Rippercast- Your Podcast on the Jack the Ripper murders
316 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★ - 105 ratingsListen in as Jonathan Menges, joined by 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 for 'Jack the Ripper'
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Whitechapel Society 1888 presents Sue Parry: The Trial of the Detectives or The Turf Fraud Scandal of 1877
February 10, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 96 MBRippercast is pleased to present the February 2024 guest speaker at the Whitechapel Society: <p> Sue Parry: The Trial of the Detectives or The Turf Fraud Scandal of 1877 <p> This is a Video Slideshow Presentation <p> www.whitechapelsociety.com
Who Is He? What Is He? Where Is He? A Suspectology Roundtable
February 03, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBJonathan 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
December 30, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBWe are pleased to bring to you the December 2023 guest speaker presentation from the Whitechapel Society: <p> Myth, Monster, Murderer <p> By Jackie Anderson and Ciara Wild
From Adler to Amberly: The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
December 29, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 75.7 MBKarl welcomes writer, broadcaster and film producer Neil Atkinson back to the show to discuss the next story in the Conan Doyle canon: <p> The Adventure of the Six Napoleons <p>
2023 East End Conference: Jonathan Tye-Edward Buckley: Thief, Bully, Ripper?
December 04, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 76.3 MBWe are pleased to bring to you the speaker presentations from the 2023 East End Conference. <p> Jonathan Tye: Edward Buckley-Thief, Bully, Ripper? <p> This is a VIDEO PODCAST.
2023 East End Conference: Mark Ripper: Fin de Siècle Invasion Literature and Jack the Ripper
November 22, 2023 07:00 - 41 minutes - 48.1 MBWe are pleased to bring to you the speaker presentations from the 2023 East End Conference. <p> 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?
November 21, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 58.6 MBWe are pleased to bring to you the speaker presentations from the 2023 East End Conference. <p> Sarah Bax Horton- One Armed Jack: Was Hyam Hyams Jack the Ripper?
2023 East End Conference: Susan Parry: Sergeant Bryant's Scrapbook
November 19, 2023 07:00 - 43 minutes - 49.9 MBSpeaker Presentations from the 2023 East End Conference <p> Susan Parry: Sergeant Bryant's Scrapbook
2023 East End Conference: An Audience with Donald Rumbelow
November 18, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBWe 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. <p> An Audience with Donald Rumbelow <p> 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
November 18, 2023 07:00 - 56 minutes - 64.5 MBBringing you the Speaker Presentations from the 2023 East End Conference <p> Sarah Wise <p> Streets Coloured Black and Blue: Charles Booth's Notebooks and the Revelation of East End Poverty
Edward Buckley: The Whitechapel Fiend
November 01, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBEdward Buckley: The Whitechapel Fiend <p> A roundtable discussion about an extremely violent criminal lunatic residing in the East End of London before, during and after the Autumn of Terror. <p> With Jurriaan Maessen, Jonathan Tye, Suzie Huntington and Tom Wescott. <p> Hosted by Jonathan Menges and Ally Ryder
From Adler to Amberly: The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
October 31, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 31.9 MBKarl and Jon welcome Tanja Huvila to the show to discuss the next story in the Sherlock Holmes canon: <p> The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton <p> @adlerto
Whitechapel Society presents Paradise by way of Kensal Green with Trevor Spinage
September 09, 2023 07:00 - 49 minutes - 97.5 MBWe are pleased to bring to you the August 2023 guest speaker from the Whitechapel Society: <p> Trevor Spinage-Paradise by way of Kensal Green <p> 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. <p> www.whitechapelsociety.com
Dr. Francis Tumblety and the Railway Ripper with Michael Hawley
August 27, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBRippercast welcomes author Michael Hawley back to the show to discuss his new book Dr. Francis Tumblety and the Railway Ripper. <p> Hosted by Jonathan Menges <p> https://www.sunburypress.com/products/dr-francis-tumblety-the-railway-ripper?variant=41131635638365
Röttgers & Schröder: Jack the Ripper:Die Whitechapel-Morde 1888 Eine Chronologie
July 29, 2023 07:00 - 33 minutes - 19.3 MBRippercast 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. <p> Hosted by Jonathan Menges and Jurriaan Maessen <p> 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
July 21, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBKarl Coppack welcomes Catherine Cook back to the show to discuss the next story in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes Canon <p> The Adventure of Black Peter <p> @adlerto
From Adler to Amberly Special Episode: Watson-The Final Problem
July 04, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 17 MBIn 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. <p> Karl is relatively normal in his hero's presence. <p> Relatively.
