Loose Canon: Jack the Ripper

[@klhx]

I love how all the Jack The Ripper spin offs are basically Creepypasta fiction with substantial budgets.

[@lettersandnumbersuc]

Wtf is this??

[@eliasmg9144]

And then there's jojo

[@ireallyneedtherapy1126]

@@eliasmg9144 *“And then Jack the Ripper came out of the horse.”*

[@rodrigonoffs1369]

@@eliasmg9144 and fate

[@Gloomdrake]

@@rodrigonoffs1369 Corrin met Jack the Ripper?

[@Sawrattan]

The idea of the other murders being copycats is somehow creepier than if it was all the same guy.

[@MsSarahJosephine]

I'd say that the immortalizing of Jack the Ripper in the first place also has a lot to do with the fact that it was around time that newspapers in Britain REALLY started sensationalizing news and Jack the Ripper was the perfect story, as pointed out, taking it up to a whole new level. There was also the growing popular craze of "armchair detectives" as popularized by Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, with many people feeling they could help with solving the murder by just intellect and said news, writing numerous letters to the investigators, leading to all sorts of people being accused and questioned, including one famous actor who was seen as suspicious because at the time of the murders he was doing a very convincing and chilling sell-out performance of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

[@TheaterRaven]

+MsSarahJosephine "including one famous actor who was seen as suspicious because at the time of the murders he was doing a very convincing and chilling sell-out performance of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde." Okay, if THAT hasn't been made into a movie or play yet, it needs to be. I'd watch the hell out of that.

[@catia_carrascoso]

@@TheaterRaven Hell yeah.

[@jestekine5892]

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[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

@@TheaterRaven It hasn't far as I'm aware sadly. Hell of a tale. The audience freaked out and said this poor actor is the killer.

[@jeonghansupremacist]

so victorian version of people who listen to true crime podcasts

[@lloroshastar6347]

Re-watching this just reminds me how much I miss loose canon. I know Lindsay really didn't want to go back to doing the Nostalgia Chick but I really hope she works on this show again.

[@emmathestonedspider8676]

"ominous shots of feet in the dark" Quentin Tarantino: * likes and subscribes *

[@michaelreppenhagen736]

Don't say his name. It makes him pop up and start screaming the n word.

[@blueberrysk1es]

feet AND women being brutalised? it’s his dream!

[@nifralo2752]

@@blueberrysk1es and 70s stuff

[@user-jy2sj4ed4i]

Love when you are reading a comment and the video is saying it out load as you read it

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

I immediately thought the same thing! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Kaefer1973]

What we need is a Bollywood adaption in which the first 2.5 hours are about the first victim, who wants to quit prostitution since she found her real love. Of course there's a lot of dancing.

[@sleepingsleepsleep]

Don't forget the doppelganger that will inevitably tie up plot holes in ways only doppelgangers in Bollywood can

[@sandorenckell5259]

There should also be a bunch of seemingly supernatural things happening throughout which will be given a logical explanation explanation in the last 5 minutes of the film by the handsome detective

[@meekmeads]

They have to run around a tree of course.

[@Tareltonlives]

I would totally watch that

[@sonder122]

bad art t

[@Miyanoai14]

Then there's the Black Butler version, where Jack the Ripper was a female doctor who couldn't give birth and was jealous of her victims who were prostitutes who came in for abortions. (actually there's a lot of versions in anime)

[@Miyanoai14]

@Nivada Stars when did I say anything about Doctor Who?

[@Miyanoai14]

Ah I see now. lol Sorry about that.

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

Miyanoai14 Like in JoJo where he was a zombie that came out of a horse.

[@vicimgd]

came here to say the same thing

[@_gremlinboy]

My little trans ass really loved grell so much (at 8 yrs old I didn't even know that part of history yet) but they really did her so dirty with her characterization and stereotyping.

[@TOFKAS01]

So you can sum it up with: There was NEVER a good movie about Jack the Ripper.....

[@LindsayEllisVids]

I think FROM HELL is about as good as it gets tbh

[@joecollas9942]

Chez Lindsay i love from hell

[@PaperbackWizard]

The Michael Caine TV-movie was pretty good. It messed up a lot of the historical stuff, which wouldn't have been a problem if they hadn't made such a big deal about how "accurate" they were.

[@helengordon-smith5753]

Idk, I mostly watched this to see if you'd mention A Study in Terror - my mum & I came across one evening and it's just so phenomenal. 'HOLMES!' yells Watson, as they walk into a n aircraft hanger-sized bar, 'WHY HAVE YOU BROUGHT ME TO THIS *LOW* *EASTEND* *PUB*?!' Say it louder Watson I think there's an old deaf guy in the back who doesn't want to beat you to a pulp yet :D Meanwhile the entertainment is everyone yelling along to knees up mother brown, and Barbara Windsor plays a re-lent-less-ly chipper 'tart wiv an 'art'. It's amazing!

[@gregorymelissinos6109]

the lodger is a pretty solid movie actually but the killer is only inspired by jack the ripper

[@jordanforbes149]

My fav thing about From Hell is when Alan Moore was asked if he actually believed the conspiracy theory and his response was basically: “absolutely not but isn’t it a great story?”

[@davidlewis5312]

fair enough

[@esean1]

That’s the appeal of conspiracies: Great stories. The more boring the story, the greater the likelihood that it may be true.

[@wjhull]

I know I'm late to the party, but it's worth mentioning that you missed Sanctuary, a fantasy/sci-fi show that featured Jack the Ripper as an immortal teleporting proto-vampire who was driven mad by his powers and (spoiler alert) reforms and becomes a quasi-protagonist. Yeah, it's a weird show... I believe produced by the Canadian Space Network (which means it likely aired on SyFy in the US), and featured a boatload of cast members from the Stargate series. I realize likely nobody's going to read this, but... y'know... immortal teleporting proto-vampre.

