This week, Jamie and Sofia talk about the 2001 adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel, From Hell. Join us for a discussion of Jack the Ripper, Alan Moore's famous hatred of filmed adaptations of his work, living conditions in Whitechapel, pea soup fogs, and more!

Sources:

Movie Production Background:

From Hell, IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120681/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Tor.com, The Great Alan Moore Re-read

Living Conditions in Whitechapel:

BBC America, "Whitechapel". 

Virtually London: Whitechapel

National Geographic, "Who Was Jack the Ripper?"

Charles Booth, Poverty Map

Charles Booth's Notebooks

Pea Soup Fogs:

Peter Thorsheim, "Interpreting the London Fog Disaster of 1952," in Smoke and Mirrors: The Politics and Culture of Air Pollution, ed. E. Melanie DuPuis (New York: NYU Press, 2004)

Christine L. Corton, London Fog: The Biography (Harvard University Press, 2017)

The Guardian, "Sixty Years Since the Great Smog of London, In Pictures."