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    S03E05 - Jack the Ripper

    enJune 15, 2021
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    About this Episode

    Jeb and Blake crawl through the cobbled streets of 1978 television to find out what was going on when IN SEARCH OF went looking for Jack the Ripper. 

    A lot of this episode is about "The Royal Conspiracy" - the idea that Prince Albert Victor (aka "Prince Eddy") was secretly Jack the Ripper.  

    This was largely derived from a book called Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution, an ironic title since it turned out to be neither final nor the solution.  This was written by Stephen Knight, who appears in the episode. Shortly after this he will develop brain cancer and pass away.

    Stephen Knight

    The story also involves Prince Albert Victor's surgeon, Dr. William Gull

    We discuss the "modern plague" of Gin in London at the time. (That link is to the Pub Map.)

    Alert listener Dr. David Cockcroft sent us a link to the 1886 London Poverty Maps of Charles Booth. It's a treasure trove of information contemporary to the time of this case (and the upcoming Sherlock Holmes episode as well).

    Nimoy Fashion Alert!

    Leonard Nimoy in book lined study

    Did you notice that big book lying flat behind Nimoy's head? That's a book about Vincent Van Gogh. We'll hear more about him in Season 4. 

    Vincent Van Gogh book in Leonard Nimoy's Library

    In our bonus episode about pop-culture of JTR we talked about a weird 6-part BBC crime series which pitted two fictional modern TV police detectives against the case.  Wendy Sturgess was one of the writers. 

    Wendy Sturgess

    We discuss some of the appalling poverty of the area of London where the murders took place. This included discussion of Jack London's book about London. "The People of the Abyss" - that was the name of a work by American fiction writer Jack London.  It's available online.

    A young Donald Rumbalow makes an appearance. 

    Donald Rumbalo

    We briefly discuss the "wizard money" of England at the time. 

    The Police News vintage paper is shown several times in the episode. You can search these old papers on the British Newspaper Archive!

    I elected not to do dramatic readings of the JTR letters, but some of the most famous ones you can read about here:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Boss_letter

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saucy_Jacky_postcard

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Hell_letter

    Dr. J. M. Cameron - chief pathologist of home office (1930 - 2003) makes an appearance.

    Dr. J. M. Cameron

    We're not done with the "foggy streets of London" either because we'll be looking into the real identity of Sherlock Holmes in just a few episodes, with return guest Dr. Kenny Feder.

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    The ISO team take us back to Colonial Virginia to investigate the cold-case of the lost colony of Roanoke. Jeb and Blake learn about armadas, plays, and rock diaries.

    Beach Action Nimoy Fashion Alert!

    The Money Shot...

     

     

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    The famous "Dare Stones" preserved with all the decor and pomp appropriate their historical significance:

     

     

    Links for this episode:

    History Channel's reboot of ISO covered this.

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    Book by David Stick on topic

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    Henri Bource - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Bource

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    NFA - Nimoy on the beach

    Sharks are famous for their teeth - and Nimoy's have improved since season one as well.

    Nimoy just walking on the beach manages to attract a diver's audience.

    Diving pioneer and explorer, Hugh Edwards.

    Hugh Edwards

     

    Ray Keys at Sea World has lots of great shark information.

    Ray Keys

     

    And don't forget researcher Dr. William Gladstone! (You can find him on twitter at @DrBillGladstone)

    Prof William Gladstone

     

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    Jeb, Blake and Alex French go in research of The Amityville Horror!

    Typewriters 101 site

    History vs Hollywood: Amityville

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    The Calamityville Horror

    The Dictionnaire Infernal

    Nimoy gives us the calm and rational look in the midst of so much weirdness!

    So many faceless re-enactors in this one!

     

    Horror writer Jay Anson and his trusty typewriter!

     

    And this episode is quite notable for giving us a look at Father Mancuso from the book. Aka Father Ralph Pecoraro. Aka Father Delaney.  Aka "Jimmy the Shadow" .

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    The two versions of Jodie the Pig:

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    S04E02 - Carlos, The Most Wanted Man in the World

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    This episode gets an Explicit tag because of language.

     

    Nimoy Fashion Alert:

     

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    Raid on Entebbe (Wiki)

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    Friendship University, Russia (Wiki)

    News story about how Carlos got his name

    Nydia Toban (Obit) 

    Carlos's Lawyer/"wife" 

    S04E01 - Tidal Waves

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    Nimoy Fashion - Henley Shirt (we assume he's wearing pants below the cut?)

    To me, it looked like an AARP-style drug ad.

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    NOAA monitoring lab

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    Steven Froehlich

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