Episode 2

Episode 2

Available on Prime Video, BBC Select
S1 E2: The ‘Jack the Stripper’ murders generated lurid tabloid headlines during the killer’s rampage. Eight women slain in 14 months by the worst serial killer to strike in the UK since his namesake Jack the Ripper. All the women were stripped naked with the perpetrator taking disturbing trophies from his victims. At the time, the story gripped a nation paralyzed by fear. Why is it now largely forgotten?