48,621 candidate for the sole killer. 431 00:25:49,661 --> 00:25:52,621 The Star had totally lost focus now. 432 00:25:52,781 --> 00:25:55,301 There is a very big danger that they are going to lose the story, 433 00:25:55,461 --> 00:25:56,461 lose the momentum. 434 00:25:57,541 --> 00:25:58,541 - Sir? 435 00:25:59,981 --> 00:26:00,981 - TP? 436 00:26:02,701 --> 00:26:03,981 - Yes. (clears throat) 437 00:26:05,741 --> 00:26:06,941 You know you could... 438 00:26:08,661 --> 00:26:11,181 You could look around this room and you could... 439 00:26:11,341 --> 00:26:14,781 ...comfort yourself by what you see, but that would be a mistake. 440 00:26:18,901 --> 00:26:21,061 The well is drying up, boys. Sales are down. 441 00:26:21,221 --> 00:26:22,381 What are you going to do? 442 00:26:24,661 --> 00:26:28,101 - Surely, we just- we just wait. You can't control a killer. 443 00:26:28,261 --> 00:26:29,661 - Why not, Best? 444 00:26:29,821 --> 00:26:31,701 I only have a need of people who think big. 445 00:26:31,861 --> 00:26:32,941 Do you think big? 446 00:26:33,901 --> 00:26:35,981 - Of course. - Good. 447 00:26:36,821 --> 00:26:39,661 Then fetch some paper and a pen and some ink. 448 00:26:39,821 --> 00:26:42,901 Preferably red ink. Bring it in here. 449 00:26:44,301 --> 00:26:47,021 (ominous music) 450 00:26:48,941 --> 00:26:51,621 - TP was at a real crossroads now. 451 00:26:51,781 --> 00:26:53,701 There hadn't been a killing for several weeks. 452 00:26:53,861 --> 00:26:56,021 He needed a new suspect. 453 00:26:56,181 --> 00:26:57,821 But he also had to be careful. 454 00:26:57,981 --> 00:27:00,221 He got burnt with Leather Apron. He got it wrong. 455 00:27:00,381 --> 00:27:02,221 He couldn't make that mistake again. 456 00:27:03,981 --> 00:27:06,861 - Now, you may not be able to control the killer. 457 00:27:07,021 --> 00:27:08,701 But can you make him speak? 458 00:27:09,901 --> 00:27:11,421 We're going to write a letter. 459 00:27:11,581 --> 00:27:14,941 - A let- A letter? Who to? - All will become clear. Fred. 460 00:27:15,101 --> 00:27:16,621 (ominous music) 461 00:27:23,181 --> 00:27:24,181 Now, remember... 462 00:27:26,341 --> 00:27:27,741 ...think big. Hm? 463 00:27:31,221 --> 00:27:32,221 Big. 464 00:27:37,301 --> 00:27:38,501 That's my boy, Fred. 465 00:27:43,861 --> 00:27:45,301 Make him speak, Fred. 466 00:27:46,141 --> 00:27:47,141 Make him speak. 467 00:27:49,821 --> 00:27:53,621 - When you're desperate and casting around for any information, 468 00:27:53,781 --> 00:27:57,301 you could be persuaded to take any new leads seriously. 469 00:27:57,461 --> 00:27:59,381 Even when it comes as a bolt from the blue, 470 00:27:59,541 --> 00:28:02,781 maybe a random piece of intel or even a letter. 471 00:28:02,941 --> 00:28:04,581 The police need a break. 472 00:28:06,821 --> 00:28:12,261 - To make something up to keep the story alive, to sell papers, 473 00:28:12,421 --> 00:28:18,381 it is so far beyond the line of morality within journalism. 474 00:28:18,541 --> 00:28:23,061 Once they make this decision, there is no way back from that. 475 00:28:25,261 --> 00:28:28,341 - "Dear Boss, I keep on hearing the police have caught me. 476 00:28:28,501 --> 00:28:30,541 But they won't fix me just yet. 477 00:28:30,701 --> 00:28:33,261 I have laughed when they look so clever 478 00:28:33,421 --> 00:28:35,421 and talk about being on the right track. 