* In the film Dr. Strangelove, Sterling Hayden's character, General Jack D. Ripper, makes multiple references to ' bodily fluids ' and his belief that they are being contaminated by communists via water fluoridation.

Graham's other appearances in mainstream roles include her playing Mary Kelly in the 2001 film From Hell, based on the story of Jack the Ripper, and Judy Robinson in 1998's film Lost In Space.

These include an ancient dragon who falls in love with a tyrannosaurus, a futuristic warrior robot left behind by aliens because it is malfunctioning and has now taken up pottery, a lost crusader who now works in a gas station located somewhere on the timeless road, occasionally asking his customers about the " current " status of the Holy Land, an ancient Sumerian who buries artifacts later to be found by himself as archaeologist, along with the brief appearances of pulp heroes such as Doc Savage and John Sunlight as well as real historical figures, including Jack the Ripper, Marquis de Sade and an angry Adolf Hitler ( who is furiously searching for the place " where he won ").

Doctor N. Gin, Ripper Roo and Penta Penguin also make appearances during certain levels.

The various " Players " during the Game depicted in the book are archetypal characters from Victorian Era gothic fiction – Jack the Ripper ( only ever referred to as " Jack "), Dracula (" The Count "), Victor Frankenstein (" The Good Doctor "), and the Wolf Man ( known as " Larry Talbot ", the film character's name ) all make appearances.

In addition to competing in matches using her Singh and Monster Ripper gimmicks, she also made a couple of appearances with the Nitro Girls dance troupe under the name " Beef ", for comic relief.

He was Home Secretary throughout the Whitechapel Murders of 1888 to 1891, some of which are attributed to Jack the Ripper.

Despite such obstacles, Operation Ripper pressed on throughout March.

Category: Jack the Ripper in fiction

Category: Jack the Ripper in fiction

Category: Jack the Ripper in fiction

Category: Jack the Ripper in fiction

Category: Jack the Ripper in fiction

Category: Jack the Ripper in fiction

Thanks to the popularity of this theory among fiction writers and for its dramatic nature, Gull shows up as the Ripper in a number of books and films ( including the 1988 TV film Jack the Ripper starring Michael Caine ; and the 2000 graphic novel, compiled from the comic book series that ran from 1991 to 1996, From Hell written by Alan Moore with art by Eddie Campbell, as well as its 2001 subsequent film adaptation ).

* Jack the Ripper fiction

Category: Jack the Ripper in fiction

Category: Jack the Ripper in fiction

Jack the Ripper, the notorious serial killer who terrorised Whitechapel in 1888, features in works of fiction ranging from gothic novels published at the time of the murders to recent motion pictures, televised dramas and video games.

The character of Sherlock Holmes has been used often in Jack the Ripper fiction.

In 2009, Lyndsay Faye presents the Jack the Ripper mystery through Sherlock Holmes genre fiction in  Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson.

* Ripper fiction book reviews from Casebook: Jack the Ripper

Category: Jack the Ripper in fiction

Category: Jack the Ripper in fiction

Beginning in 1989 Campbell illustrated Alan Moore's ambitious Jack the Ripper graphic novel From Hell, serialised initially in Steve Bissette's horror anthology Taboo.

* Ripper ( film ), a 2001 horror film, starring A. J. Cook and Bruce Payne

Although Eisregen were criticized for their horror and splatter lyrics, their songs also have a certain ( morbid and humoristic ) background and sometimes even deal with social or historical topics ( e. g. " Schwarze Rose ", " vom Muttermord ", " Ripper von Rostow ", " Eisenkreuzkrieger ", " 17 Kerzen am Dom ") in a fictional way.

The Jekyll & Hyde Club evokes an atmosphere of Jack the Ripper and Victorian horror novels.

They released a number of notable adventure games based on horror stories, such as Dracula, Jack the Ripper and Frankenstein.

Her early television roles included small parts in Crossroads ( 1964 ), Up Pompeii ( 1970 ), Z Cars ( 1971 ), and the British horror film Hands of the Ripper ( 1971 ).

It borrowed icons from previously successful horror films, such as Dracula ( 1958 ) and The Curse of Frankenstein ( 1957 ), by giving the Ripper a costume of a top hat and cape.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s tenuous links with the Ripper case were introduced into films for commercial reasons ; sexploitation horror movies Blade of the Ripper ( 1970 ), The Ripper of Notre Dame ( 1981 ) and The New York Ripper ( 1982 ) have little relation to the Ripper beyond the title.

The rumour even arose that the notorious Jack the Ripper had been at work in the locality, and though this was quickly disproved, yet the violence and horror associated with the crime was such as to make it understandable how the rumour arose in the first place.

* 1977 – The Yorkshire Ripper kills 16 year old shop assistant Jayne MacDonald in Leeds, changing public perception of the killer as she is the first victim who is not a prostitute.

* 1888 – The " From Hell " letter sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.

The Ten Bells is associated with several of the victims of Jack the Ripper.

** 16-year-old shop assistant Jayne Macdonald is murdered by the Yorkshire Ripper in Leeds, England.

* August 7 – The body of Martha Tabram is found, a possible murder victim of Jack the Ripper.

She is considered to be the second victim of Jack the Ripper.

* May 22 – Peter Sutcliffe is found guilty of being the Yorkshire Ripper.

From Hell is a comic book series by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell, originally published from 1991 to 1996, speculating upon the identity and motives of Jack the Ripper.

From Hell takes as its premise Stephen Knight's theory that the Jack the Ripper murders were part of a conspiracy to conceal the birth of an illegitimate royal baby fathered by Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, slightly modified: the involvement of Walter Sickert is reduced, and Knight's allegation that the child's mother was a Catholic has been dropped.

Moore's take on the Jack the Ripper murders is not a " whodunit ": he spells out his ( fictional ) culprit and the ostensible reasons for his actions very early on.

It is notably best known for being the location of the infamous Jack the Ripper murders in the late 1880s.

At the last show of the tour, as the group considers venturing into a musical theatre production on the theme of Jack the Ripper entitled ' Saucy Jack ', Tufnel reappears and informs them that while their American reception is poor, the group is wildly popular in Japan.

In the film, a series of murders in Lake Havasu is attributed to the spirit of Jack the Ripper, whose soul is transported to America in one of the bricks of the London Bridge.

Amy is left alone, totally defenseless, and at the mercy of the " San Francisco Ripper.

Some authors have argued that he was the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper ; however, contemporary documents show that Albert Victor could not have been in London at the time of the murders, and the claim is widely dismissed.

* Kirk " The Ripper " Hammett, Kirk Hammett is lead guitarist in the heavy metalband Metallica

But all is not going smoothly for the new regime: Jack the Ripper stalks Whitechapel, murdering vampire prostitutes.

To give just two examples: the heroine Geneviève Dieudonné is recycled from Newman's own Warhammer novels ( first appearing in 1989 Drachenfels, written under the name Jack Yeovil ), and Carl Kolchak has a brief cameo as a reporter following the Ripper case.

* After Lin runs off after finding Wang and Roy during the pillow fight, she is stopped by Jack the Ripper on a bridge, and ends up kicking him over the edge into the river.

* One of the film's many " historical cameos " is made by Jack the Ripper.

* Roy screams at Lin that there is a " serial killer on the loose " when speaking about Jack the Ripper.

The series is known for its many references to popular culture, whether it be Shakespeare, Jack the Ripper, Greek mythology, James Bond or Sherlock Holmes-to mention a few.