Whitechapel Society presents The Dark Side of East London with David Charnick
July 02, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBWe are pleased to bring to you the June 2023 guest speaker talk from the Whitechapel Society <p> David Charnick: The Dark Side of East London <p> Mr Charnick is a tour guide and author whose book The Dark Side of East London is available now through Pen and Sword <p> www.whitechapelsociety.com
From Adler to Amberly: The Adventure of the Priory School
May 07, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 81.7 MBKarl 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: <p> The Adventure of the Priory School <p> https://www.doingsofdoyle.com <p> @adlerto
Whitechapel Society presents A Brief Walk Through Time: Leavesden Asylum with Martin Brooks
March 05, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 129 MBWe are pleased to bring to you the February 2023 guest speaker at the Whitechapel Society: <p> Martin Brooks: A Brief Walk Through Time- The Story of the Leavesden Asylum 1870-1995 <p> http://www.leavesdenhospital.org/ <p> www.whitechapelsociety.com <p> This is a video podcast slide show presentation.
From Adler to Amberly: The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
March 03, 2023 07:00 - 57 minutes - 66.1 MBKarl 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: <p> The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist <p> @adlerto
Whitechapel Society presents Scandal at Dolphin Square with Daniel Smith
February 25, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBWe are pleased to bring to you the December 2022 guest speaker at the Whitechapel Society: <p> Daniel Smith- Scandal at Dolphin Square <p> This is a video podcast presentation. <p> www.whitechapelsociety.com
Off the Shelf: Season 1 Epilogue
December 31, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 24.3 MBJoin 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
December 30, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBKarl welcomes back Paul Edwards to discuss the next story in the Conan Doyle canon: <p> The Adventure of the Dancing Men <p> @adlerto
Off The Shelf: The Midnight Assassin
November 27, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 40.5 MBJoin 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
October 29, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes - 63.9 MBWe are pleased to bring to you the guest speaker from the October 2022 meeting of the Whitechapel Society <p> W. Sydney Robinson <p> The Scandalous Life and Times of W.T. Stead <p>
Off The Shelf: Hell's Half Acre by Susan Jonusas
October 21, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 71.2 MBJoin 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.
From Adler to Amberley: The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
October 21, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBKarl and Jon welcome Dan Smith to the show to discuss the next story in the Conan Doyle Canon: <p> The Adventure of the Norwood Builder <p> Dan Smith is the author of numerous books including The Ardlamont Mystery, The Peer and the Gangster and most recently Scandal at Dolphin Square <p> @DanSmith_Writer <p> @adlerto
Jurriaan Maessen -Finding Mary Kelly-From Prototype To Holotype
October 10, 2022 07:00 - 49 minutes - 545 MBFrom the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference <p> 8 October 2022 <p> Jurriaan Maessen -Finding Mary Kelly- From Prototype To Holotype
Madeleine Keane ‘A Harlot’s Progress: Intersectional Feminism and the Whitechapel Victims’
October 10, 2022 07:00 - 30 minutes - 432 MBFrom the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference <p> 8 October 2022 <p> Madeleine Keane - A Harlot’s Progress: Intersectional Feminism and the Whitechapel Victims
Jo Mungovin ‘Peppermint Billy: William Brown & the Tollgate Murders of 1856’
October 10, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes - 518 MBFrom the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference <p> 9 October 2022 <p> Jo Mungovin- Peppermint Billy- William Brown & the Tollgate Murders of 1856
Gracie Bain ‘Ripperature: Crossing Gender and Genre’
October 10, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes - 329 MBFrom the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference <p> 8 October 2022 <p> Gracie Bain -Ripperature- Crossing Gender and Genre
Interview with Chris Jones-The Maybrick Murder and the Diary of Jack the Ripper
October 10, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 2.5 GBFrom the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference <p> 8 October 2022 <p> 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.