[@RogueBoyScout]

I'm actually curious about this show...

[@RafikiTikiTavi]

I came to this video specifically looking for this reference and im glad you commented xD I couldnt remember the name of that show to rewatch it

[@sparkyceasar8859]

Oh I LOVED that reveal, I can't help but come up with similar story ideas

[@mirandawilson8849]

I loved the show I was gonna leave a similar comment . I preferred tesla but that doesn't mean much his character Was walking fanfare

[@VeryDryBones]

Lindsey said on Twitter that people who said "you forgot so and so" is the exact reason she stopped doing loose cannon. So thank you for being part of the problem

[@mcolville]

I love how, in Time After Time, H.G. Wells THE WRITER is also someone who invented Time Travel. Which is certainly a thing writers can do. And they don't, like, *change* Well's backstory in the movie! He is explicitly a writer and reporter in the film!

[@sixoffcenter80]

Seems like she's not doing the series anyone but a Loose Canon on HG Wells would be pretty interesting.

[@eclairz9275]

Oh hey Matt, did not expect to see you here. Small world!

[@Moonbeam143]

What if Jack the Ripper was just a bunch of angry hamsters dressed up as a person? And they killed because their owners didn't give them an wheel to run around in?

[@Oliviagarry69420]

Moonbeam that kinda sounds cute in a really messed up way

[@Moonbeam143]

Olivia Garry Thanks! :P

[@Tareltonlives]

I want that to be a thing

[@myrest3334]

Moonbeam I had three hamsters, and this theory seems legit.

[@mik9799]

An wheel?

[@sigh824]

Lmao The Star Trek one was hilarious. It just looked like a particularly angry old man about to be taken to a home "I'll kill all of yooouuu" Ok, dad, time to go

[@JosephDavies]

Worse when you realize that "angry old man" is Piglet.

[@sigh824]

Joseph Davies omg

[@mathieuleader8601]

also the Cheshire Cat and the Stork from Dumbo

[@joluoto]

60s Star Trek is hillarious.

[@PaperbackWizard]

Thing is, that episode was doing pretty well up to that point. They had a murder mystery, three women killed, and the "villain" was an energy being that fed on fear. Tying it to Jack the Ripper was probably going a little too far.

[@corasprojects6942]

The sad thing is most of the victims weren't actually prostitutes, just homeless women in the wrong place at the wrong time. They were mislabled because of prejudice. There's a podcast called 'Bad Women: The Ripper Retold" were historian Hallie Rubenhold talks about the women's actual lives. She's done a lot of research on them and it's truly fascinating.

[@damiannagel963]

I was really expecting that one of the Jack the Ripper vs Sherlock stories ended up with Watson being the culprit

[@Flowtail]

Don't be silly, Watson wasn't part of the freemasons

[@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195]

now THAT would be cool

[@TheDesertMarmot]

There's a book version where it turns out Sherlock is the Ripper and Watson kills him because he can't stand to see him arrested and shamed. I don't remember the name though.

[@16shogunelitegreen]

@@TheDesertMarmot I think it's "The Last Sherlock Holmes Story" by Michael Dibdin

[@grkpektis]

I'm surprised Doctor Who has never fought Jack the Ripper except in one comic

[@mrdoctorgilmore]

Talons of weng chiang, technically, I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned, In the time travel/alien sections

[@ObsdnBlck]

grkpektis Madame Vastra did eat him. That was the closest the Doctor got to dealing with the Ripper.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

grkpektis Kinda funny that Trek has many nods to Jack the ripper (Ricardo Montalban, Malcom McDowell, David Warner {twice}, and a TOS episode)

[@PureNightfall]

It is a kid's show, so a prostitute throat cutter might be a bit much (even for Doctor Who).

[@LeonheartDelta]

Almost, Madame Vastra found him. And ate him.

[@phantomrachie]

One of the reasons why I like From Hell, is the fact that the treat Jack the Rippers victims as people. Most films depicting him either try to make this sympathetic, by explaining why it wasn't his fault, or focus os much on him that the women are just a side note.

[@rafaeljasso5995]

The comic was better.

[@randombrokeperson]

Yeah "From Hell" was a good film. Everyone involved did a great job. And Johnny Depp said he was interested in the case during his teens and such so I bet the film was a bit of a passion project.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

@baileysmithful I'll give Alan Moore this, he had no patience for glorification or sensationalizing the murders. Good on him.

[@sigh824]

"The illuminati doesn't exist" ...Sounds like something someone in the illuminati would say

[@frankquilo9633]

The Illuminati did exist, they were founded by Adam Weishaupt because he thought the Rosenkreuzer (like the Illuminati an offspring of the Freemasons) had some kind of conspiracy plan running and wanted to stop them. The whole thing did not last that long. It just seemed to be an other trend in the Freemason movement like all the conartist traveling all around Europe with their high rank mason systems.

[@lordzeeroh8491]

In other words organization's dead and it's now just a stupid meme.

[@MrBallofa]

that was the joke

[@antoniolukovic3112]

The Illuminati is real! Quick spread the word before they catch m

[@antoniolukovic3112]

PLEASE IGNORE MY PREVIOUS POST. I WAS JOKING. ON COMPLETELY UNRELATED TOPIC, HOW DO I DELETE A COMMENT?

[@detectivelizard9532]

So you're telling me there's a version of Jack The Ripper that is a knife that possesses people and the person who it possessed defeated the knife by giving it syphilis?

[@MrMeltJr]

I didn't watch Sleepy Hollow, but I think it was a reference to an old remedy for syphilis from the 20s and 30s. Doctors would infect the patient with malaria, which would cause a fever intense enough to kill the syphilis. Malaria was, at the time anyway, a lot less likely to kill you than syphilis, and it was easier to treat it's symptoms. So like... maybe they were trying to say the knife was tied to syphilis and malaria fucked with it? I dunno.

