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Dr. Jekyll+Mr. Hyde= Jack the Ripper
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At the time of the Jack the Ripper case, a theatrical version of Robert Lewis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde had just begun starring Robert Mansfield
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde opened in London in early August of 1888. Two days later, a woman named Martha Tabram was murdered and is considered by many to be the Ripper's first victim.
The show ended on Sept. 29 and at 1 and 1:45 AM on Sept. 30 the "double event" occured with the murder of both Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes, part of the Ripper's "Canonical Five" victims.
Some believed Mansfield's performance of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to be so believable, they actually accused him of being the Ripper himself.
Hyde was Jekyll's alter, evil personality as Ripper is the evil murderer personality of a supposed normal man.
Jack the Ripper was thought to be a doctor because of the precise incisions he made on his victims including the removal of a kidney from the front instead of the side
Was Mr. Hyde the inspiration behind Jack the Ripper??
Jack the Ripper was a serial murderer of multiple prostitutes in the East End of London in 1888.
He is most often associated with the murder of five women: Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly, all occuring between August 31 and November 9, 1888.
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde explored what Freud would call the double or doppelganger: an individual with two or more contrasting personalities.
- Jack the Ripper was supposedly a normal, working man by day and a serial prostitute murderer by night.
How did Richard Mansfield's stage production of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde impact the Jack the Ripper case?
A little Freud
Richard Mansfield: Possible Ripper?
Similarities?
Similarities between Jekyll/Hyde and Ripper
Who was Jack the Ripper?
There are more than a dozen other women he is suspected of killing