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S1 E15: The Madness of Jacob Levy
Season 1 · Episode 15

S1 E15: The Madness of Jacob Levy

Bad Women: The Blackout Ripper

December 28, 202138m 49s

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Show Notes

Families of Ripper victims often suppressed the memories of their murdered loved ones - fearing the stigma of being related to supposed "prostitutes". And descendants of men accused of being the infamous killer have also had to endure seeing their ancestors' reputations sullied.

We hear from a living relatives of Annie Chapman... and of Jacob Levy, a Whitechapel butcher whose appalling struggle with mental illness has caused unsympathetic observers to conclude that he was Jack the Ripper.

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