The Story of Jack The Ripper | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror 

And 100 years later....CNN is born!

Wellsaid Mate!

My thoughts exactly.

That's how the US and Spain got into a war.

@@megadethmofo2001 the horrible irony is that in the 90s when CNN was first created, it truly was factually based and fair reporting. Then somewhere in the 2000s, they gave into sensationalism, and then eventually click bait, and now CNN is pure garbage. Didn't start out that way though. So sad

There have been so many women who have been just labelled by how they died. Acknowledging them as people isn’t something you see every day!

For those interested in the lives of the victims There's an excellent 2019 (social history) non fiction book called "The Five" by Hallie Rubenhold that tells the story of each of the Ripper victims

@@politecat4236 Wouldn't really recommend the book, too many factual mistakes and strange theories, which is why it was also heavily criticized by other experts in this field. For example she claims the victims were not known as prostitutes, even though close friends/people living with them and even family members literally said they were prostitutes (which is all left out in the book). There are better books and ofc many websites if you want to read about the victims

@@MrFailTrailer :/

sex workers tend 2 be targeted as victims for violent crimes & they continue 2 be disrespected after theyve passed its so disgusting

@ᴡɪɴᴛᴇʀᴍᴜᴛᴇ _ Serial killers still exist... most often it's someone with a mental disorder distinct from other random killers.

@ᴡɪɴᴛᴇʀᴍᴜᴛᴇ _ There is a lot of suspicion that Jack the Ripper was somebody in a senior position/well-connected, also there was supposed to be a Masonic element to the killings (I don't know how true this is though.) He was certainly very bold in the way he carried out his crimes.

If I was the police back then I would have secretly posted 'watchers' on every street corner to try and catch the suspect.

Imagine being accused of something you didn’t do back in 1888 and not having an alibi.

"detective! we found a pool of the killers blood!" "ah.. gross. mop it up.. now, back to my hunch"

@Nik Kingman do you mean you support taking creative liberties for storytelling at the expense of respecting the dead or are you acknowledging that the way RU-vid works means that his style of storytelling is the reason his channel isn’t as large as others?

@@lukasnoecker9873 Different people like to hear a story in many different ways. The rustic story telling this YT uses is great with the music of choice and evidence he finds, but other people may find it a bit dull. I normally like each video that uncovers something someone may have left out or found to be too unimportant to include, the storytelling ability is a plus but not a must for me.

@@giftedfox4748 I respect that. Stories told like that tend to feel personal, as if you know a secret that most others don’t and you yourself are an important witness to what is happening. I myself prefer his style, where the viewer is simply learning about what happened and viewing the changes it made in society to provide for a safer life for everyone. It makes everything feel as if there is a story and a reason behind everything, and each video is explaining it by showing when we failed in the past.

I agree, or they are this new trend of make up channels discussing true crime while glamming up which I find distasteful

There are a very few excellent ones out there, and this is a gem even amongst those. I love That Chapter, The Crime Reel, Dark Curiosities, Forgotten Lives, and Obsolete Oddity. (..in case you needed more of them. 😁😁)

Yes, I was surprised he managed to tell the whole story without using that gory photograph of Mary Kelly in her bed, or any of the other particularly sickening details of what Jack did. Good on him for respecting the memories of those poor murdered women.

I agree Eric, these poor women had no choice but to turn to prostitution; when they had nothing else left to sell, they had only themselves.

There is a book called “the five” that actually ‘rehumanises’ the victims by detailing their lives before their infamy as a Jack the Ripper victim - very interesting and worth a read if it’s something you would be interested in

@@Raavenstag Also this book makes the point none of them were proved to be prostitutes except the last victim. They were just poor women who had fallen on hard times.

@@Raavenstag Thanks! I've never heard of that book before but I will look it up.

He didn't talk about the ripper because he knows nothing about him. Never caught.

For those interested in the lives of the victims There's an excellent 2019 (social history) non fiction book called "The Five" by Hallie Rubenhold that tells the story of each of the Ripper victims.

I did one of those too! My guide was very informative on victims too, although he did theorize jack as a person who fit in with the whitechapel crowd, or as a cheap dr say, instead of the more um...political royal theories

@@CrimsonAlice I do tend to agree with the more mundane or "boring" theories as generally they're more likely. My guide did point out that all of the women murdered had either stayed at/been kicked out of/visited a boardinghouse in White Chapel the day of their murders. I hadn't previously heard that tidbit before.

