Rippercast- The Jack the Ripper Podcast

[Mike Covell]

Godley must be picking his nose in the background.

JM

Just noticed the chap in the background, I was more interested in Hugo's mutton chops, and how much he looks like Billy Bob Thornton.

[George Hutchinson]

That and the fact he is about to flash.

PHILIP

[Mike Covell]

That and the fact he is about to flash.

PHILIP

"Come here Del Toro, Wanna see some puppies"

[jmenges]

Podcast canceled this week

Hi all,

Due to a death in the family, the podcast had to be canceled this weekend.

I'll be back next weekend with a show surveying Ripper documentaries.

Thanks for listening,

JM

[chrisjd]

My sincere condolences, Jonathan!

C

[jmenges]

Episode 23 online now

Hi all,

Episode #23

Watching the Detectives: A Survey of Ripper Documentaries

Is online now.

Thanks go out to Philip Hutchinson and Mike Covell, both being last minute participants in this show.

Due to the fact that I actually had a guest and co-host for this episode, the intended audio bits from the various shows were discarded. I had enough trouble getting my Mac to work as it was.

Nevertheless, I believe it turned out to be a great episode and I hope you all enjoy!

Thanks for listening,

JM

PS- The podcast, in case you do not know, is available via the iTunes Music Store's Podcast section keyword Jack the Ripper, or on our site streaming or by free subscription at www.rippernet.com

[Bailey]

Hey Jonathan

Just FYI, and not sure what you can do about it, a few of the earlier episodes seem to have fallen off the server and can't be accessed thru iTunes anymore. I noticed this when I was checking if the new one was up and in my podcast list several of them had little exclamation mark icons saying they couldn't be found. I reset my subscription to get them all back and about 5-6 of the early ones are just plain AWOL.

Cheers,
B.

[jmenges]

Hi Bailey,

Thanks (and thanks for the other thing also)

I know. I've got to reupload them to the site as I believe they were lost on during the moblieme fiasco.

For those just tuning in, the episodes currently missing from the RSS feed are:

2- Capturing the Victims with RJM

3- Final Cut w/ Justin Dombrowski

4- Sour Grapes w/ Dan Norder

5- The Barrister of Bright Talent w/ Andy Spallek

7- Tour Guide From Hell w/ Philip Hutchinson

9- Is the Solution at Hand? w/ Stan Russo

I'll try to get them reupped tomorrow.

In the meantime, feel free to access the sites public folder for those missing episodes...

http://idisk.mac.com/rippernet-Public?view=web

Open the Rippercast episodes folder and click the down arrow for those you wish to receive.

That access point will be updated momentarily with the few most recent, since I know some of you depend on the public folder to get the episodes.

Thanks again Bailey, I'll be in touch.

JM

[Jeff Leahy]

Just listened to the TV documentary episode. Which I must say is one of the best podcasts so far. And for obvious reasons held my attention:

Just some quick observations:

Re: The Farson program. As far as I'm aware Farson met Lady Abber Conway while interviewing her about her 'CATS' in an unrelated earlier program.

I understand that copies of Farsons 'Jack the Ripper' program were made, as it was distributed abroad. If anyone is reading from Australia or Ripperroo, then that could be the best chance of digging up a copy.( I heard somewhere it has interveiws with relatives of Martha Tabram but I'm not certain if this is true?)

Re: Barlow and Watts. I may have this wrong as I was quite young at the time, But I believe Barlow and Watts characters started in the BBC series 'Dixon of Dock green' and then later 'Z cars'. They were later given their own spin off series called Softly Softly. And the Barlow and Watts 'Jack the Ripper' was a spin off from that program.

RE: Vic Reeves..He narrowed it down to Tumbelty.

RE: Atlantic 'The First Serial Killer'. The main premise of the program was to try and extract DND from a Shawl that most experts believe to be fake.

RE: Maybrick. I was curious what happened to Tom Bakers documentary on Maybrick? Must have been early 90's?

Anyway thanks for this podcast guys..its given me loads of ideas on documentaries I have not seen and should now track down.

I'm still keen to get involved in a live broadcast from the Ripper sites..Richard was trying to find out if we could get Broadband connections in the areas. Given some recent questions and confussion could be one for Rob and Philip?

Many thanks again. Keep up excellent work.

Jeff

[Sam Flynn]

Re: Barlow and Watts. I may have this wrong as I was quite young at the time, But I believe Barlow and Watts characters started in the BBC series 'Dixon of Dock green' and then later 'Z cars'. They were later given their own spin off series called Softly Softly. And the Barlow and Watts 'Jack the Ripper' was a spin off from that program.

I don't think B&W appeared in Dixon of Dock Green, Jeff, although I stand to be corrected. You're certainly right about Z-Cars (that's definitely "ZED-Cars", by the way, for all our friends in the States ), which has to have featured one of the best theme tunes in the history of television.

All together now: "A-rum-tum-tum, triddle-um-tum-tum, triddle-um-tum-diddle-iddle-um-tum-tum... Dah dah daaah, da-dah dah dah daah, dah-dah-daaah, da-dah dah daah..."

[Mike Covell]

Broadband schmoardband!!

Skype has the ability to be twinned with your mibile phone, so you could go to a ripper site and have Jonathon call you! Not sure of the cost though!

Reeves picked Tumblety!! Thanks, that was really bugging me!

[Jeff Leahy]

Broadband schmoardband!!

Skype has the ability to be twinned with your mibile phone, so you could go to a ripper site and have Jonathon call you! Not sure of the cost though!

Reeves picked Tumblety!! Thanks, that was really bugging me!

I just thought if we could find a near by Internet Cafe that might make things easier..and of course while our men are at murder sights it would be rather useful if we could also see what they are talking about..however I have no idea whether webcams are possible or would even work..

Or could the podcast be linked to video content on Utube in some way?

Another idea that may work, is that I film the guys on site..you make the podcast..I import podcast to FCP..paste picture over the top..however sinking V/O would be difficult..I could add photos however.

You've got to admit if there on sight doing a sought of virtual Ripper tour it would be great to see whats happening and what they are saying?...

all best mike

[Mike Covell]

We could just film a documentary, have Jonathon do the voice over in his velvet tones, and post it on youtube, with a link to the Rippercast website!

[Bailey]

RE: Maybrick. I was curious what happened to Tom Bakers documentary on Maybrick? Must have been early 90's?

Jeff

Did they miss this one? (Haven't listened yet as I'm still on the one before). I saw that alone late one night, somewhat intoxicated on something herbal from memory, and it completely gave me the willies! Since I'd heard very little on the diary at that stage, and certainly heard nothing against it, I was fairly convinced at the time, and the bloke who did the diary voiceovers did a wonderfully creepy reading.

I've watched it several times since, including very recently, and it's a good watch - very entertaining, and of course featuring several notable Ripperologists. It was here that I first encountered the larger than life personality of Martin Fido, pack of Marlboros in his pocket, saying things like "Oh dear, oh dear, it's not good enough!"

Cheers,
B.

[Jeff Leahy]

We could just film a documentary, have Jonathon do the voice over in his velvet tones, and post it on youtube, with a link to the Rippercast website!

Yep, it could be done that way. However, I do rather enjoy the live feel of the podcasts and the spontanious comments etc. It would be a shame to lose the 'podcast' feel.

Which is why I thought webcams at the sites.

Perhaps i'm just being over adventurous..I'm happy to film a mini doc with a link if that is the preffered route. Its Rippercasts call.

We have access to Three cameras..(DV CAM)

jeff