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Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.42,0:00:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine dinner with your family,\Nyour regular family,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.40,0:00:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suddenly discovering a secret,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.40,0:00:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a secret so profound\Nas to destroy all perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.50,0:00:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gained in 40 years of a "normal life,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.80,0:00:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being told that your\Ngreat-great-grandfather
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.15,0:00:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was Herman Mudgett,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.27,0:00:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,better known as Dr. H. H. Holmes -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.35,0:00:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a monster, a mass murderer,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.66,0:00:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the proprietor of the "Murder Castle,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.57,0:00:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the real-life Dr. Frankenstein.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.84,0:00:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slammed in the face\Nby heredity, genetics, DNA,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.82,0:00:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and traits they once referred to\Nat the turn of this century
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.54,0:01:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as belonging to the one, the devil.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.38,0:01:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Serial killer, psychopath, evil genius -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.71,0:01:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the words and phrases they invented\Nto describe my ancestor,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.34,0:01:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the ones before his horrible acts\Nweren't working anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.24,0:01:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Background piano music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.83,0:01:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having to admit\Nthe troubling idiosyncrasies
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.36,0:01:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd spent a lifetime denying,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.33,0:01:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no longer able to talk myself out of them
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.70,0:01:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the often repeated\N"We all have them."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.20,0:01:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worst of all, having to accept the reason\NI'm here with you all today
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.53,0:01:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were the conscious decisions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.02,0:01:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of perhaps the most evil being\Nthat ever lived.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.79,0:01:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather than run away\Nas so many before me had,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.06,0:01:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to accept my fate,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.94,0:02:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognizing my destiny\Nwas to tell the world the truth
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.08,0:02:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about this monster\Nand his innocent victims.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.10,0:02:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, at the opportunity TED has given me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.54,0:02:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with your help,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.56,0:02:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to go a long way today
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.29,0:02:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toward taking a giant step\Nin fulfilling my destiny.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.81,0:02:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, some background.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.70,0:02:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While researching my grandfather's secret,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.62,0:02:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I soon realized that little of the legend\Nhad been accurately recorded.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.93,0:02:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Created by one, repeated by many others,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.93,0:02:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parts of the story were now\Nbeing considered as historic non-fiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.58,0:02:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Incorrectly so.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.66,0:02:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A different perspective was required.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.01,0:02:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We needed the complete elimination\Nof all confirmational bias
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.82,0:02:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we were ever to have the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.89,0:02:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd like to prove it to you tonight
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.94,0:03:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how why that Dr. H. H. Holmes,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.20,0:03:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most prolific\Nserial killer in history,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.14,0:03:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was also, in fact, Jack the Ripper -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.96,0:03:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the notorious 1888 London murderer
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.79,0:03:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who terrorized a nation\Nand mystified the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.47,0:03:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jack the Ripper - the very words\Ncreate fear, anxiety, and trepidation,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.69,0:03:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to mention sheer horror.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.50,0:03:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I wrote my book "Bloodstains,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.84,0:03:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew very little about Jack the Ripper
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.68,0:03:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other than the idea was society's metaphor\Nfor everything we find mysterious,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.97,0:03:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unthinkable, unsolvable,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.31,0:03:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reluctantly fascinating.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.45,0:03:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But most odd, a deep-seated\Nnegativity bordering on anger
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.82,0:03:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whenever any new evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.30,0:03:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regarding the killer's\Npossible identification was revealed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.64,0:03:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd find ourselves\Nsenselessly arguing, "Who isn't?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.50,0:04:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than logically debating,\N"Who may be?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.39,0:04:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.86,0:04:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why, because we were more interested\Nin confirming our previous determinations
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.08,0:04:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than we were in ascertaining the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.86,0:04:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A different perspective was required,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.77,0:04:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with the complete elimination\Nof all confirmational bias,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.50,0:04:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd like to prove it to you tonight.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.31,0:04:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you can see on the screen,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.71,0:04:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my friends in Hollywood\Ncreated these reenactments
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.77,0:04:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first time ever released\Nof Jack the Ripper,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.32,0:04:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a professional actor\Nthat used the evidence that is out