Its always refreshing to hear more about the victims. My biggest frustration with all the Ripper theory books and "documentaries" is, that instead of following provable facts to whereever they lead, theyve always already made up their minds, who the Ripper is, and then procede to ignore all known facts going against it, cherrypick what facts they can fit into their "unmasking the Ripper!" declaration, hypothesize the rest sometimes to the point of the ridiculous and present it all as facts. It honestly feels a lot like, this is just a cash cow for them, and the victims do not matter, only "proving" their suspect as the Ripper by any means. The only exception was a Swedish journalist, I unfortunately cant remember his name, who spent his spare time for over 25 years researching the Ripper and his victims, both the canonical 5 and the lesser known likelys and possibles. He had no preconceived notions, no suspect, he just followed the stories, dug out the facts, that could be proven and came to a highly likely suspect that way. I saw a documentary, where he met a retired Met DCI and went throught it all (including going to the crime scenes and investigating the lives of the victims) with him to test his conclusions, and I have to say, that is the most plausible theory, I have ever seen or read about, and the only 1 reached by correct investigatory means. Unfortunately after all these years it will remain a theory, as there is no longer any means for definite proof.

I think so too. The era favoured him and allowed him to go unnoticed.

I agree. The limits of crime investigation procedures at the time allowed him to get away with it.

agreed as well... With what we have today, I have little doubt in my mind this murderer would have been caught... But alas, that was not the case. May all victims rest in peace.

Obviously

It's horrible how 3 of U described the same situation in 3 different ways...clearly U haven't heard this story before otherwise U wouldn't be so stupid 🤦🏻‍♂️

He's great, check out Strange Land, Trace Evidence, Mr. Ballen, Criminally Listed, Deadbug( he is NOT for the faint of heart) 😁

LITERALLY all of those are GREAT! Just started Ballen...the rest in rotation.. But... This guy is lapping the field...thrice. Hate getting comparative...but if the ol lady listens to them in the car....well. The haunting backdrop mixed with the matter-of-fact delivery..... 🐐🐐🐐🐐

Welcome to the crew. 😁

::TPIR LOSING TUBA:: Not gonna festoon his work with criticism...just ask what's wrong with script reading...and how many subs your work holds down. You actually have a spot on take...for Ballen... Ope...just lapped them again.

His performance is sober, sincere, and articulate. It's shot up to one of my absolute favourite channels on RU-vid. He's an order of magnitude beyond any other documentary channels.

Maybe he killed himself afterwards like some killers and they never found his body.

'Jack the Ripper' was Aaron Kosminski, and the murders ended when he was put into full-time care, first by his family, then in a workhouse and finally in a mental asylum, where he would remain for the rest of his life.

@@vulpesinculta3238 source?

@@vulpesinculta3238 That is a *theory.* It has yet to be proven.

Modern technology took a lifetime to catch the original Nightstalker.

The greater good..

i understood that reference

a great big bushy beard!

I thought I recognized that from that great movie. I just thought I'd better wait and see if others picked it up as well, just in case I was mistaken, lol.

@@edvaca8419 "The greater good!"

Ooooh... I've never heard of this but I'm intrigued! I vote for this one too! :)

He may not see this but he does include his email in the description in every video to send horror stories like these for him to research on and make a video on.

@@giftedfox4748 Awesome--a Pro Tip! :) I always wonder that kind of stuff but never think to look it up. Never occurred to me to look in the dam 'description,' and I MAKE youtube videos! And when I upload them I always REALLY hope people read the descriptions so they know what the hell i'm doing. So me not checking the description first is preposterous... :)

Thank you for making that video possible 🙏🏾

I think he did make a video on it, so your comment was seen!

Yup, was scrolling through while playing this video in the background and now kinda want to puke. I can tolerate most gore, but that picture really is beyond gruesome. It's a wonder why it's not behind a prompt or something.

That’s the work of a surgeon not a butcher

Thank you, I will definitely avoid that

The more I'm reading the details about her condition, the more I'm convinced that the suspect was indeed a surgeon, or at least someone with adequate medical knowledge, especially with anatomy

@The Automaton Collective What could that guy have done that makes this guy looks like “nothing”? I’m genuinely curious

I imagine some higher class persons didn't half mind the murdering of "less desirable" persons in poverty. Any type of slowing down of the process would guarantee more deaths.

