Does A Haunting Victorian Painting Reveal The Identity Of Jack The Ripper? | After Dark Classics

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Part 3/4. By looking at the men accused of being Jack the Ripper, we uncover dark truths about Victorian society - and our own. Why were these men, most of them almost certainly innocent, singled out as monsters? Today Anthony Delaney tells Maddy Pelling about how the celebrated artist Walter Sickert became a leading suspect for many. His art is unsettling, gruesome even, but does that make him a murderer? 00:00 A Coded Confession in a Painting? 04:08 Who Was The Artist Walter Sickert? 11:15 The Legend of Jack the Ripper's Bedroom 16:43 Why Sickert Became a Prime Suspect 23:25 The Infamous "From Hell" Letter 29:55 A Theatrical Hoax or a Killer's Taunt? 34:53 The Controversial DNA Evidence 42:18 Final Verdict: Was Sickert Jack the Ripper? Written by Anthony Delaney. Edited by Tomos Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick and Charlotte Long. After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal is a History Hit podcast. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. All music from Epidemic Sounds. #HistoryHitPodcast #AfterDark #Victorian