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S03 Episode 12 Extra: This New Puritan

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Published October 16, 2018 2:00pm

The elevation of the figure known as Jack the Ripper to perversely mythological proportions owes much to a new type of journalism that emerged around the same time as the Whitechapel murders; and there was one among all in the industry who for better or worse, had instigated it.

This final episode in Unexplained Season 3 explores the extraordinary life of William Thomas Stead.

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