The simple truth is they just don't care. They don't think of victims as human beings, just some random dead prostitutes nobody cares about. And so they do it "for fun".

@@przemysawzanko6700 You are probably right. Still, it's messed up. Humanity can be so cruel sometimes.

Narcissists who want attention. There's many people like that out there

Even in the 19th century, fake news was already a problem...

You're not going back to normal mate

@@Metallislayer1 🌀👄🌀 gum gum 🥸

I've been on the Jack the Ripper walk and it creeped me out.🥺

I went on that walking tour and was expecting some horror spook tour thing. However it was very informative and really humanized the victims instead of just glossing over them for the sake of the mystery. It didn't glorify anything, it just told the facts. Thoroughly enjoyed that tour!

Back to normal yet?

Remember fake news rakes in money

Even if there is a factual story they embellish and alter it to their own ends, either to push the writers own ideological beliefs or just to appear to be more exclusive and "informative".

Joseph De lacroix Remember, people brainwashed to consider the entire free press “fake news” can be molded to believe anything. Authoritarianism 101.

@@StamfordBridge Likewise, someone who unquestioningly believes the free press, even when it's been demonstrated time and again to be dishonest as any politician or used car salesman, brainwashes himself. How convenient it is that the free press tends to publish stories that favor increasing the power of the central government at the expense of the free citizen. Entirely coincidental, I'm sure.

@@StamfordBridge lol so when video proof comes out proving that news sources such as CNN are corrupt to the bone and want nothing more than ratings while pushing political agendas and spreading lies, thats authoritarianism? You sound like the brainwashed one

Glass Pond always triggering my curiosity and anxiety

It would help if he had a new story

ikr me too

It's like of comforting in a way? For me. I always consider the theme music to Law and Order to be my childhood lullaby so this could do the same.

Hope you’ve seen the video he did 🧪🕰

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Really?

@@GeorgeFreeman55 Ok, should have clarified, the first channel that mentioned them that wasn't some drawn out multi hour ordeal.

No one else mentions them because the pathology of those two crimes only fits Saucy Jack if you twist it into a pretzel and squint sideways at it. Proximity doesn't count in that day and age because of the horrendous living conditions and sky high crime rate.

@@elsieroy5609 Emma Smith, I would agree. Martha Tabram though is a possibility.

Pon

No he was out there ......and boogeyman for Londoners ever since... ( even my mum who was born in 1935 was threatened with him if she didn't go to bed and be good 😇)

I truly believe police didn't want to catch Jack the ripper prostitutes were seen as menace to society by police I truly believe police didn't want them on the streets

Same here.

This channel and JCS Criminal Psychology always put out quality videos every time without fail.

Who’s the other four?😁 I’m looking for new channels. Since you like this channel, I’d imagine you have good taste

Me too

Because you should get a hearing test. He said stables. I get it, his enunciation is a bit less precise than one would like...

@@TymP321 calm down bro... i heard that too, but of course context clues helped me figure it out

🤣🤣🤣

@@TymP321 Yeesh, I didn’t mean any harm. I just misheard him and thought it was kind of funny. I have no problems understanding what he’s saying overall and I love this channel. I just misheard a single word and it made me laugh.

@@TymP321 🤡

Or the tragic Granville train disaster in Sydney, Australia in 1977, 83 perished in that one.

@Nik Kingman This channel is called "Fascinating Horror". The reason/details of WHY any of the tragedies that this channel has covered happened, is the interesting part that people watch it for. It doesn't matter where any of the covered tragedies have occurred.

@Nik Kingman Haha, you trying to sound all cool and everything and you just come off sounding like an idiot. "Literally no one lives in Australia." Haha. Perhaps you should read a dictionary instead of trying to come across as cool on RU-vid.

Australia isn't real

@Nik Kingman I hope I never live in ur building

"nice life" you're not getting any "nice life" anytime soon with the amount of poverty at the time. Most likely she'll grow up old but still wouldnt be enough to be considered living "normally". They were all poor people, all were forced to prostitution because of their situations. You're not gonna get a nice life out of that even after years.

I don't think anyone back then besides the rich/royalty had a 'nice' life

“Nice life” sure, soon she would have to go through World War I and maybe World War II.

@@reedman0780 I mean at least she’d have been alive

@@mollymcdade4031 alive? You mean barely living? She would have died anytime because of the situation at the time. She probably would have died at least not tortured. Because murders are in the open, she could have been raped and killed instead of outright dying.

