Jack the Ripper was the pseudonym of an unknown serial killer who was active in London’s Whitechapel and its surrounding mostly impoverished neighborhoods in late 1888. The name comes from a letter circulated in the media by a man claiming to be the killer. The letter, widely believed to be a hoax, may have been written by a reporter to increase interest in the story.
Jack the Ripper’s seemingly unsolved crimes of 1888 continue to captivate. Even today, a dozen new books are published every year on the subject. One such book argues that Walter Sickert, an artist with a dark side, was the real killer in Whitechapel.
While many experts have dismissed Sickert, claiming he was in France when the murders occurred, handwriting analysis and modern DNA analysis have cast doubt on those claims. Deconstructs the most provocative scientific questions of our time and examines them through a highly focused lens. As the investigation unfolds, animation, CGI, and special effects guide us in our search for answers.
