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Jack the Ripper is a 1988 two-part television film/miniseries portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888. The series coincided with

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  • Episode 1
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    Episode 1

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/11/1988

    In the early hours of Friday morning, August 31st 1888 a penniless prostitute was slaughtered on a London Street. Her name was Mary Ann Nichols. With the death of this one woman began a reign of terror so horrifying that the world remembers it still.

    Director: David Wickes

    Writer: David Wickes, Derek Marlowe

  • Episode 2
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    Episode 2

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/18/1988

    In the autumn of 1888 London's huge metropolis was gripped by fear. On the teeming streets of Whitechapel women were being torn to pieces by a killer who vanished in the shadows time after time. So terrible was the savagery, that the world remembers it still.

    Director: David Wickes

    Writer: David Wickes, Derek Marlowe