🎧 Jack the Ripper's Victims with Hallie Rubenhold
Victorian • 22m
Why is the impression we have of Jack the Ripper's victims misleading? Hallie Rubenhold explains to Dan that the common conception of his victims as young sex-workers is mostly wrong, and discusses the actual sources we have about the lives of his victims. Discover more history interviews and documentaries at History Hit TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Peter Curry
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