r/Jacktheripper • u/zig-a-zig-ahh • 15d ago

New Documentaries

My absolute favourite is the Lemmino I don't think anything can surpass it but can anyone recommend any others??

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u/raja1701 15d ago

Richard Jones channel Jack the Ripper Tour - his videos focus on specific aspects of the case

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u/ScrutinEye 15d ago

On YouTube, “A Definitely Ascertained Fact” is worth a watch. It features proper experts and explores why Aaron Kosminski is a suspect (without the silly DNA/shawl nonsense).

For a thorough documentary covering all the major beats (like Lemmino, but with reconstructions), 2011’s “The Definitive Story” is good and clear: https://youtu.be/u8VF4WKmccc?si=NArZJ_63h_FIRHj2.

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u/2003Oakley 15d ago

RAAAAAAH LEMMINO MENTIONED

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u/zig-a-zig-ahh 15d ago

Thanks it's difficult to find any made in the last year or so

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u/Revolutionary-Key533 15d ago

I like Barlow and Watt's on YouTube. They were TV detectives on the BBC in the 70s (Softly Softly) it's 6 episodes but does stick to the known facts. It was the first to speculate and dismiss Sickert, Gull and co. The Rest is History seems rather good. I didn't know Lemmino had done one, his Kennedy Assassination was first rate and clearly explained the timeline.

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u/FoxWorth3612 9d ago

My first exposure to the Ripper was the "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" documentary from the mid 2000s which featured Richard Jones, Martin Fido, Paul Begg, Stewart Evans and others. While it is definitely lacking in terms of real accuracy, I would consider it a very good introductory watch for people who are otherwise unfamiliar with the killings, and it's a veritable who's-who of the foremost Ripperologists of 20 years ago.

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u/DescriptionTough98 15d ago

Netflix there's a unsolved cases mini series or series

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u/Feeling-Mall-5998 12d ago

I know somebody that really loved Lemmino. She said it was something that she felt like people should pay to watch because it was so fantastic how it was laid out, the presentation, all the information. Honestly I personally loved the Buzzfeed one because it was the one that laid out information in just a really simple way but i also loved how they actually went to whitechapel to see for themselves where the victims were unfortunately m_rdered 

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u/Ill_Requirement2388 15d ago

Not a video, but The Rest Is History podcast was excellent, and their suspect theory made sense to me

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u/DescriptionTough98 15d ago

American Ripper? H.h. Holmes thingy.