479 00:28:36,541 --> 00:28:39,781 That joke about Leather Apron gave me real fits." 480 00:28:43,181 --> 00:28:44,181 - Good lad, Fred. 481 00:28:45,821 --> 00:28:50,941 - TP O'Connor and his reporters have crossed the Rubicon as it were. 482 00:28:51,101 --> 00:28:54,341 They are now on a very, very, very dangerous path. 483 00:28:54,501 --> 00:28:56,061 - Soon after the Dear Boss letter 484 00:28:56,221 --> 00:28:58,021 was delivered at the Central News Agency, 485 00:28:58,181 --> 00:28:59,741 it was sent to the police. 486 00:28:59,901 --> 00:29:03,301 When TP and Fred forged this letter, they were inserting themselves 487 00:29:03,461 --> 00:29:05,621 right into the centre of the investigation. 488 00:29:05,781 --> 00:29:07,141 They were no longer reporters, 489 00:29:07,301 --> 00:29:09,741 they were potentially fabricating evidence. 490 00:29:09,901 --> 00:29:13,341 - "I am down on whores, and I shan't quit ripping them 491 00:29:13,501 --> 00:29:15,261 until I do get buckled. 492 00:29:15,421 --> 00:29:17,461 The next job I do I shall... 493 00:29:19,221 --> 00:29:20,581 ...clip the lady's ears off 494 00:29:21,581 --> 00:29:24,381 and send to the police officers 495 00:29:24,541 --> 00:29:26,901 just for jolly. Wouldn't you? 496 00:29:27,061 --> 00:29:31,861 My knife is so nice and sharp, I want to get to work right away. 497 00:29:33,261 --> 00:29:34,621 Good luck. 498 00:29:35,981 --> 00:29:38,461 Yours truly, Jack the Ripper." 499 00:29:39,661 --> 00:29:42,741 - The Dear Boss letter is a pivotal moment 500 00:29:42,901 --> 00:29:44,501 in the invention of the Ripper. 501 00:29:44,661 --> 00:29:47,461 This after all is the first time that the name 502 00:29:47,621 --> 00:29:49,341 Jack the Ripper is used. 503 00:29:50,861 --> 00:29:53,581 - If I were in Frederick Abberline's position, 504 00:29:53,741 --> 00:29:56,861 having just seen and received the Dear Boss letter, 505 00:29:57,021 --> 00:29:59,261 you have to approach it with an open mind. 506 00:29:59,421 --> 00:30:01,701 Could it be from the killer? 507 00:30:01,861 --> 00:30:04,461 Even if in your own mind you are doubtful, 508 00:30:04,621 --> 00:30:06,301 you have to follow that lead. 509 00:30:06,461 --> 00:30:08,341 - If this letter hadn't been written, 510 00:30:08,501 --> 00:30:10,661 if it hadn't given the killer a name, 511 00:30:10,821 --> 00:30:13,061 I think it's unlikely we would still be talking about it 512 00:30:13,221 --> 00:30:15,061 over 130 years later. 513 00:30:20,861 --> 00:30:22,261 - What are you thinking, sir? 514 00:30:24,141 --> 00:30:26,541 - I am uncertain. It could be a hoax. 515 00:30:26,701 --> 00:30:32,421 Either way, let's keep the letter of the public domain... for now. 516 00:30:36,541 --> 00:30:39,661 - This was a potential line of enquiry. 517 00:30:39,821 --> 00:30:44,141 But the real killer was still out there free to kill again. 518 00:30:45,461 --> 00:30:47,221 And looking for his next victim. 519 00:30:52,301 --> 00:30:53,301 (tense music sting) 520 00:30:54,981 --> 00:30:56,421 - That's it. In you come. 521 00:31:01,061 --> 00:31:03,301 (grunts) Drunk and disorderly, 522 00:31:04,301 --> 00:31:06,981 found laying on the footway on Aldgate High Street. 523 00:31:07,141 --> 00:31:08,141 Come on. (grunts) 524 00:31:11,061 --> 00:31:12,061 (tense music sting) 525 00:31:12,221 --> 00:31:14,021 - Catherine Eddowes, known as Kate, 526 00:31:14,181 --> 00:31:17,661 was incredibly down on her luck and she is often on the streets. 527 00:31:17,821 --> 00:31:19,461 And reliant on alcohol. 528 00:31:20,381 --> 00:31:21,981 - What you are really tyring to do 529 00:31:22,141 --> 00:31:27,341 when you drink alcohol is create psychological distance. 