[@Inlelendri]

Last year I took a course at uni called "London: Society and Popular Culture: c. 1800-2000" where we had to write a 10-12 page essay at the end. Our teacher told us that we could choose Jack the Ripper if we really, really wanted to but that we ought to keep in mind that he loathed the whole thing. All the while he says this, there's this strained smile on his face, as though he's barely keeping the contempt and anger in place. It was glorious :)

[@Youmama187]

but you missed the best crazy jack the ripper theory of him being the Loch Ness Monster.

[@Youmama187]

Yep I love that movie

[@richkeffner674]

All he ever wanted was that three fitty man.

[@Youmama187]

3 otters and one dirty beaver ;)

[@imissimeem]

And he was really just trying to get about $3.50

[@jasoncase9481]

cory fitzgerald Never heard that 1 and the laughable 1 of the graphic novel From Hell is so damn laughable.

[@Fargoth_Ur]

You should have totally included the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure version of him. He's just minding his business, committing the White Chapel Murders, when he's accosted by a burnt up vampire, who turns him into one of his zombie-vampire minions. Jack the Ripper then goes after the protagonists, decapitates the driver and horses of their buggy, hides in one of the horse's necks, and then bursts out, attacking the main characters by shooting his knives out of his arms. The mentor figure of the group fends Jack off by attacking him with razor-sharp discs made out of wine, and then sends his apprentice off to finish him off, under the condition that he do so while holding a goblet of wine without spilling a drop. Said apprentice eventually destroys the Ripper by using sunlight kung-fu that simultaneously melts and explodes him. All while keeping the wine perfectly balanced within the glass. The whole thing makes way more sense in context.

[@TooFatTooFurious]

I think she focuses mostly on western dipictions. Japanese media is it's own can of worms

[@Fargoth_Ur]

I figured, but I just wanted to put the good word out.

[@Felik18]

Or Soul Eater version where he's just a random moster-psycho guy who gets killed in chapter 1.

[@lordzeeroh8491]

How much crack did they snort to make that?!

[@DoomsdayOdd]

the best part is this entire nonsense plot line with jack the ripper is like... 17 minutes long.

[@GioTheVax]

Ted Cruz was Jack the Ripper

[@q345ify]

@Liz he's both

[@colbaltmind5696]

No he’s every single serial killer because he’s an Illuminati time traveller

[@szz6624]

@@colbaltmind5696 And he is his own dad, who by the way killed JFK.

[@fduranthesee]

Buttigieg is Jack the Ripper

[@MrStGeorgeIllawarra]

I don't know. Jack The Ripper was pretty successful at what he did.

[@fierybookworm]

I now have a burning desire for Loose Canon: Sherlock Holmes

[@ashoka9306]

Thank god this video was made before Fate/Apocrypha gave us the wonderful batshit interpretation of jack the ripper being the souls of london's dead beggar children coalescing into the boy of a psychotic loli in a thong

[@AndrewTurpel8LivesVideos]

@@washada Freemason conspiracy: She knew, and she rushed to make this video as fast as possible knowing the anime was going to come out.

[@Psy_Ro]

Well There is fate strange fake where jack the ripper appears as well as a berserker but in this version, they are the theories behind jack the ripper taken form. So they can multiply, shapeshift and even turn into demons. Also the novel makes fun of the previous jack desing

[@3Rayfire]

That is batshit.

[@itsumyu]

...I had to check this one because I don't know much about the Fate series outside of the Fate/Stay Night anime. I shouldn't be surprised but huh I sure am.

[@lazaronen1786]

God damn it japan why.

[@ManonRhale]

Loose canon for Romeo + Juliet? Please please?

[@benjaminwilliams8030]

oooooo, that would be really good!

[@yt-sh]

plague on both yer houses edit: jk, I bet 1968 version is better than anyother

[@wisprising7025]

way too many comments asking "what about the anime and video games" seems clear this is live-action focused.

[@RaygirlROL]

Wisp Rising - it would have been a good thing to make that clear if that's the case (which I doubt it was as she mentioned the animated Celebrity Death Match and the Sherlock Vs Ripper games). In her other loose cannon videos she included a mixture or animated and live action versions. She also missed out the PC game Ripper, which was a live action full motion video production which made a point of the Ripper's identity being the whole mystery of the game.

[@TheThoerlChannel]

Other loose Canons have gladly taken in representations from Disney (and I think even some Anime one time), though. So it is reasonable to assume that she always considers them.

[@wisprising7025]

TheThoerlChannel this, of course, referred to this individual video.

[@MegaKaitouKID1412]

Considering that the video is 22 minutes long with mostly movies and a handful of live-action television examples, I feel like including everything would be just ridiculous to ask. That's a lot of media.

[@wisprising7025]

MegaKaitouKID1412 exactly

[@lizwoods1844]

....okay I'm that person. Vorgon is Star Trek, Vorlon is Babylon 5. And Vogon is Hitchhiker's Guide. I guess they're great alien-ey syllables.

[@toxoplasmagondi]

those people were either basing that name off of the same source or just lacking in creativity noah fence

[@bryandacote8109]

yeah I was thinking "isn't Vorgons from Star Trek?"

[@Blartyboy]

There was also a 1975 doctor who story that had a species called “Vogans”

[@tessarobins2451]

Has there been a Sherlock Holmes Loose Canon yet? So many adaptations (one of the most oft-interpreted fictional characters in literary history if I’m not mistaken), it would make a for a pretty dense episode.

[@timbeaton5045]

Good idea!

