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Listen in as Jonathan Menges, a roundtable of co-hosts and special guests discuss topics related to the Whitechapel Murders, Jack the Ripper, Victorian British history, and whatever else suits their fancy. This free and loose discussion is sure to interest everyone involved in the 120 year long hunt…

Rippercast- Jack the Ripper


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    Latest episodes from Rippercast- Your Podcast on the Jack the Ripper murders

    From Adler to Amberly: The Adventure of the Missing Three Quarter

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 66:20


    Karl welcomes Madeline Quinones back to the show to discuss the next story in the canon: The Adventure of the Missing Three Quarter

    From Adler to Amberley: The Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 53:12


    Karl welcomes Catherine Cooke back to the show to discuss the next story in the Sherlock Holmes canon: The Adventure of the Golden Piece-Nez

    From Adler to Amberley: The Adventure of the Three Students

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 53:00


    Karl welcomes Scott Monty and Burt Wolder to the podcast to discuss the next story in the Sherlock Holmes Canon: The Adventure of the Three Students Scott and Burt are two of the creatives behind the podcast and website I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere. https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/

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    Whitechapel Society 1888 presents Sue Parry: The Trial of the Detectives or The Turf Fraud Scandal of 1887

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2024 64:31


    Rippercast is pleased to present the February 2024 guest speaker at the Whitechapel Society: Sue Parry: The Trial of the Detectives or The Turf Fraud Scandal of 1887 This is a Video Slideshow Presentation www.whitechapelsociety.com

    Who Is He? What Is He? Where Is He? A Suspectology Roundtable

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2024 86:33


    Jonathan Menges and Ally Ryder host a roundtable discussion on Suspectology with Christer Holmgren, author of Cutting Point, Mick Priestley, author of One Autumn in Whitechapel, Tracy I'anson, author of Jacob the Ripper, Tom Wescott, author of The Bank Holiday Murders and Ripper Confidential, and Steve Blomer, author of Inside Bucks Row.

    Whitechapel Society presents Myth, Monster, Murderer with Jackie Anderson and Ciara Wild

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2023 70:41


    We are pleased to bring to you the December 2023 guest speaker presentation from the Whitechapel Society: Myth, Monster, Murderer By Jackie Anderson and Ciara Wild

    From Adler to Amberly: The Adventure of the Six Napoleons

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2023 66:06


    Karl welcomes writer, broadcaster and film producer Neil Atkinson back to the show to discuss the next story in the Conan Doyle canon: The Adventure of the Six Napoleons

    2023 East End Conference: Jonathan Tye-Edward Buckley: Thief, Bully, Ripper?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023 51:07


    We are pleased to bring to you the speaker presentations from the 2023 East End Conference. Jonathan Tye: Edward Buckley-Thief, Bully, Ripper? This is a VIDEO PODCAST.

    2023 East End Conference: Mark Ripper: Fin de Siècle Invasion Literature and Jack the Ripper

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 41:53


    We are pleased to bring to you the speaker presentations from the 2023 East End Conference. Mark Ripper: Fin de Siècle Invasion Literature and Jack the Ripper.

    2023 East End Conference: Sarah Bax Horton- One Armed Jack: Was Hyam Hyams Jack the Ripper?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 51:03


    We are pleased to bring to you the speaker presentations from the 2023 East End Conference. Sarah Bax Horton- One Armed Jack: Was Hyam Hyams Jack the Ripper?

    2023 East End Conference: Susan Parry: Sergeant Bryant's Scrapbook

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2023 43:27


    Speaker Presentations from the 2023 East End Conference Susan Parry: Sergeant Bryant's Scrapbook

    2023 East End Conference: An Audience with Donald Rumbelow

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2023 61:12


    We are pleased to bring to you the Speaker Presentations from the 2023 East End Conference held over the weekend of 7 & 8 October in the Astronomer Pub in Middlesex Street in the East End of London. An Audience with Donald Rumbelow with Karl Coppack

    2023 East End Conference: Sarah Wise-Streets Coloured Black and Blue: Charles Booth's Notebooks and the Revelation of East End Poverty