Steven Blomer -Missing reports and reluctant witnesses
October 10, 2022 07:00 - 43 minutes - 313 MBFrom the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference <p> 9 October 2022 <p> Steven Blomer -Missing reports and reluctant witnesses
Dr. Billy Rough ‘The Art of Murder: The Strange Case of Walter Sickert & Jack the Ripper’
October 10, 2022 07:00 - 40 minutes - 615 MBFrom the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference <p> 9 October 2022 <p> Dr. Billy Rough-The Art of Murder- The Strange Case of Walter Sickert & Jack the Ripper
Dr. Amy Sturgis -Whitechapel What Ifs- Evolving Perspectives on the Autumn of Terror in Science Fiction
October 10, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes - 547 MBFrom the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference <p> 9 October 2022 <p> Dr. Amy Sturgis -Whitechapel What Ifs- Evolving Perspectives on the Autumn of Terror in Science Fiction
Philipp Rottgers 'Jack Der Aufschlitzer-A German Perception of the Ripper Murders from 1888 to Today
October 10, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes - 351 MBFrom the 2022 Casebook: Jack the Ripper Conference <p> 9 October 2022 <p> Philipp Rottgers-Jack Der Aufschlitzer-A German Perception of the Ripper Murders from 1888 to Today
Adam Wood-Two Trials 1887 and 1889 from The Maybrick Murder and Diary of Jack the Ripper Book Launch Event
September 28, 2022 07:00 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBThe third and final talk we will be releasing from The Maybrick Murder and the Diary of Jack the Ripper Book Launch event. <p> Adam Wood: Two Trials-1887 and 1889
Chris Jones: The Diary of Jack the Ripper from The Maybrick Murder and Diary of Jack the Ripper Book Launch Event
September 27, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBThis 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.
Chris Jones: The Maybrick Murder from The Maybrick Murder and the Diary of Jack the Ripper Book Launch Event
September 27, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MBThis 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.
Whitechapel Society 1888 presents John Walker: Whitechapel's Children's Workhouse
August 13, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBWe are pleased to bring to you the August 2022 meeting of the Whitechapel Society and their guest speaker John Walker. <p> Whitechapel's Children's Workhouse <p> 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. <p> http://www.e7-nowandthen.org <p> www.whitechapelsociety.com
From Adler to Amberley: The Final Problem & The Empty House-The Great Hiatus SPECIAL
July 24, 2022 07:00 - 2 hours - 380 MBKarl 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 <p> The Final Problem and The Empty House <p> This is a VIDEO podcast of the LIVE special event double episode which took place on 16 July 2022 <p> @adlerto
From Adler to Amberley: The Adventure of the Naval Treaty
July 23, 2022 07:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBKarl and Jon welcome author and screenwriter Bonnie MacBird back to the show to discuss the next story in the Conan Doyle canon <p> The Adventure of the Naval Treaty <p> https://macbird.com <p> @adlerto
Off The Shelf: The Poisoner's Handbook
June 28, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 53 MBJoin 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
June 18, 2022 07:00 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MBRippercast 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
June 13, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 27.9 MBOh, Dear Boss <p> Druitt's on a Sticky Wicket <p> with Steve Blomer, Mark Ripper, Ally Ryder and Jonathan Menges
Whitechapel Society 1888 presents Peter Stone: The History of the Port of London
June 09, 2022 07:00 - 58 minutes - 54 MBWe 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 <p> https://www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk <p> www.whitechapelsociety.com
2022 East End Conference: Steve Blomer- A Question of Time ENHANCED version
June 09, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 59.5 MBThis is the ENHANCED version of Steve's talk with the addition of the slideshow. <p> 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 Whi...
2022 East End Conference: Suzanne Huntington- Unravelling the Torso Cases: A Gordian Knot
June 05, 2022 07:00 - 53 minutes - 80 MBSuzanne Huntington is the author of the forthcoming book; ‘The Thames Torso Murders. Fact or Fiction?’ due later this year by Mango Books. She most recently presented a talk on Charles Hebbert for the 2021 Casebook Jack the Ripper Online Conference and her talk for this years East End Conference is entitled Unravelling the Torso Cases: A Gordian Knot
2022 East End Conference: Frogg Moody- The Life and Times of Detective Sergeant William Thick
June 05, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBFrogg Moody has had a decades long involvement in Ripperology in all of the most well known organizations and events. Frogg was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire. In 2004 he formed Timezone Productions to research and record social history and historical events through publishing, guided walks, theatre, lectures and exhibitions. He is the organiser of the annual Salisbury History Festival now in its fifth year. Frogg’s talk in entitled The Life and Times of Detective Sergeant William Thick.