[@chocolate-pyrus8916]

I think, Lindsay, that you should do a loose canon or a mini-canon on Dorian Gray. You could discuss the different interpretations of his character, and how his sins are portrayed by time period, and the controversy it caused when the novel was first written.

[@bernebelmont1857]

17:42 We live in a society - Jack the Joker the Ripper

[@ItsTheFizz]

Jack The Ripper's made some WEIRD appearances in video games... Some of the more notable examples: -Ripper is a 1996 FMV point-n-click mystery (most remembered for its use of Christopher Walken and Blue Osyter Cult) that takes Jack The Ripper to the world of cyberpunk as a copycat killer is using virtual reality to murder people... Yes, really... -Duke Nukem: Zero Hour is the second instance of gaming's favorite chauvinist doing time travel, with a quarter of game taking place in Victorian London, with of course a sub-boss battle against Jack, with Duke proclaiming "Who better to rip a new one?" -World Heroes 2's interpretation of Jack The Ripper is one that needs to be seen to believed (Imagine if Freddy Krueger got really into the 70's punk scene). -Shadow Man, a third-person shooter based off a comic focused around voodoo, opens with Jack being recruited by the game's main villain and being one of the game's final bosses. -The Order 1886 identifies Lord William Hastings as the true identity of Jack The Ripper... ...and that he's also a vampire.

[@mutantfreak48]

He also showed up in his very own DLC for Assassin's Creed Syndicate. I think he's supposed to be an ex-assassin or an ex-student assassin or something, and you even get to play as him in some parts.

[@Mike-kb5sl]

I think I'm gonna steal the cyberpunk one

[@fictionfan0]

There was also a hidden-object adventure game, Mystery Case Files: Jack the Ripper, that was... okay, I guess. It involved a lot of psychic/astrological stuff, Jack wanting ultimate power, you got to play as a reporter who wrote the infamous "Dear Sir" letter, and Jack was, once again, William Gull.

[@Toshimi1043]

There was also Waxworks, where in one level you play as Jack's good twin brother who has to find and stop him without getting caught by police or mobs and mistaken for him.

[@WyattGr]

And Medievil 2 where he was, uh. I don't remember what exactly he was but it was some kind of monster and you time-traveled so he no longer killed Dan's love interest....

[@owenmacdonald7428]

Before I've even watched the video I know it's going to be great! I look forward to your content all the time and it's often amongst the best videos I'll watch in a week and stuff - and your recent run of videos (9/11, Hercules, Hillary Clinton etc) just go to show the quality and excellence they're made with. It might not mean a lot from one person, but just know the videos you have done are outstanding and make me happy, at least, and that I don't care how long it takes you to make them/wait time between videos - as the care and effort you put in make for a terrific final product. Now, to enjoy this Loose Canon. :)

[@greenyawgmoth]

I would absolutely watch a movie where Bilbo Baggins is actually the Jack the Ripper of the Shire.

[@Tareltonlives]

MAD BAGGINS

[@ellies.4781]

My favorite theory is that Jack the Ripper was a woman. I know it’s completely untrue, but it’s just fun to think that a woman was able to get away with it because they think that “A WoMaN CaNnOt mUrDeR”

[@jackgebhardt2932]

Or, even better, it was another prostitute trying to off the competition.

[@cherryspice1011]

Someone No One Knos sameee

[@5daboz]

typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Assassin_of_Black Here, woman Jack the Reaper. Anime has you covered. Same as AsianChick dude said.

[@Shadowlegendlover]

Well there was a woman who was arrested for murdered and called the female Jack the ripper. And honestly, a woman could have easily gotten away with it at the time. Midwives were very common back then and they would have the biological knowledge to inflict the wounds the victims had. They also would be able to freely walk around covered in blood, as that's generally what they dealt with in their day to day. There definitely is a case for it, but I guess we'll never know.

[@eowyn-faramir-reads]

Historians actually believe that Jack could be Jill.

[@teraphIl1000]

Great work, Lindsay! I had no idea there had been so many depictions of Jack the Ripper, I only knew the one from The Simpsons.

[@FarelForever]

....!!!!!!! Good Lord, I would love to imagine a pararell world where that Simpsons episode was the only depiction of Jack The Ripper in Movie/TV form, and would Lindsey would talk about that episode for 22 minutes! ...... which would be extra hard to do given how its a Halloween episode, so the segment isn't even 22 minutes long ! XD

[@lemonzest1492]

Philippe Parle Peu It was in one of the detective conan movies

[@adiahaalexander9359]

Gimme Themtoes Just outta curiosity, why do you want to see her feet? Based on your name I'm assuming you have a foot thing which is fine, to each their own. But what about her makes you want to see her feet? Or is it all feet? or maybe just woman's feet? I'm genuinely curious.

[@filmfangirls9163]

Philippe Parle Peu I remember when From Hell came out. That's what peeked my interest. The only other adaptation I've seen is the Detective Conan movie where they get to play a VR game that also had Sherlock vs Jack the Ripper.

[@wallacecrowmanproject9235]

+FarelForever actually there's a parody of from hell in the Simpson's tree house of horror comics.

[@OtakusRUs2]

It's a shame Lindsay doesn't dip into Japanese media or comics all that often, which give us Ripper depictions like those in the Fate series and, my personal favorite, Jack from the Luther Strode series.

[@dumblydorr_]

Have you ever considered doing a Loose Canon on the Christian God ? Morgan Freeman, Alannis Morrissette, the Supernatural version... it could be really fun.

[@sailoritaly]

Katherine Wild That actually might be a cool episode :)

[@thirteenfury]

Katherine Wild And George Burns!

[@lexalina132]

Katherine Wild oh my chuck, yeees

[@lloroshastar6347]

Don't forget Eddie Izzard's favourite version, James Mason.