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2023 56:15


    Bringing you the Speaker Presentations from the 2023 East End Conference Sarah Wise Streets Coloured Black and Blue: Charles Booth's Notebooks and the Revelation of East End Poverty

    Edward Buckley: The Whitechapel Fiend

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 86:47


    Edward Buckley: The Whitechapel Fiend A roundtable discussion about an extremely violent criminal lunatic residing in the East End of London before, during and after the Autumn of Terror. With Jurriaan Maessen, Jonathan Tye, Suzie Huntington and Tom Wescott. Hosted by Jonathan Menges and Ally Ryder

    From Adler to Amberly: The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 51:55


    Karl and Jon welcome Tanja Huvila to the show to discuss the next story in the Sherlock Holmes canon: The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton @adlerto

    Whitechapel Society presents Paradise by way of Kensal Green with Trevor Spinage

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2023 49:39


    We are pleased to bring to you the August 2023 guest speaker from the Whitechapel Society: Trevor Spinage-Paradise by way of Kensal Green In this VIDEO PODCAST presentation, Trevor Spinage takes us on a tour of the Big 7 London cemeteries-Kensal Green, Brompton, West Norwood, Nunhead, Tower Hamlets, Abney Park and Highgate. www.whitechapelsociety.com

    Dr. Francis Tumblety and the Railway Ripper with Michael Hawley

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2023 82:55


    Rippercast welcomes author Michael Hawley back to the show to discuss his new book Dr. Francis Tumblety and the Railway Ripper. Hosted by Jonathan Menges https://www.sunburypress.com/products/dr-francis-tumblety-the-railway-ripper?variant=41131635638365

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    Röttgers & Schröder: Jack the Ripper:Die Whitechapel-Morde 1888 Eine Chronologie

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2023 33:25


    Rippercast is pleased to welcome Philipp Rottgers & Dorothee Schroder onto the show to discuss their new book 'Jack the Ripper: Die Whitechapel-Morde 1888 Eine Chronologie'. One of the very few native German language books written about the Whitechapel Murders by German Ripperologists. Hosted by Jonathan Menges and Jurriaan Maessen https://london-beyond-time-and-place.com/jack-the-ripper-die-whitechapel-morde-1888-eine-chronologie/

    From Adler to Amberly: The Adventure of Black Peter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2023 62:12


    Karl Coppack welcomes Catherine Cook back to the show to discuss the next story in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes Canon The Adventure of Black Peter @adlerto

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    From Adler to Amberly Special Episode: Watson-The Final Problem

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 25:09


    In a special episode, Karl talks to actor Tim Marriott and writer Bert Coules about their one-man play Watson: The Final Problem. The show features Tim as Watson reminiscing about his apparently late friend from their first meeting up until Holmes fatal encounter with Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls. Tim and Bert discuss the initial idea for the play and how it was brought to life on stage. Karl is relatively normal in his hero's presence. Relatively.

    Whitechapel Society presents The Dark Side of East London with David Charnick

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2023 71:26


    We are pleased to bring to you the June 2023 guest speaker talk from the Whitechapel Society David Charnick: The Dark Side of East London Mr Charnick is a tour guide and author whose book The Dark Side of East London is available now through Pen and Sword www.whitechapelsociety.com

    From Adler to Amberly: The Adventure of the Priory School

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2023 71:21


    Karl and Jon welcome Mark Jones, the co-host of the podcast Doings of Doyle, to the show to discuss the next story in the Conan Doyle canon: The Adventure of the Priory School https://www.doingsofdoyle.com @adlerto

    Whitechapel Society presents A Brief Walk Through Time: Leavesden Asylum with Martin Brooks

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2023 75:31


    We are pleased to bring to you the February 2023 guest speaker at the Whitechapel Society: Martin Brooks: A Brief Walk Through Time- The Story of the Leavesden Asylum 1870-1995 http://www.leavesdenhospital.org/ www.whitechapelsociety.com This is a video podcast slide show presentation.

