Jack The Ripper: Written In Blood (season 1)

Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood is a three-part drama-documentary series airing on Sky HISTORY that offers a fresh perspective on the infamous Whitechapel Murders. Rather than focusing solely on the identity of the killer, the series explores how these murders in Victorian London ignited the rise of tabloid journalism in Britain. It spotlights the Fleet Street newspaper The Star and its sensationalist coverage, which exploited the killings to boost circulation and profits, often hindering the police investigation and manipulating public perception for its own agenda. Through the eyes of present-day experts - including investigative journalists, former detectives, psychologists, historians, a former sex worker and author, and forensic specialists - the series immerses viewers in the turbulent atmosphere of late 19th-century London. It examines how the press's actions, from bribing police officers to naming false suspects and even orchestrating the infamous Dear Boss letter (attributed at the time to the killer), fueled hysteria and may have allowed the murderer to evade capture.