[@pre-packaged_9692]

So sad to see the 'Evil Secret Trans-Woman' motif popping up as often as it still does.

[@BP-vc4em]

Actually, i bet at some point in the near future one will get made where the murdered sex workers are transwomen. By itself that’s not a bad thing because it calls attention to a real issue, but of course most proceeds would go to capitalism rather any women.

[@_gremlinboy]

Black butler has got you there as well 🙄

[@expressnumber]

Ayy now JK Rowling is doing it

[@josiaharaki7310]

There's also Gotham by Gaslight and Fate Apocrypha's depictions of Jack.

[@christopherbennett5858]

Not to mention Black Butler's Madame Red and Grelle Sutcliffe; two women who were accomplices taking out sex workers who had abortions.

[@reliomese2873]

Jack the ripper killed Poison Ivy :(

[@cayreet5992]

@@christopherbennett5858 Grelle is actually a guy. He's translated as woman in some countries because of his crush on Sebastian - no homo and all that.

[@christopherbennett5858]

@@cayreet5992 Apparently, the original author said that Grelle is supposed to be a trans woman but can't get much done since, you know, Victorian England is the setting.

[@cayreet5992]

@@christopherbennett5858 I know Grelle is male in the German version and some others, but have also seen them female in several. If Grelle is supposed to be a trans woman, they should normally be put down as female in all versions - especially as that removes the homoerotic parts. What I don't believe is that the setting is forbidding it. Grelle is not human, but a shinigami, and there's a lot of other stuff happening in this series which is not fitting with Victorian England as we know it (the one where the stuff from several seasons of the TV series didn't happen, for one thing).

[@PaperbackWizard]

"The Illuminati isn't real." Illuminati confirmed.

[@shala6541]

Weird loose canon of Jekyll and Hyde. Come on, you mentioned it in this.

[@jessicazeller8060]

shala6541 I want a full Loose Canon episode on Jekyll and Hyde.

[@gabyr.883]

@@jessicazeller8060 same

[@elschaefer3448]

One of my favorite Ripper-inspired appearances--on the show Primeval they travel back to the 1800s where "Spring-heeled Jack" is going off a-murderin'. The culprit turns out to be a time-displaced velociraptor. Time travel, y'all.

[@iliakatster]

And then Jack the ripper came out of a horse But seriously, I was dissapointed by the lack of JoJo ripper.

[@itsumyu]

I nearly forgot about zombie!Jack the ripper from JJBA

[@ruby3168]

woah! that was kinda weird! hearing you say “lake havasu city arizona” was weird considering that i live there occasionally!!!! and that ive been on that bridge!! i dont know but that was pretty neat!

[@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527]

Yay! I've been waiting for this one.

[@ChickenGeorgeClooney]

Best username/profile pic

[@themagicalrobotprisma2793]

Me too, although I wait for any video fro, Lindsay

[@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527]

Jackson DeStefano Thanks.

[@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527]

The Magical Robot Prisma Didn't expect to see you here friend.

[@themagicalrobotprisma2793]

The little red haired girl from across the street we haven't talked in a while

[@isabelr3467]

YAAASS! The opening is back! I feel like "They're trying to take away our England guns" is a phrase I need to use more in conversation

[@TheRcanmeananything]

70s horror films were not nice to women. Except Jamie Lee Curtis. She got to live.

[@heavycritic9554]

I have to say that I really like the version in Babylon 5. Not necessarily the alien abduction part, but how Sebastian ("Jack") is portrayed (Wayne Alexander is really menacing in that role, and he adds a creepy note of Sebastian not being completely convinced that he was wrong), as well as his punishment; finding the person/-s actually doing what Sebastian thought he was doing. Also, I like the fact that even after finding "An honest man, willing to die for all the wrong reasons", a version of the "third principle of sentient life" (a concept that permeates the show; "the capacity for self-sacrifice, the conscious ability to override evolution and self-preservation for a cause, a friend, a loved one"), he's still not sure that the Vorlons will let him die. His punishment may turn out to be without end.

[@RIP_Greedo]

From Hell (the book by Alan Moore) is exceptional and deserves comment here.

[@Stoffl-1]

i know, late to the party. But holy crap do I want to hug him and apologize for everything Hollywood did to his work.

[@tomchandler5907]

I think the kind of "evil spirit" portion on this could be down to a cross over with another 'thing' called Spring Heeled Jack who was basically just the demon creature who could jump amazingly high and terrorised people. I doubt it really existed but I think at times it has been amalgamated with Jack the Ripper.

[@tomchandler5907]

Olorin Elior sorry, what?

[@thirteenfury]

There's a very interesting steampunkish novel called "The Extraordinary Case of Spring-Heeled Jack" where Sir Richard Burton and Edward Swinburne attempt to solve the mystery of Spring-Heeled Jack. It turns out he was a time traveler that attempted to stop his ancestor from assassinating Queen Victoria but failed and got stuck in that era, slowly going insane and becoming physically deformed as his time travel suit breaks down. There's also Charles Darwin and Florence Nightingale, among others, as a syndicate of mad scientists.

[@blither4656]

Wait Springheeled jack is an actual thing? I thought the Skullduggery Pleasant books make him up as a stand-in for Jack the Ripper O_o

[@thirteenfury]

Blither 3607 Yeah, a few people allegedly saw him and were assaulted or at least frightened out of their wits. To this day no one knows who was responsible or if Spring-Heeled Jack was even human. The attacks happened over several decades but seem to have stopped in the early 20th century.

[@benzo12]

Thanks for all the years of content, I've been watching since way back in the nostalgia chick days and have always really enjoyed your content.

[@alihaddi4099]

Great episode as always. Speaking of criminals, I would be interested in a Loose Canon on the Mafia since I have been studying their history. Could be cool.

