Best Ripper Documentary?

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  • ken
    Cadet
    • Aug 2008
    • 37

    #1

    Best Ripper Documentary?

    Having collected pretty much all the Ripper documentaries released and bootleg'd over the years, i'd like to know which is considered the best and why?
  • thegaff
    Suspended
    • Mar 2009
    • 22

    #2
    "The Secret Identity of Jack The Ripper" (1988) presented by Peter Ustinov if only for its open-court approach. Although its execution isn't brilliant and the conclusions are questionable. I seem to remember certain evidence given as fact when it shouldn't have been and certain other key things were completely overlooked.

    "Unmasking the Ripper" by Richard Jones seems to get a good review although I haven't had chance to see it.

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    • WARSPITE
      Detective
      • Apr 2008
      • 117

      #3
      Timewatch:Shadow Of The Ripper, hosted by Prof Frayling,from the late 1980s still thrills me now,when I watch it on an old vhs tape. Havent seen that many since,but some of them obsessed with suspects I find a little stale.
      Anyone any recommendations?

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      • ken
        Cadet
        • Aug 2008
        • 37

        #4
        agreed, anything Frayling puts together is always well made, such as his 'Birth of Horror' series some years ago. 'Unmasking the Ripper' I think is good, tho i am never too keen on talking heads in an historic documentary, everyone gets a bit too over excited I find

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