530 00:31:27,501 --> 00:31:30,461 If you can't escape physically, 531 00:31:30,621 --> 00:31:32,541 well then you escape mentally. 532 00:31:32,701 --> 00:31:35,421 This offers that escape to women. 533 00:31:35,581 --> 00:31:39,141 - Let's get you signed in and you can sleep it off. 534 00:31:39,301 --> 00:31:40,301 Name? 535 00:31:43,261 --> 00:31:44,261 - Nothing. 536 00:31:45,581 --> 00:31:47,421 - Being homeless, there is the sensation 537 00:31:47,581 --> 00:31:51,181 that you're very much outside of society. 538 00:31:51,341 --> 00:31:52,901 - I have got a room for you. 539 00:31:53,061 --> 00:31:57,861 - That you are living in a society that doesn't recognise you 540 00:31:58,021 --> 00:31:59,741 as having any worth or value. 541 00:31:59,901 --> 00:32:01,461 - Now, just prop yourself up there. 542 00:32:01,621 --> 00:32:03,581 - People would ask, "How would you keep going?" 543 00:32:03,741 --> 00:32:05,981 Well, I would say, "What's the alternative?" 544 00:32:06,141 --> 00:32:07,901 (tense music sting) 545 00:32:09,021 --> 00:32:10,941 (bell tolling) 546 00:32:11,101 --> 00:32:12,661 (pub chatter) 547 00:32:20,181 --> 00:32:22,501 - Elizabeth Stride is a Swedish immigrant 548 00:32:22,661 --> 00:32:25,221 and in Sweden, she had been a sex worker. 549 00:32:25,381 --> 00:32:30,701 But at some point, she'd made the choice to seek a new life in London. 550 00:32:30,861 --> 00:32:35,501 She meets a man and falls in love. And they open a coffee house. 551 00:32:35,661 --> 00:32:39,621 This is a real change from the life that she left in Sweden. 552 00:32:39,781 --> 00:32:41,701 Unfortunately, the business fails. 553 00:32:41,861 --> 00:32:46,301 After her husband's death, she's really, really struggling 554 00:32:46,461 --> 00:32:49,141 and she's forced back into sex work. 555 00:32:50,741 --> 00:32:54,781 - Prostitution is always a gamble in my experience. 556 00:32:54,941 --> 00:32:58,261 The idea that a woman gets to choose is a lie. 557 00:32:59,861 --> 00:33:02,861 No they don't. They never have, they never will. 558 00:33:03,021 --> 00:33:05,461 That's not how prostitution works. 559 00:33:05,621 --> 00:33:06,621 (pub chatter) 560 00:33:16,341 --> 00:33:17,541 - Looking for some fun? 561 00:33:17,701 --> 00:33:21,861 RACHEL: Women in the sex trade train themselves not to feel. 562 00:33:22,021 --> 00:33:23,541 They dissociate. 563 00:33:23,701 --> 00:33:26,781 Distancing yourself is just simply necessary. 564 00:33:28,101 --> 00:33:29,541 - I don't charge by the minute. 565 00:33:31,461 --> 00:33:32,541 - Let's go. 566 00:33:32,701 --> 00:33:36,421 - But you're still aware that you don't know who you are dealing with 567 00:33:36,581 --> 00:33:38,461 until you are alone with that man. 568 00:33:43,301 --> 00:33:45,021 - (inmate humming) 569 00:33:46,181 --> 00:33:47,781 (dogs barking) 570 00:33:49,581 --> 00:33:51,941 - When are you going to let me out of this hole? 571 00:33:52,101 --> 00:33:54,501 - When you are capable of looking after yourself. 572 00:33:56,021 --> 00:33:57,661 - Then you can let me out right now. 573 00:34:00,701 --> 00:34:02,381 - (he sighs) (keys jangle) 574 00:34:11,621 --> 00:34:13,421 (door unlocking) 575 00:34:15,301 --> 00:34:16,301 - Thank you. 576 00:34:17,181 --> 00:34:20,421 - There is something about vulnerability that kind of like, 577 00:34:20,581 --> 00:34:25,101 it's like there's a... an alarm above your head or something. 578 00:34:25,261 --> 00:34:27,541 You know, predators can see you. 579 00:34:27,701 --> 00:34:30,301 They can clock vulnerability. 