[@tomcrowell6697]

You named some obscure films I remembered from when I was a kid. Awesome! And celebrity death match was funny... Kinda weird to think about in 2020... But then anything done in claymation was often weird. 5 stars to you, Lindsay!

[@glitch84-]

i died at the italian- spanish "erotic" movie... we have SO MANY movies like that in italy. they are an actual sub-genre called Sexy Italian Comedy (commedia sexy all'italiana). Anyway, what about the WHITECHAPEL bbc series of 2009? The first season was about a copycat of jack the ripper and one of the characters (and the first suspect) was an expert on JTR, so much that he did history tours

[@yvyrose195]

I have no idea how outlandish these interpretations of Jack The Ripper became throughout the years. I would rather watch an interpretation of Jack The Ripper without the strange nonsense. Maybe with the victims' stories being heard and more focused.

[@gbonkers666]

but that doesn't sell books or newspapers...

[@msmsmsms8515]

Imagine if in 50 years we have a Twilight-esque book with a vampire Ted Bundy

[@yvyrose195]

@@msmsmsms8515 OH GOD

[@Daftotron]

What about Jack the Ripper from _Jojo's Bizarre Adventure_?

[@uchuuseijin]

Supertron The most important one

[@TheDeepPix3l]

I was *JUST* about to comment this! Weirdest Jack there ever was.

[@8bitdiedie]

- Uses a spiked mace to kill his victim's as opposed to an inconspicuous weapon - Swears eternal allegiance to a glamorous vampire with a God-complex the moment they meet. - Is turned into a zombie by said vampire. - Rips off horse's head, props it on top of headless human corpse and hides within the rest of the horse's flesh so he can claw his way out of it later - Has super strength. - Keeps dozens of mini-knives inside of his flesh which he can launch out at will. - Has this mostly impractical giant, scythe-like weapon with six blades that he handles effortlessly. - Has his body torn up by magical sunshine karate. 10/10, most accurate retelling.

[@governor_explosion]

I'm actually surprised that "vampire Jack The Ripper bursts out from inside a vampire horse" isn't his weirdest fictional depiction. Definitely up there, though. (I wish Araki had clarified whether or not Dio was actually doing the killing, or whether he made Jack do it, or what.)

[@uchuuseijin]

M. Wayne I think from the scene where they meet in the anime, it's at least implied that Dio recruited Jack AFTER the murders happened, having learned of him through them.

[@WoobooRidesAgain]

Incidentally, that Sherlock Holmes V.S Jack the Ripper video game? It's actually a marvelously researched and pretty respectful take on the whole Jack the Ripper thing. It may be a bit spoiler-y to state this, but it does not include any stupid conspiratorial nonsense, nor does it leap into the supernatural. It gives a reasonable explanation for the killings and grounds them and the entire investigation well within reality, not skimping on the gory details while also not slipping into overwrought sensationalism. While far from one of the best games ever made (it's a pretty typical point and click game with some odd puzzles but very neat investigative bits and it isn't the greatest graphically, but that's to be expected from a small studio), it is probably one of the best fictional depictions of the Ripper murders ever, while staying pretty true to Holmes' character and canon, too.

[@wastrel92]

My sister just sent me one of your videos and this is exactly the kind of stuff I nerd out on. Thank you!

[@misselizabethplays8070]

I am reminded of a brief cameo by the Ripper in Shanghai Knights, in which he attempts to corner a young Chinese woman. Unbeknownst to him, she is the sister of an Imperial guard, who taught her everything he learned about martial arts. Jack pulls a knife on her, but she immediately hands his ass to him and chucks him into a river, shouting in Chinese something that loosely translates to "Get lost, loser!" Hilariously, this is implied to be the reason his crime spree suddenly ended.

[@botanicaladric]

16:29 "Vorlon", not "Vorgon". Nice crossover between Babylon 5 and Hitchhiker's Guide, though.

[@MushVPeets]

Vorgons are actually from Star Trek: TNG.

[@rach_laze]

It's vogon in hitchhikers guide, vorgon makes it a star trek crossover

[@geraldgrenier8132]

Lindsay, did you just call the Vorlons Vogons? I hope you've not been reading Vogon poetry...

[@lloroshastar6347]

Gerald Grenier That's not half as bad as what Dr Spock said (you see what I did there)

[@myu2k2]

both like blowing up planets and killing people in a poetic way.

[@Alex_in_Wonderland111]

Gerald Grenier If she were she'd be dead. Don't forget. It's the third worst in the universe

[@Kartissa]

An Earth poet was the worst. Depending on which version of H2G2 it was Paul Neil Milne Johnson (radio version), or Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings (most other versions). The second worst was from the Azgoths of Kria. Especially their Poetmaster, Grunthos the Flatulent, who had his brain throttled by his own lower intestine, is a desperate bid to save his listeners. Vogon poetry is mild by comparison....

[@AnimeAmericaPodcast]

Theres actually an anime rendition in regards to possession. I doubt a lot of you heard of the Anime "Nobunagun" to which I don't blame you. Its mediocre at best, so don't worry about this one. Anyways, its a series about Government agents using specialized weapons to take down monsters. The weapons they use are infused with famous spirits from all across history. One of the main characters, name Adam Muirhead, wields a knife infused with the soul of Jack the Ripper. Its got good action and the animation gets ridiculously badass, but the story's just... meh. Feel free to check it out if you're curious. With that out of the way, this is another brilliant Loos Cannon. Love your work Lindsay :)

[@ANBUdoberman]

Aaaaand there's that time Japan personified Jack the ripper as a loli in the Fate franchise... What a time to be alive

[@Tareltonlives]

But of course

[@entewente]

I watched the one with Klaus Kinski as the Ripper. It was even more uncomfortable than most other Kinski movies.