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.66,0:04:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create the images you're seeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.24,0:04:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They did an excellent job.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.01,0:04:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tonight, I'm going\Nto demonstrate evidence to you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.93,0:04:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that proves H. H. Holmes\Nwas Jack the Ripper.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.21,0:05:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the mechanism\NI'm going to use to do that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.12,0:05:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I'm going to swear you in\Nas my grand jury.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.68,0:05:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if you'd raise\Nyour right hand, please.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.21,0:05:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As prosecuting attorney,\NI will now swear you in.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.94,0:05:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you solemnly swear\Nto take a new perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.54,0:05:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eliminating all previous bias
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.35,0:05:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regarding the specific\N1888 London murders?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.85,0:05:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music fades)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.89,0:05:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do your duty,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.05,0:05:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must free your mind\Nof any articles, books, or movies,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.21,0:05:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may have read or seen,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.43,0:05:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regarding Jack the Ripper -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.19,0:05:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything which would interfere\Nwith the evidence I'm about to present.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.49,0:05:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we're finished,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.60,0:05:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to ask each of you\Nto make your own determination
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.76,0:05:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether probable cause exists\Nthat a crime or crimes was committed,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.75,0:05:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that an indictment can issue\Nand a suspect arrested,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.55,0:06:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assuming he was still alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.69,0:06:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exhibit A, please.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.25,0:06:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The purpose for exhibit A\Nis not to prove this is the ship
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.01,0:06:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Holmes rode over\Nfrom New York to London on.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.70,0:06:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's more to prove\Nhow easy travel was in 1888.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.60,0:06:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a seven-day transit,\Ntightly maintained schedules,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.10,0:06:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on shipping companies\Nthat catered to the wealthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.16,0:06:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the well-off like Dr. Holmes was.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.39,0:06:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These companies had\Neach passenger sign a passenger list,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.79,0:06:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are maintained today.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.37,0:06:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we receive our warrant,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.61,0:06:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll obtain copies\Nof these passenger lists,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.18,0:06:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and within three or four days,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.63,0:06:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll be able to determine\Nthe exact ship he rode over on
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.27,0:06:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the exact ship he rode back on.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.10,0:07:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exhibit B.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.46,0:07:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exhibit B is an incredible\Npiece of evidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.79,0:07:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a letter that Holmes\Nwrote to his lawyer
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.86,0:07:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two or three years after 1888.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.03,0:07:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not to prove he was\Nin London in 1888 -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.46,0:07:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll do that later.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.13,0:07:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what this shows is an intent,\Na knowledge, and a desire on his part
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.18,0:07:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be in London.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.06,0:07:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you read the bottom\Nsentence of the letter,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.22,0:07:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it mentions his favorite periodical,\NThe New York Herald,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.27,0:07:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is difficult to be found in London.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.51,0:07:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exhibit C.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.24,0:07:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exhibit C is a collage\Nof the artists' renditions
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.25,0:08:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the major periodicals\Nduring the time of the Ripper.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.85,0:08:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These were off the first front pages
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.58,0:08:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of each of the major papers\Nin London at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.26,0:08:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rendition on the left is of Holmes,\Ndone by the Chicago Tribune.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.78,0:08:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two photos at the top are Holmes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.55,0:08:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I just wanted you to get a feel\Nfor the general resemblance of Holmes
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.40,0:08:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how the papers considered\Nthe Ripper to have looked.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.83,0:08:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scotland Yard considered\Nthe Ripper to be five foot 5'7",
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.97,0:08:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,140-160 lbs,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.03,0:08:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,25-35 years old, and a medical maniac.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.16,0:08:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time, H. H. Holmes was 5'7",
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.44,0:08:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,150 lbs, 27 years of age,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.70,0:08:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had an MD from the University\Nof Michigan Medical School.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.65,0:08:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exhibit D.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.07,0:09:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exhibit D is a summation of the autopsies\Ndone on the victims the Ripper murdered
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.57,0:09:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the certified pathologists in London.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.03,0:09:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a critical piece of evidence\Nbecause over the last 126 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.55,0:09:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've had over 100 suspects regarding\Nwho Jack the Ripper may have been.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.74,0:09:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These professional opinions\Nby the pathologists
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.59,0:09:31.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,show that, not only must\Nthe killer have been a doctor,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.100,0:09:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a practicing surgeon.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.86,0:09:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They discussed great anatomical knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.62,0:09:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his ability with the knife or scalpel.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.55,0:09:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, in layman's terms,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.38,0:09:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these pathologists were stating\Nthis man was an expert with a knife.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.19,0:09:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He couldn't have been\Na Polish hairdresser,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.23,0:09:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he couldn't have been an English gardener,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.35,0:09:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had to have been a doctor.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.28,0:10:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you narrow the field down that far,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.13,0:10:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're talking all of a sudden\Nfrom 100 suspects to maybe 5.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.31,0:10:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the evidence that follows,\Nwe'll nail that down to 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.99,0:10:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exhibit E.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.07,0:10:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exhibit E is an amazing piece of evidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.20,0:10:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2006, Scotland Yard and the BBC