580 00:34:30,461 --> 00:34:33,101 - (humming) 581 00:34:36,501 --> 00:34:38,541 - They know what they are looking for 582 00:34:38,701 --> 00:34:40,821 and they see it in you. 583 00:34:51,181 --> 00:34:53,141 (ominous music) 584 00:34:58,461 --> 00:34:59,741 (tense music sting) 585 00:34:59,901 --> 00:35:01,621 (disembodied shrieks) 586 00:35:01,781 --> 00:35:02,941 - Fred! 587 00:35:04,661 --> 00:35:06,301 Fred! Someone is there! 588 00:35:08,181 --> 00:35:09,181 - (Fred sighs) 589 00:35:18,381 --> 00:35:20,821 There's nothing, go to sleep. (something clangs) 590 00:35:22,061 --> 00:35:24,461 - (breathing shakily) 591 00:35:24,621 --> 00:35:26,381 OK. You stay here, yeah? 592 00:35:30,381 --> 00:35:31,621 (door creaks) 593 00:35:36,861 --> 00:35:38,221 (door creaks) 594 00:35:38,381 --> 00:35:40,061 (tense music) 595 00:36:05,061 --> 00:36:07,541 (tense music swelling) 596 00:36:07,701 --> 00:36:09,181 (tense music sting) 597 00:36:09,341 --> 00:36:10,341 - (Fred gasps) 598 00:36:11,541 --> 00:36:12,901 What do you want, Titch? 599 00:36:13,061 --> 00:36:14,821 - The butcher has been busy tonight. 600 00:36:16,101 --> 00:36:17,101 - Where's the body? 601 00:36:20,821 --> 00:36:21,981 (coins jangle) 602 00:36:24,341 --> 00:36:27,061 - Well, that depends. - On what? 603 00:36:27,221 --> 00:36:28,341 - Which one. 604 00:36:28,501 --> 00:36:30,181 (ominous music) 605 00:36:30,341 --> 00:36:31,381 Dutfield's Yard. 606 00:36:32,501 --> 00:36:33,501 - Dutfield's Yard. 607 00:36:46,541 --> 00:36:48,581 (suspenseful music) 608 00:36:50,861 --> 00:36:54,221 - On the 30th of September 1888, 609 00:36:54,381 --> 00:36:55,821 two murders occurred 610 00:36:55,981 --> 00:36:58,261 within the space of about an hour of each other. 611 00:36:59,181 --> 00:37:01,101 Which became known as the Double Event. 612 00:37:02,421 --> 00:37:05,101 (music swells, peaks, softens) 613 00:37:07,741 --> 00:37:10,221 - (panting) 614 00:37:11,301 --> 00:37:13,781 He's struck again. - Yeah. 615 00:37:13,941 --> 00:37:18,061 Except this time he just slashed her from ear to ear and ran off. 616 00:37:18,221 --> 00:37:21,101 - Just after midnight in Dutfield Yard 617 00:37:21,261 --> 00:37:24,181 Elizabeth Stride was attacked and murdered. 618 00:37:25,061 --> 00:37:27,061 - Elizabeth Stride's injuries were essentially 619 00:37:27,221 --> 00:37:28,981 throat cut from left to right 620 00:37:29,141 --> 00:37:32,381 in the manner that we are starting to become familiar with 621 00:37:32,541 --> 00:37:34,141 through the earlier deaths. 622 00:37:34,301 --> 00:37:36,261 But there were no abdominal injuries. 623 00:37:36,421 --> 00:37:40,901 It is quite possible that someone returning home on his pony and cart 624 00:37:41,061 --> 00:37:42,461 interrupted the killer. 625 00:37:43,861 --> 00:37:48,541 - This is someone who gets a great deal of satisfaction from maiming. 626 00:37:50,821 --> 00:37:53,421 And the more someone engages in an act like this, 627 00:37:53,581 --> 00:37:54,901 the more they fantasise. 628 00:37:55,061 --> 00:37:57,421 The more they think about what they would like to be 629 00:37:57,581 --> 00:37:58,941 able to do to the body. 630 00:37:59,101 --> 00:38:01,981 And so, feeling that frustration from not having the time he wanted 631 00:38:02,141 --> 00:38:06,061 to have with that person earlier, he then seeks a second victim. 632 00:38:06,221 --> 00:38:08,421 (ominous music) 633 00:38:08,581 --> 00:38:09,861 - Where is the other woman? 634 00:38:13,781 --> 00:38:15,661 Oh. (coins jangle) 635 00:38:19,061 --> 00:38:22,781 - Mitre Square. It's carnage. Blood everywhere. 