[@adiahaalexander9359]

I've seen that Johnny Depp From Hell movie, I completely forgot it existed until you just showed clips. I remember really liking it, now I want to see it again to see if it's as good as I remember.

[@TheThoerlChannel]

I had the EXACT same reaction. The moment it showed Ian Holm I was like "holy crap, I have SEEN that movie years ago". Can't even remember whether I liked it or not.

[@catalinamelo9932]

TheThoerlChannel I had that same reaction too. If I can't remember that movie... I don't think that's a good symptom.

[@catalinamelo9932]

TheThoerlChannel I had that same reaction too. If I can't remember that movie... I don't think that's a good symptom.

[@silvertamagachi]

I'll pretend that I want to see it because I've heard it's really good and not because it was a movie from the era when Johnny Depp was insanely hot . . .

[@DoctorStrangelet]

The focus on the Ripper victims as characters and Mary Kelly's surviving was from Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's original From Hell. Oddly enough, so was the Elephant Man cameo. The thing with Abberline being an opium addicted psychic was definitely not. Moore deliberately deglamorized the whole Ripper story and the movie gothicked it up. The changes this adaptation made were the beginning of Moore's ongoing frustrations with Hollywood, along with the LOEG movie. That said, I'm surprised they kept as much of the comic as they did.

[@alakomachado9680]

One of my favorites entries to this weird loose canon is actually one from my owon country. A book called "Baker Street's Shango" (O Xangô de Baker Street), long story short: Sherlock Holmes comes to Brazil because D. Pedro II, one of the Emperors of Brazil, lost a violin and he's goona find out who was the theif. But suddenly women are getting killed and some violin strings are being found in the bodies. Blablabla, there's the whole thing about how Sherlock and Watson actually have to attend to a african-brazilian religious cult and somehow the deities help them solve the case... Or at least try, because Sherlock also couldnt crack the case. BTW, "Shango" is our God Of Justice, its a Nigerian God. It's a Comedy-Mistery book, and its actually pretty good and respectful with my religion... What this has to do with Jack The Ripper? Well, all of this heppens BEFORE the murders in England, and at the END of the book, there is one of the characters in the ship with Sherlock and Watson. The plot giive the reader ENOUGH information without being stupidly obvious that THAT GUY was the killer. The last page of the book is a English Newspaper's Headline about some terrible murders happening in London. I WAS SHOOK because, BELIEVE ME, YOU DO NOT SEE IT COMING you are just... welll maaaaaaaaaaaybe

[@Katharsis939]

I love the version, in which Jack the Ripper only targets men and bakes them into pies after killing them.

[@FuzzyPanda962]

I'm genuinely bummed that in this very thorough list Jojo's Bizzare Adventure was left out. It's a fun dumb reference in the magical category.

[@TonySpike]

So was the series Whitechapel, but if you haven't seen something I suppose you can't comment on it

[@odoridori]

japanese jack the rippers are a whole new can of worms

[@SeymourDisapproves]

I was a little surprised Black Butler didn't show up on this list either. Anime is wild.

[@mzmoon100]

@@SeymourDisapproves me too, especially now that I know it's not the only media with trans woman jack!

[@popaandreea7596]

I think she only chose American representations

[@LovecraftianToenail]

Fallen London's one of the most interesting pieces of fantasy fiction I've seen in the last few years...and it looks like Sleepy Hollow completely ripped it off with the whole "Jack's knife is actually the monster" thing. Jesus, that's not even a generic twist. There's no way someone on the writing team didn't play it. :/

[@LJmysticOwl]

I wonder why Jack the Ripper and not some other killer became popularly known as the first modern serial killer. Was his case the first to receive the kind of press coverage it did? A series of Russian detective novels - the Erast Fandorin series by Boris Akunin - used the Ripper as the villain of one of the books; in it, he's a Russian med student who committed his crimes in London while studying there then simply moved back home.

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen9809]

Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack The Ripper. Epic Rap Battles of History.

[@jonnysac77]

If only this was made just a year later so people could be exposed to little girl immortal Jack The Ripper from Fate/Aprocropha

[@TheWyrdSmythe]

Ha! I was wondering if you’d include _Wolf in the Fold_ but I’d completely forgotten that Bab5 episode. Excellent essay!

[@junehatter8479]

BILBO THE RIPPER! I'd like to see a mini-canon for Carmilla (I don't think there's enough material for a Loose Canon)

[@auroraborealass]

Yeah, Jack the Ripper is in a lot of things... the Japanese love him...

[@pinksquids4594]

do they? he (or lady red) always dies super fast

[@auroraborealass]

+Cronas BFF I see a lot of it in manga mostly... a lot of inspiration in gothic manga. Like Godchild.

[@SnitchSeeker]

Jack the Ripper is also a minor villian in Part 1 of Jojo's Bizarre Adventures.

[@lordzeeroh8491]

The Japanese apparently didn't read anything about him and just made it up.

[@TheYasmineFlower]

+Aislene Shewfelt He was also the subject of a whole Detective Conan (Case Closed) movie. It was strange... ish.

[@AngelichuXD]

You missed alot of jack the rippers in Anime.

[@adamcraig919]

The only reason I clicked on the video was to see if she mentioned Jack the Ripper's appearance in Jojo's. My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.

[@silkworm2595]

Raiden from Metal Gear

[@laraa739]

I was waiting for the Fate one because it's the weirdest even with all those other examples

[@acecosmonaut5559]

Black Butler's version of Jack the Ripper with Madam Red and Grell also.

[@MH-ql4nh]

@@acecosmonaut5559 I love this version! I was hoping Lindsay would have covered it...

[@PeterSchmuttermaier]

I used to play both Inspector Abberline AND Jack the Ripper in a comedy theatre adaptation of the story for some years. At first I misunderstood the story and thought that Abberline IS Jack the Ripper in the play - what an interesting new approach! Turned out it was not the case - they just couldn't afford another actor for the ripper and since he was wearing a mask in the play it didn't matter who played him. Anyway - twice the fun for me!