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.29,0:10:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took the 13 eyewitnesses,\Ncredible and corroborated,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.57,0:10:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Jack the Ripper murders.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.06,0:10:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most people don't realize that -\N13 eyewitnesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.60,0:10:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They ran it through\Ntheir new EFIT technology:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.79,0:10:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Electronic Facial Imaging Technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.95,0:10:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The computer came back with this image
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.54,0:10:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what the Ripper looked like.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.48,0:10:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice the bridge of the nose,\Nnotice the shape of the eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.86,0:11:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,notice the ears, notice the cheekbones.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.52,0:11:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep it in mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.58,0:11:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a photo taken of H. H. Holmes\Nby the Chicago police.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.41,0:11:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once again, notice the bridge of the nose,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.71,0:11:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,notice the shape of the eyes,\Nthe ears, the cheekbones.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.92,0:11:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took this photo\Nand that earlier computer summation
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.18,0:11:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a retired FBI investigator
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.94,0:11:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to an investigator\Nfrom the state of Virginia,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.96,0:11:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who did this for a living.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.19,0:11:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would compare composites\Nwith photographs to track down suspects.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.00,0:11:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both said the comparison -\Nwe'll have it on screen in a sec -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.38,0:11:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both said the comparison was the closest\Nthey'd ever seen in their entire careers.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.79,0:12:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just take a second\Nto look once again at the nose -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.62,0:12:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Holmes had a broken nose -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.100,0:12:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the eyes, the ears,\Nagain the cheekbones.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.72,0:12:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had my video expert doing more\Nof the photo into the summation,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.77,0:12:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the computer image,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.67,0:12:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think you'll see\Nit's a remarkable piece of evidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.82,0:12:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exhibit F.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.19,0:12:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is perhaps the most amazing piece\Nof evidence of them all.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.73,0:12:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of you will recognize\Nthis as the "Dear Boss" letter,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.66,0:12:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the famous letter which raised the issue\Nof Jack the Ripper the first time.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.22,0:12:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can see he's signed\Nthe letter "Jack the Ripper."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.07,0:13:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This letter ... one sec ...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.71,0:13:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This letter was dated\NSeptember 25th, 1888.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.74,0:13:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was postmarked\Nand received September 27th.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.72,0:13:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was forwarded\Nto Scotland Yard the 29th.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.04,0:13:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was released to the public\Non October 1st.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.54,0:13:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Catherine Eddowes' body,\None of the five Ripper victims,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.49,0:13:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was discovered on September 30th.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.56,0:13:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep those dates in mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.32,0:13:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This letter mentions that the next victim\Nwill have her ear removed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.54,0:13:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Catherine Eddowes' body\Nwas found with her earlobe sliced off.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.92,0:13:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While we were doing this investigation,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.14,0:13:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we quickly realized how similar\Nthe handwriting on that letter was
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.45,0:13:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the handwriting of Herman Mudgett.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.45,0:14:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We took both samples\Nto the British Library in London,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.84,0:14:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who recommended an expert for us\Nto consider the similarities.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.65,0:14:11.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The expert came back\Nwith a professional opinion
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.49,0:14:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that said this is obviously the same hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.54,0:14:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll have her opinion\Nup on the screen in a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.46,0:14:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But having practiced law in California,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.36,0:14:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew that, in 1988,\Nthe Supreme Court had ruled
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.35,0:14:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that professional opinions\Nregarding handwriting analysis
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.34,0:14:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was inadmissible in capital cases.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.23,0:14:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I tracked down what\Nthe Department of Justice was doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.63,0:14:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I knew handwriting\Nwas a big part of major cases.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.68,0:14:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found out that they had contracted\Na company at the University of Buffalo
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.44,0:14:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had created a computer program\Nto compare handwriting.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.96,0:14:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I contacted them,\Nthey were eager to take part.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.21,0:14:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we submitted the "Dear Boss" letter\Nand the Holmes handwriting
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.40,0:15:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the corporation\Nat the University of Buffalo,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.68,0:15:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once I got ahead of myself a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.72,0:15:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the professional opinion\Nof the British Library's expert,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.45,0:15:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can see on the second sentence
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.41,0:15:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,below Professional Opinion:\N"... from the same hand."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.95,0:15:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the computer analyzed
