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Episode: Jack the Ripper Part 2: Why Was Only One Ripper Murder Committed Indoors and Why Was It the Most Gruesome of All?
Description: In Part 2 of the 1891 phone conversation with Louis Diemschutz, he will clarify several facts about the crime and mistakes that could have resulted in the team getting caught. In this episode you’ll hear about:
Why Diemschutz intentionally called the police to the murder he had just committed outside of his clubhouse.
Obvious mistakes that the police missed, that would have easily connected his crew to the crime.Â
And finally, why they cut one body up into pieces and spread them all over the city.Â
The Rippers gave the police so many...