636 00:38:26,821 --> 00:38:28,461 Come on, move on. 637 00:38:28,621 --> 00:38:30,181 Nothing to see here. 638 00:38:30,341 --> 00:38:32,581 (suspenseful music) 639 00:38:45,501 --> 00:38:46,981 (crowd clamouring) 640 00:38:47,141 --> 00:38:48,141 - Jesus Christ! 641 00:38:49,461 --> 00:38:52,861 - Shortly after the murder of Elizabeth Stride, 642 00:38:53,021 --> 00:38:56,661 Catherine Eddowes was murdered within a space of a mile. 643 00:38:57,861 --> 00:39:00,261 - With the death of Catherine Eddowes 644 00:39:01,701 --> 00:39:06,301 the intestines were removed from the abdomen 645 00:39:06,461 --> 00:39:10,101 and part of the kidney was taken. 646 00:39:10,261 --> 00:39:16,261 But in addition to that, she also had facial wounds as well, 647 00:39:17,421 --> 00:39:19,621 which were a new feature. 648 00:39:20,901 --> 00:39:26,221 - To do something that is so brutal, so barbaric, to another human being 649 00:39:26,381 --> 00:39:29,581 just shows the anger that this person has been harbouring. 650 00:39:29,741 --> 00:39:30,941 And I think, for me, 651 00:39:31,101 --> 00:39:34,581 this goes back to the fact that he has a deep hatred towards women. 652 00:39:34,741 --> 00:39:37,741 He wants to mutilate the female internal organs 653 00:39:37,901 --> 00:39:39,741 and the genitalia of the victims. 654 00:39:40,861 --> 00:39:44,141 He's taking everything away from them that makes them female 655 00:39:44,301 --> 00:39:45,701 including their beauty. 656 00:39:46,901 --> 00:39:48,381 - The night of the Double Event 657 00:39:48,541 --> 00:39:50,861 was a significant moment for the investigation. 658 00:39:51,021 --> 00:39:55,541 Multiple people claimed to have seen Liz Stride and Catherine Eddowes. 659 00:39:55,701 --> 00:39:58,341 And importantly, claim to have seen the killer 660 00:39:58,501 --> 00:40:00,061 underneath the streetlamps. 661 00:40:00,221 --> 00:40:03,261 Witness descriptions suggest a man in his 30s 662 00:40:03,421 --> 00:40:05,861 with fair complexion and a moustache. 663 00:40:06,021 --> 00:40:08,101 A significant step forward, 664 00:40:08,261 --> 00:40:11,901 but describes many thousands of men in London at that time. 665 00:40:14,061 --> 00:40:15,861 (chatter, sobbing) 666 00:40:23,941 --> 00:40:27,061 - Commissioner Warren, can I get a comment for The Star? 667 00:40:27,221 --> 00:40:29,221 - Hey! No, no, no, no, no. 668 00:40:30,341 --> 00:40:32,981 - Despite the growing body count, Charles Warren was somebody 669 00:40:33,141 --> 00:40:35,301 who would stay locked away in his office. 670 00:40:35,461 --> 00:40:37,421 If he were to turn up at a crime scene, 671 00:40:37,581 --> 00:40:39,661 you knew there was something else going on. 672 00:40:40,501 --> 00:40:41,821 BOB: Whilst utterly horrific, 673 00:40:41,981 --> 00:40:44,501 the Double Event of 30th of September 674 00:40:44,661 --> 00:40:47,181 was meat and drink to The Star. 675 00:40:47,341 --> 00:40:48,941 - I have given you enough. 676 00:40:51,701 --> 00:40:54,141 This new story was really now underpinning 677 00:40:54,301 --> 00:40:55,701 the success of the paper. 678 00:40:55,861 --> 00:40:57,701 This was almost a licence for them to print money. 679 00:40:57,861 --> 00:41:00,061 (office chatter) 680 00:41:00,221 --> 00:41:01,301 - Ernest! 681 00:41:04,261 --> 00:41:06,661 - Gosh, you look a sight. - So would you, read that. 682 00:41:09,381 --> 00:41:10,861 - Jesus Christ! 683 00:41:11,021 --> 00:41:13,341 How did he do all that to her without being seen? 684 00:41:13,501 --> 00:41:14,661 - And twice. Two. 685 00:41:14,821 --> 00:41:16,501 The police reckoned he was disturbed, 686 00:41:16,661 --> 00:41:19,061 so he found another victim. And listen to this... 687 00:41:21,181 --> 00:41:23,661 ...he cut her fucking ear off, Ernest. 