    From Adler to Amberly: The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 57:39


    Karl welcomes the curator of the Sherlock Holmes Collection at Westminster's Mayfair Library, Catherine Cooke, to the show to discuss the next story in the Conan Doyle canon: The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist @adlerto

    Whitechapel Society presents Scandal at Dolphin Square with Daniel Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2023 74:52


    We are pleased to bring to you the December 2022 guest speaker at the Whitechapel Society: Daniel Smith- Scandal at Dolphin Square This is a video podcast presentation. www.whitechapelsociety.com

    Off the Shelf: Season 1 Epilogue

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2022 38:52


    Join Ally Ryder, Jonathan Menges and Jon Rees as they discuss the first season of Off the Shelf, and decide if they ever want to do a second season.

    From Adler to Amberly: The Adventure of the Dancing Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 63:14


    Karl welcomes back Paul Edwards to discuss the next story in the Conan Doyle canon: The Adventure of the Dancing Men @adlerto

    Off The Shelf: The Midnight Assassin

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2022 38:52


    Join Ally Ryder, Jon Rees and Jonathan Menges as they discuss Skip Hollandsworth's take on the Servant Girl Annihilator.

    Whitechapel Society 1888 presents W. Sydney Robinson on the Scandalous Life and Times of W.T. Stead

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2022 45:04


    We are pleased to bring to you the guest speaker from the October 2022 meeting of the Whitechapel Society W. Sydney Robinson The Scandalous Life and Times of W.T. Stead

    From Adler to Amberley: The Adventure of the Norwood Builder

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 61:23


    Karl and Jon welcome Dan Smith to the show to discuss the next story in the Conan Doyle Canon: The Adventure of the Norwood Builder Dan Smith is the author of numerous books including The Ardlamont Mystery, The Peer and the Gangster and most recently Scandal at Dolphin Square @DanSmith_Writer @adlerto

    Off The Shelf: Hell's Half Acre by Susan Jonusas

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 38:52


    Join Jon Rees, Jonathan Menges and Ally Ryder as they discuss the case of the Bloody Benders, and stick around for an interview with author Susan Jonusas.

    Interview with Chris Jones-The Maybrick Murder and the Diary of Jack the Ripper

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 75:15


    From the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference 8 October 2022 Interview with Chris Jones, co-author of ‘THE MAYBRICK MURDER AND THE DIARY OF JACK THE RIPPER: THE END GAME with Jonathan Menges and Roger Palmer.

    Madeleine Keane ‘A Harlot’s Progress: Intersectional Feminism and the Whitechapel Victims’

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 30:55


    From the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference 8 October 2022 Madeleine Keane - A Harlot’s Progress: Intersectional Feminism and the Whitechapel Victims

    Steven Blomer -Missing reports and reluctant witnesses

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 43:29


    From the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference 9 October 2022 Steven Blomer -Missing reports and reluctant witnesses

    Jurriaan Maessen -Finding Mary Kelly-From Prototype To Holotype

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 49:53


    From the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference 8 October 2022 Jurriaan Maessen -Finding Mary Kelly- From Prototype To Holotype

    Dr. Amy Sturgis -Whitechapel What Ifs- Evolving Perspectives on the Autumn of Terror in Science Fiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 45:15


    From the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference 9 October 2022 Dr. Amy Sturgis -Whitechapel What Ifs- Evolving Perspectives on the Autumn of Terror in Science Fiction

    Dr. Billy Rough ‘The Art of Murder: The Strange Case of Walter Sickert & Jack the Ripper’

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 40:09


    From the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference 9 October 2022 Dr. Billy Rough-The Art of Murder- The Strange Case of Walter Sickert & Jack the Ripper

    Jo Mungovin ‘Peppermint Billy: William Brown & the Tollgate Murders of 1856’

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 46:50


    From the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference 9 October 2022 Jo Mungovin- Peppermint Billy- William Brown & the Tollgate Murders of 1856

    Philipp Rottgers 'Jack Der Aufschlitzer-A German Perception of the Ripper Murders from 1888 to Today

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 46:27


    From the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference 9 October 2022 Philipp Rottgers-Jack Der Aufschlitzer-A German Perception of the Ripper Murders from 1888 to Today

