Synopsis: On the teeming street of Whitechapel, prostitutes were being torn to pieces by a killer who vanished in the shadows - time after time.
Why did Queen Victoria send worried telegrams to the Prime Minister? Who ordered vigilantes onto the streets of London? Why was there so little evidence?
Leading the huge manhunt, was one of Scotland Yard's finest detectives - Inspector Frederick Abberline, played by Michael Caine.