Who else had Dolph Lundgren on their 2024 Ripperature bingo card? In this episode, we look at the 2000 film Jill Rips and its portrayal of Jill the Ripper. We talk about perhaps one of the more unlikable protagonists, Matt, and his relationship with a BDSM female serial killer. Buckle up! 

Sources can be found at https://graciebain.com/episode-three/.

Audio Credits:

Film Clips: Jill the Ripper. Directed by Anthony Hickox. Sony Pictures, 2000.

Theme music: 

Victor_Natas, "Foggy Passage" (https://freesound.org/s/664158/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Victorian bell

JohnsonBrandEditing, “Ding Ding small bell” (https://freesound.org/s/173932/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Transition instrumental

Nicholas The Octopus Camarena, “To Her” (https://freesound.org/s/681394/), This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

Dramatic music

Sami_Hiltunen, “Dramatic theme.wav” (https://freesound.org/s/593475/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Hi, everyone! Just to update everyone, I won't be publishing any more episodes until I graduate this semester. Don't worry! I am continuing to record and edit the rest of the season. See you soon!

Theme music: 

Victor_Natas, "Foggy Passage" (https://freesound.org/s/664158/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

In the second episode of this season, Gracie introduces one of the more popular theories of the Whitechapel Murderer’s identity, Jill the Ripper. After briefly establishing the historical context for this theory, we talk about Victorian gender ideology and what a female serial killer means for a mythology like the Whitechapel Murders using a dime novel from 1889 called “The Whitechapel Murders; Or, An American Detective in London.”

Voice Actors and Interviewees: Ross Schmidt, Michael Blair, Jeremy Figgins, Michele LaCrue, Dana Blair

Sources can be found at http://graciebain.com/episode-two/

Audio credits:

Theme music: 

Victor_Natas, "Foggy Passage" (https://freesound.org/s/664158/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Victorian bell

JohnsonBrandEditing, “Ding Ding small bell” (https://freesound.org/s/173932/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Creepy music

Arcane_77, “Intro ou background musical.mp3” (https://freesound.org/s/642503/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Typewriter

Fellwell5, “Long Sound Typewriter” (https://freesound.org/s/170547/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Transition instrumental

Nicholas The Octopus Camarena, “To Her” (https://freesound.org/s/681394/), This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

Background music

Josefpres, “Piano loops 073 octave down long loop 120 bpm.wav” (https://freesound.org/s/681948/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Romantic music

EKVelika, “Chonology of love” (https://freesound.org/s/553821/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Suspense music

Tyops, “Thriller Suspense Theme,” (https://freesound.org/s/435600/), This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

Street sound

Guynoland, “Horses Pavement Then Cobblestone.m4a,” (https://freesound.org/s/549882/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Welcome to Ripperature: Building the Myth! In this episode, Gracie introduces Jack the Ripper as a culture-text, briefly explains the five women canonically characterized as victims of Jack the Ripper, and places you within the theoretical and gender contexts of the season. Special thanks to: Michel Lacrue, Olivia Cash, Nicole Patrao!

Sources can be found at http://graciebain.com/episode-one/

Audio Credits:

Victor_Natas, "Foggy Passage" (https://freesound.org/s/664158/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

JohnsonBrandEditing, “Ding Ding small bell” (https://freesound.org/s/173932/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Nicholas The Octopus Camarena, “To Her” (https://freesound.org/s/681394/), This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

Oymaldonado, “movie score classical music loop part 1.wav” (https://freesound.org/s/252798/), This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

Awrmacd, “Orchestral Suspense Loop 1” (https://freesound.org/s/387223/). This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Trollarch2, “Keyboard Typing” (https://freesound.org/s/331656/). This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

What do you think of when you hear "Jack the Ripper"? In 1888, five women, Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Kelly, were murdered and mutilated in London’s East End. Though scholars debate the validity of this claim, contemporary Victorian newspapers reported the women as sex workers, and that characterization continues today. The Whitechapel Murder narrative is inseparable from sexual violence against women. Jack the Ripper is one of the most famous unsolved mysteries in the Western world and is continually referenced in fiction like “The Whitechapel Murders; Or, An American Detective in London” (1889), television shows like Ripper Street (2012-2016), and other media forms.

Ripperature: Building the Myth explores fictional adaptations of Jack the Ripper, or Ripperature. Jack the Ripper, a fictitious moniker for an unknown killer, has been credited as the first modern serial killer and, as such, has lasting impacts on true crime discourse, including the ways gender, labor, and violence intersect. Join me as I attempt to answer the questions: Why do we keep fictionalizing these gruesome crimes? Why are we still obsessed with these crimes? What does our obsession tell us about ourselves?

For more info, go to my website: https://graciebain.com/

Special thanks to:

Nicole Patrao

Olivia Cash

Ross Schmidt

Theme song credit:

Victor_Natas, "Foggy Passage" (https://freesound.org/s/664158/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Film clip from

Doctor Jekyll and Sister Hyde. Directed by Roy Ward Baker, Hammer Film Productions, 1971.