Howdy All! This week we dive into the question of who exactly was Jack the Ripper.
The question of who murdered women in Whitechapel, London in 1888 has been the source for a lot of debate for the century and a half since the murders, and frankly we still don't have any concrete evidence of who was behind the slaughters.
As time has rolled on, and as criminology has gotten sharper, many people have looked into the past to try to find the answer. Most of the speculation is still a wild swing in the dark, but the YouTube channel Answers with Joe, featuring Joe Scott decided to look into the question.
One spoiler I will get out of the way. At the beginning of this episode, Joe does make it seem like there is a definitive answer to who the killer was, and although his logic is good, it still is not definitive.
Sometimes the best way to look at an old problem is through a set of new eyes. I am a HUGE fan of the podcast The Rest is History. The two hosts Dominic and Tom are so good at unraveling historical stories.
But they are not a True Crime podcast. They only look at the history and the facts, drawing conclusions from what we know.
When they started this series on Jack the Ripper, they point out they're focusing on the historical facts and impact of the Ripper mythos, but in this last episode of the series they did, they take some time to sift through the facts and make a deduction on who exactly the killer was...
And I think they might have figured it out.
Here is the 5th part of their Jack the Ripper series. I encourage you to watch the entire series, but it is 5 hours long. This is the episode where they put forward their thoughts on who the killer could be.
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