JACK THE RIPPER : WALK IN HIS FOOTSTEPS (DVD)

DVD. A film based on the acclaimed Discovery Walks experience. Autumn 1888 and a disturbing series of events in London's East End lit a fire that threatened to pull apart the fabric of Victorian England and would send shock waves throughout the civilised world. Take the walk of the East End with leading Ripper expert and broadcaster Richard Jones, to discover a Whitechapel as yet unseen and unknown. Discover the murder sites, visit the places where this unsolved mystery unfolded almost 130 years ago. This is an intriguingly different documentary film that focuses on the 1888 East End of London and examines the social and political background to the Whitechapel atrocities in the context of an ever changing London. Dramatic reconstructions add to the weight of this compelling narrative. As night sets in and the long shadows fall, we delve into the crooked, cobbled alleyways of Whitechapel to follow the Ripper's bloodstained trail of terror. Step by step you are spirited back to that spine chilling era of swirling fogs and gaslit terror to join Police Inspector Frederick George Abberline as he and his men hunt the Ripper through the warren of crumbling back streets. Dare you learn the secret of the true identity of Jack the Ripper? Based on Official Police Files and the findings of the Metropolitan Police Museum who in 1988 opened for the first time the official Whitechapel Murder Files. Also endorsed by the two leading and highest ranking officers on the case. Running time 60 minutes, Region 2, PAL. F. in DVD plastic case.