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Ripperature: Building the Myth

Gracie Bain

What do you think of when you hear "Jack the Ripper"? In 1888, five women, Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Kelly, were murdered and muti...

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Episode list

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  • May 30, 2024

    16 min

    Episode Ten: Conclusion

    Well, here we are! It’s the final episode of this season. Today, we’ll recap our arguments and reflect on the journey.Works Cited can be found on my website.Audio Credits:Audio Cre...

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  • May 22, 2024

    57 min

    Episode Nine: From Hell

    In the last episode of our detective chapter, we examine the movie From Hell and a fictional version of the historical detective involved in the actual case, Detective Abberline. W...

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  • May 15, 2024

    1 hr 0 min

    Episode Eight: Stalking Jack the Ripper

    It’s time! In this episode, we discuss the very popular book Stalking Jack the Ripper and how the protagonist/forensic detective is a complicated portrayal of neo-Victorian gender....

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  • May 8, 2024

    58 min

    Episode Seven: A Study in Terror

    Today, we’ll explore a film called A Study in Terror, which combines two very famous Victorian figures, Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper. In this episode, we talk about how one ...

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  • May 1, 2024

    57 min

    Episode Six: Ripperature Detectives

    In our first episode on detectives, we walk through some common detective tropes, the dependence of Ripperature on those tropes, and the dime novel “The Whitechapel Murders: Or, On...

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  • April 25, 2024

    48 min

    Episode Five: The Michaelmas Girls

    In our final episode on Jill the Ripper, we examine perhaps one of the more difficult texts, The Michaelmas Girls, to discuss Jill the Ripper’s violence. In this episode, an unoffi...

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