[@bradreid4490]

There was also an episode of Goodnight Sweetheart where Jack The Ripper escaped into Gary's shop planning to start terrorising the 90s London but doesn't get a chance cause he's run over by a bus, which only explains his sudden disappearance, but is still a bloody odd way of explaining the end of the notorious killer

[@MoonShadowWolfe]

YAY! She's working on the Rent video! I love that musical, and the movie. I've listened to/seen it more times than I can count, enough times to know that every bad thing everyone says about it, and all the flaws she will undoubtedly point out, are true. I KNOW that it's amateurish and vague, and the characters can be hard to sympathize with and they're full of directionless rage against the establishment and capitalism. But I love it anyway, I love it _for_ that; it's full of vitality and drama, and as dumb as I know it is, there's a part of me that feels exactly the same as they do. If I were broke and freezing, I really MIGHT be too stubborn to move back in with my parents. I can see being so disgusted with how society forces us to act against our morals that I couldn't bear to work for Buzzline (a yesteryear TMZ). And I can definitely understand the feeling that the future is looming over you, preparing to rip away everything and everyone you love, like an eviction notice, and there's nothing you can do but say to yourself 'There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last.'

[@TulilaSalome]

I hope you liked her take on Rent :S

[@katymoore4678]

I'm also really curious about what you thought about her video.

[@MoonShadowWolfe]

@@katymoore4678 I left a short-essay-length comment on it if you're really curious; it's in the reply thread of my initial comment.

[@CorrinWyndryder]

Thank you for including Babylon 5. It's definitely one of my favorite plot twists in a very well written series. But you pronounced Vorlons "Vorgons" for some reason, which threw me off a bit.

[@vexaris1890]

Probably because Star Trek's Vorgons and Adams' Vogons.

[@caittscott]

The Muzak just ties the whole damn thing together. Greatness in a tiny bite-sized KZbin package.

[@NussyBeth]

Girl I love and respect you SO MUCH. you are so fricking smart, but never sound like a knowitall or smug. Watching your videos feels like listening to my favourite teacher back in high school and i thank you for that. Your videos help me both learn and have fun. Also, you are so pretty :3 Thanks for everything and keep up the great content!

[@sirequinox4874]

Unless I missed it, I don't think the episode of "Thriller" called "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper," written by Robert Bloch, was mentioned. In that tale the murders were sacrifices to the forces of darkness in exchange for immortality.

[@Sloth7d]

And then there was that one time Christopher Walken cut his head open with a knife...

[@volbla]

Sloth7d Dis gayue. Is unFUCKINGbelievable.

[@user36able]

I remember being so excited in my high school Elective History course when I found out that we would be learning about Jack the Ripper. We read this article about some crime novelist who was absolutely convinced she had uncovered his identity - and if anyone questioned her dubious evidence she’d be like « I’m a crime novelist ! Look, I bought the guy’s desk - that proves that I know what I’m doing and that that guy was definitely Jack The Ripper! »

[@WhatStrangerMiracles]

I think I read that book. It’s the same crime writer who had an affair with an FBI Agent and nearly got killed by said affair’s FBI husband, right?

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

Yes! I read her book-she really went off the deep end

[@Crazelord91]

Been binge watching your video. I remember when you became NChick and to be honest I wasn't much of a fan. But there were one or 2 videos I enjoyed that I randomly wanted to rewatch, and after that I decided to try your new stuff. Since you've left Channel Awesome your content got really great, I don't know if it's the lack of constraints or just growth, but I'm a big fan now. I usually don't watch female centric perspectives or feminist based analysis but you just do a great job at analysis while being likable and entertaining

[@sadieolsen7047]

The book stalking Jack the Ripper is really good

[@TheSoundOfGeorgia]

Looking for a comment about this. I think the first time I ever watched this video was right after I finished reading it. I did guess correctly as to who it was, but still... Audrey Rose and Thomas Cresswell for the win.

[@ConorCarlisle]

Can we just agree as a species that no one should ever ever ever call anything a "Final Solution"?

[@sionalarsen]

You missed out on the SyFy series Sanctuary Jack the Ripper...

[@otisthecan3112]

I was hoping you’d bring up his appearance in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood

[@Trueknightofblades]

Wasn't Dorian Grey from League of Extraordinary Gentlemen supposed to be a version of Jack the Ripper?

[@FluffieXStarshine]

Another adaptation that I love of the Jack character is from a book, A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny. Supernatural with a "magic" knife trying to stop Lovecraftian esque elder things .... with a dog who is the main character of the book.... oh and we do have the Sherlock Holmes cameo as well.

[@catherinefilcher236]

I know I am very late to the party but the was a British show called Whitechapel. It's on Netflix and the BBC iPlayer. It's set in modern day and is about a copycat. The second season is about copycat Kray twins. It's quite a good watch. Also Gothum by Gasslight which is a batman Vs Jack Ripper. (Comic and movie).

[@antshield]

Your show is looking more polished and stylized.

[@coddyriggin]

You missed the pilot episode of "kolchak the night stalker" starring the dad from a Christmas story.

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

Lawd my parents have that show on DVD.

[@MattEldritchHorror]

No mention of Kolchak the NIght Stalker? That's a shame, I love that series.

[@soundsofstabbing3627]

and in jojo's bizarre adventure, Jack the ripper gets turned into a zombie and then jumps out of a horse to fight the main character as an early miniboss

[@batnacks]

Then you have the Fate/Appcrypha Jack the Ripper, a physical manifestation of the terrible conditions of old London causing loads of children to die and having it be misidentified as a serial killer