Or you could just take a shortcut and go to the Jack the Mutilating Murderer of Women “museum” shop’s page. That tells you all you need to know about this “museum.”
MUSEUM OF JACK THE RIPPER PINT GLASS
£8.00
There’s a wine glass for £8.00, the shot glass we’ve already seen for £6.00, a “latte glass” for £7.00, a mug gold-rimmed for £10.00, and the poshest of all –
MUSEUM OF JACK THE RIPPER TANKARD MUG – GOLD RIMMED
£15.00
That’s an investment, that is.
There’s a t shirt for £14.00 and a top hat for 45. Oddly, I don’t see any shawls or ragged dresses or women’s shoes with holes in them.
There are keyfobs (key rings to us Yanks) and a pen, but there’s no long knife. We know the murderer used a long knife, because of the way the uterus was removed with one deep slice, so why isn’t there a Jack the Ripper long knife for sale?
There is a whistle though. That’s appropriate.
JACK THE RIPPER BLACK WHISTLE
£3.00
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Insane. I don’t think there was ever an indication that the Whitechapel killer was anything but another slum dweller. The ‘dapper’ and ‘spring-heeled’ descriptions seem like fantasies on the part of the press. Of course, always popular with conspiracy nuts like Cornwell.
And, to add to the sleazy horror of a ‘Women’s History’ museum turning out to be ONE MORE tourist trap. Hasn’t the whole episode been exploited into the ground already?