688 00:41:23,821 --> 00:41:24,821 - What? 689 00:41:26,061 --> 00:41:28,181 - Just like we said he would in the letter. 690 00:41:28,341 --> 00:41:30,101 - "The next job I do I shall... 691 00:41:31,141 --> 00:41:32,821 ...clip the lady's ears off." 692 00:41:35,461 --> 00:41:38,621 - My God! W-What are the chances? 693 00:41:39,821 --> 00:41:41,061 - In the Dear Boss letter, 694 00:41:41,221 --> 00:41:45,381 they created this threat to cut off ladies' ears. 695 00:41:45,541 --> 00:41:48,221 What is so interesting is that Catherine Eddowes murder, 696 00:41:48,381 --> 00:41:50,541 we know one of her ears was tampered with. 697 00:41:50,701 --> 00:41:53,461 And there was certainly a feeling in the police, at the time, 698 00:41:53,621 --> 00:41:56,981 that this connected the Dear Boss letter to her murder. 699 00:41:58,301 --> 00:42:01,061 - If somebody is purporting to be the killer 700 00:42:01,221 --> 00:42:03,901 and communicating with the police, 701 00:42:04,061 --> 00:42:09,501 they will be looking for content, evidence within that communication 702 00:42:09,661 --> 00:42:12,341 that potentially only the killer would know. 703 00:42:12,501 --> 00:42:16,661 - And one more thing, I saw Warren at Mitre Square. 704 00:42:16,821 --> 00:42:19,301 He left in a hurry just as I got there. 705 00:42:19,461 --> 00:42:20,981 - What was the old bastard up to? 706 00:42:21,141 --> 00:42:22,901 - I don't know. But it looked off. 707 00:42:24,381 --> 00:42:25,861 - Keep digging. - Yeah. 708 00:42:27,661 --> 00:42:29,901 (phone rings) 709 00:42:30,061 --> 00:42:31,461 - What's going on? 710 00:42:31,621 --> 00:42:33,941 - TP, it's good stuff. 711 00:42:34,941 --> 00:42:37,781 The killer has only gone and cut one of the women's ears off. 712 00:42:37,941 --> 00:42:40,981 TP: The police will have to think our letter is genuine now. 713 00:42:41,141 --> 00:42:42,701 ERNEST: And what if they don't? 714 00:42:42,861 --> 00:42:47,301 - Well, we'll just have to encourage them, won't we? 715 00:42:48,501 --> 00:42:51,221 You can tell Fred he needs to write another letter. 716 00:42:52,581 --> 00:42:54,181 (chuckling) 717 00:42:57,021 --> 00:42:59,101 - TP, they are publishing the letters. 718 00:42:59,261 --> 00:43:01,901 - It would have been a really explosive moment; 719 00:43:02,061 --> 00:43:04,781 the world learns the name Jack the Ripper. 720 00:43:04,941 --> 00:43:07,221 - What a name! I mean, it sells itself. 721 00:43:07,381 --> 00:43:10,901 - If this truly is the work of the Ripper, 722 00:43:11,061 --> 00:43:12,821 perhaps he's just made his first mistake. 723 00:43:12,981 --> 00:43:15,061 - You know I am not a killer. You know I am not Jack, right? 724 00:43:15,221 --> 00:43:18,061 - You do realise if they find out it was you, you are a dead man. 725 00:43:18,221 --> 00:43:20,501 - A message had been written on the wall in chalk. 726 00:43:20,661 --> 00:43:23,301 Warren had them wash it off. - This is it. 727 00:43:23,461 --> 00:43:25,981 This is the story we could take them down with. 728 00:43:27,581 --> 00:43:28,901 - (laughing) 729 00:43:29,061 --> 00:43:30,901 - To hell with the fucking truth, is that it, TP? 730 00:43:31,061 --> 00:43:34,101 - There is only one of us here with red ink on their hands, Fred. 731 00:43:34,261 --> 00:43:36,701 (ominous music) 732 00:44:06,701 --> 00:44:11,101 Subtitles by Sky Access Services 84214

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