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.05,0:15:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the "Dear Boss" letter\Nand the Holmes handwriting,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.86,0:15:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they came back with a number\Nof 96.75% similarity,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.44,0:15:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an opinion that Jack the Ripper
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.32,0:15:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Mudgett classes\Nare similar in style.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.26,0:15:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You couldn't get 96.75% right now
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.50,0:15:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you wrote two letters now,\Ngave them to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.08,0:15:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I submitted them to the computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.03,0:15:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an amazing number.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.09,0:16:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, I've told you what\Na professional opinion was
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.44,0:16:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of an expert.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.16,0:16:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've given you the numbers\Nfrom a computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.96,0:16:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'd like you all\Njust to put your eye,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.82,0:16:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comparing the handwriting:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.73,0:16:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the "Ys," the "Us," the "Rs."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.75,0:16:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give me your own judgment what you think.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.28,0:16:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it the same or not?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.99,0:16:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the prosecuting attorney\Nof our grand jury,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.90,0:16:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a legal obligation
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.46,0:16:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give you any exonerating evidence\NI have found in my investigation
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.29,0:16:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Background piano music)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.14,0:16:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would state that Holmes\Nwas not guilty of these crimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.11,0:17:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In over one year,\NI haven't found one piece.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.64,0:17:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can ascertain that he was\Nin Chicago in July of 1888.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.69,0:17:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know he returned to Chicago\Nin January of 1889.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.51,0:17:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've asked historians all over the country
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.55,0:17:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help me find one piece of evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.57,0:17:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would place Holmes\Nin the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.34,0:17:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the gap in between.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.31,0:17:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.62,0:17:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright, you've seen the evidence\NI have to present,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.50,0:17:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to tell you\Nwhat your vote needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.86,0:17:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not asking you to determine\Nthat Holmes was Jack the Ripper.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.84,0:17:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm asking you to make your own judgment,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.75,0:17:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that probable cause has been established,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.18,0:17:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that history can take\Na closer look at H. H. Holmes
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.43,0:17:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the prime suspect on the Ripper cases.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.67,0:17:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think if you do,\Nand I think if history does,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.00,0:18:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to find the answer\Ncomes rather easily.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.100,0:18:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we do, I'll tell you\Nwhat would happen,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.90,0:18:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assuming Holmes were still alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.33,0:18:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would be arrested,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.96,0:18:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would be extradited,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.86,0:18:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would stand trial\Nin London for these murders.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.73,0:18:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if I was the prosecuting attorney,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.79,0:18:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would create the most dramatic event\Nin courtroom history.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.24,0:18:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have Holmes at dock,\Nthe judge high on the stand.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.03,0:18:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have my deputy bring in\Nthe best eyewitness I had of those 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.95,0:18:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would make sure her eyes\Nare focused dead forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.24,0:18:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not looking at Holmes.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.06,0:18:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as she took the witness stand,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.76,0:18:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have the deputy turn her around
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.89,0:18:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that that was the first moment\Nshe had seen Holmes
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.97,0:18:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since when she witnessed his crime.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.27,0:18:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music ends)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.27,0:18:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can tell you exactly\Nwhat would have happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.51,0:18:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what would happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.79,0:18:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would point at Holmes;
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.35,0:19:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she would say, "That's him!
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.48,0:19:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the one I saw slice her throat."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.30,0:19:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there would be no more\NJack the Ripper mystery.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.74,0:19:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.25,0:19:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.78,0:19:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Host) So, now, Jeff,\Nyou've made the case.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.89,0:19:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You all are the jury.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.54,0:19:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stepintotilt.com is the website.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.52,0:19:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hit that website right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.18,0:19:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is H. H. Holmes Jack the Ripper?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.08,0:19:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to tabulate this,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.79,0:19:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll try to do it real-time,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.18,0:19:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we'll see if you're able\Nto convince them.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.47,0:19:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah!
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.63,0:19:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jeff Mudgett) You're incredible.\NThank you very much!
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.22,0:19:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.27,0:19:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.98,0:19:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will make an amazing effect\Naround the world, your vote here today.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.72,0:19:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the Ripperologists, all the historians
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.39,0:20:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will now go back\Nand take a second look at Holmes.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.95,0:20:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if they do, we're going\Nto solve this mystery.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.46,0:20:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.06,0:20:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)