    Gracie Bain ‘Ripperature: Crossing Gender and Genre’

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 46:48


    From the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference 8 October 2022 Gracie Bain -Ripperature- Crossing Gender and Genre

    Adam Wood-Two Trials 1887 and 1889 from The Maybrick Murder and Diary of Jack the Ripper Book Launch Event

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022 22:56


    The third and final talk we will be releasing from The Maybrick Murder and the Diary of Jack the Ripper Book Launch event. Adam Wood: Two Trials-1887 and 1889

    Chris Jones: The Maybrick Murder from The Maybrick Murder and the Diary of Jack the Ripper Book Launch Event

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 46:52


    This is the first of two talks given by author Chris Jones at the book launch event for The Maybrick Murder and the Diary of Jack the Ripper.

    Chris Jones: The Diary of Jack the Ripper from The Maybrick Murder and Diary of Jack the Ripper Book Launch Event

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 45:44


    This is the second of two talks given by author Chris Jones at the book launch event for The Maybrick Murder and the Diary of Jack the Ripper.

    Whitechapel Society 1888 presents John Walker: Whitechapel's Children's Workhouse

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2022 66:44


    We are pleased to bring to you the August 2022 meeting of the Whitechapel Society and their guest speaker John Walker. Whitechapel's Children's Workhouse Mr Walker is a local East End Historian who runs the Forest Gate history blog E7 Now & Then and is the author of the new book Out of Sight, Out of Mind- Abuse, Neglect and Fire in a London Children’s Workhouse 1854-1907. http://www.e7-nowandthen.org www.whitechapelsociety.com

    From Adler to Amberley: The Final Problem & The Empty House-The Great Hiatus SPECIAL

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2022 128:59


    Karl and Jon welcome Bert Coules, head writer of the BBC Radio Four Sherlock Holmes series and Leslie Klinger, editor of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes to discuss The Final Problem and The Empty House This is a VIDEO podcast of the LIVE special event double episode which took place on 16 July 2022 @adlerto

    From Adler to Amberley: The Adventure of the Naval Treaty

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2022 59:42


    Karl and Jon welcome author and screenwriter Bonnie MacBird back to the show to discuss the next story in the Conan Doyle canon The Adventure of the Naval Treaty https://macbird.com @adlerto

    Off The Shelf: The Poisoner's Handbook

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022 38:52


    Join Ally Ryder, Jon Rees and Jonathan Menges as they discuss the Poisoner's Handbook and stick around for an interview with the author Deborah Blum.

    Sherlock: From Adler to Amberley Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2022 28:25


    Rippercast welcomes the hosts of the podcast Sherlock: From Adler to Amberley, Karl Coppack and Jon Rees. Listen in as they discuss the origins of the show, behind the scenes planning, share a few stories and announce a Special Event for The Final Problem and The Adventure of the Empty House.

    Oh, Dear Boss: Druitt's on a Sticky Wicket

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2022 60:44


    Oh, Dear Boss Druitt's on a Sticky Wicket with Steve Blomer, Mark Ripper, Ally Ryder and Jonathan Menges

    2022 East End Conference: Steve Blomer- A Question of Time ENHANCED version

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 37:22


    This is the ENHANCED version of Steve's talk with the addition of the slideshow. Steve Blomer is the author of "Inside Bucks Row", the first volume of a planned six book series and has had articles published in 'Ripperologist' magazine and the Journal of the Whitechapel Society. He presented a talk on the Seaside Home Witness at the 2021 Casebook: Jack the Ripper online conference. Steve’s talk takes a look at the reliability of the timings given in police and witness reports for the Whitechapel murders and is entitled A Question of Time.

    Whitechapel Society 1888 presents Peter Stone: The History of the Port of London

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 58:54


    We are pleased to bring to you the guest speaker talk from the June 2022 meeting of the Whitechapel Society. Peter Stone is a committee member of the Docklands History Group, the London Historians and several other London Clubs and Societies and is the author of the highly praised book entitled The Port of London: A Vast Emporium of All Nations https://www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk www.whitechapelsociety.com

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