Finally! Let’s talk about the victims!
What a fascinating podcast! This is such deep and thorough insight into the women sadly memorialized in history by “Jack the Ripper.” We have always known everything about the killer, but all we know about the women are their names and the work they may have found themselves in to survive the poverty at this time. We have seen the gruesome pictures, but have never thought to learn more about those struggling in period of history. Charles Dickens wrote so much about the working class in England and the podcast almost feels like an extension of that scenery. We finally get to know the women’s personal lives and they are made into human beings, worthy for us to know so much more about them than only their senseless murders. It is such an intriguing approach, a very necessary one, given that we have been so enthralled by the killer and never once seemed to ask who the women were. Did they have families? Had they come from wealth but lost money? Did they have children? Could they sing? Excellent history, research, and narration.
Coffee and a Book Chick via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 12/15/22
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This is such a refreshing podcast about the woman and their stories. I’ve learned so much already. Appreciate this and the fresh perspective.
Tash6565 via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 10/19/21
This is such an incredible podcast and so concerning with the victim blaming that still continues today. We have so much to learn as a society and individually from this podcast.
Burrowbee via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 10/13/21
I loved the book this podcast is based on. Written by the host, The Five takes the canonical victims and turns them into real people, not just the cardboard cutouts of popular myth. We’ll never know who the Whitechapel Murderer was but we can learn who his victims truly were. That’s the least we...Read full review »
Tala64 via Apple Podcasts · New Zealand · 10/12/21
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