Oh yeah!!!

he could live in a country where it is PM and he may just finished a days work.

Since his victims were impoverished women just trying to get by, it's difficult to imagine that a potential victim got the best of him. Serial killers are also usually experienced with killing by the end of their reign and are usually opportunistic, so they would've more likely to be stopped by making mistakes in covering up their crimes or passing away.

There’s literally a term police use called no human involved when a Jane dies. Fucking sickening and shameful

@@josephdelacroix9798 agreed 100%

What I always think of too is the people who survive attacks like these and can't seek help without outing themselves as "criminals" as well. Sex workers, undocumented immigrants, drug users, all living in a really frightening area outside of the promised protection of the law.

@@josephdelacroix9798 it's like they're saying, "oh they lived dangerously, it's just normal for them to die like that. And we're not going to waste resources to look into their deaths because it's their fault for mingling with dangerous people."

@Vincit OmniaVeritas dude what? There's literal facts and statistics on that

You don't often find historians saying the past was better or happier.

@@stevenschnepp576 well true, but i mean average people, they're always obsessed with two decades ago

@@bentramer682 There's a world of difference between the relatively rich middle class of two decades ago and the poverty stricken masses of London over a century ago.

Yes.there.is respect here.the sketches and photos with this documentary are great.very clear and easy to follow.i love the old newspapers.

H. H. Holmes.

Why government? This was still the era private charity. As mentioned in the video, following the publicity, charity was more abundant.

@@PrezVeto because as a government, it’s their job to protect the people they govern. it’s pathetic that public charity even had to step in. if the people in your nation have to resort to prostitution in order to keep themselves afloat, the government is at fault. especially in a well off country such as britain.

@@kaseys43 World history is not your strong point I take it

@@FP194 okay, instead of being mean why don’t you just respectfully tell me the part that you disagree with?

same. i wish there were more

@@bellakatherman1477 I agree! It can be hard to wait a week but it’s worth it!

The next time you post, please do not use words that you do not understand.

Jill The Ripper? Interesting 🤔

I always fancied the removal of organs would help with the surgeon theory.

That always seemed to make sense. It would have been hard for the murderer to slip away completely unnoticed. Someone normally in blood-stained work clothes might have been able to accomplish it.

Ya but but at that time of night it was dark out and the most streets didn’t have lights so even if you saw someone walking across the st or even next to you it would be pretty hard to notice blood all over their clothes unless their clothes were white or a lighter color!

@@brianallsopp69 yeah, right lol

He has a patreon page but there’s nothing on it at the moment which I think is why he isn’t making it known yet. He would be swamped with complaints! However, I am completely happy to help in any way to just be able to continue to watch his videos, so I joined up!

Jack the Ripper isn't horror, it's reality you spack

Highly likely I reckon. What better way to stay in the loop than to be in the loop yourself. Keep your enemies close and all that

Your text made me realize my initials are the same

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The 20s and 80s always seem to be cursed.

I have to push i have to struggle! EIGHTIES I'm living in the EIGHTIES!

@@karennewsome2736 I agree,l was on 3rd shift and always listened to coast to coast am and I think it was about 10 years ago,they had a guest on the show and his name was Jeff Mudgett,he claimed his great,great grandfather who's name was "Herman Webster Mudgett" was actually H.H.Holmes,he wrote a book called "BLOODSTAINS" from reading this book l agree with jeff because of the details Herman Mudgett gave in his diary about his murder victims,and his trip to London as well,it appears H.H.Holmes was able to escape his hanging after he was caught in the late 1800,s and moved his horror show to San Francisco,l haven't read anything else on H.H.Holmes other than that one book,so I'm not sure if this is the one you might be referring to.

@@karennewsome2736 wow,thanks Karen,l didn't know a documentary was made about him,l will definitely check it out👍

you were born a hundred years late mate. A detective as yourself would have caught Jack before he reached puberty

Yes, a lot of people believe him to have been H.H Holmes due him, allegedly, in West End at the time of the Ripper murders. I don’t doubt that, maybe, he could’ve traveled often to West End, even London, which is how he’d know the streets, but him being local doesn’t make sense as to why he’d stop so suddenly unless he died, and his murders were too brutal in my opinion to have been his first time. H.H Holmes was into medicine, which could indicate the nature of the killings.