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If you know anything about the Ripper case you know to take some reviews with a grain of salt. Ripperologists can be among the most opinionated people on Earth. While I'm not a Ripperologist I have followed the case since I was teenager. I read 'The Final Solution' which along with the movies, 'Murder By Decree' and 'From Hell', push the Royal family conspiracy theory. While it's an exciting concept, it's been proven to be highly unlikely.
I've watched most of the Ripper docs and this is one of the best. The main premise is to demonstrate what modern investigative techniques can tell us about the case. Some of it is eye candy but the show on the whole is solid detective work, objectively presented.
Two main developments are the addition of potential victims and a naming of the suspect most likely to be the Ripper. The segment about computerized 'HOLMES' police case filing sharing system, was to contrast with the lack of corroboration between the investigations in the Ripper's time.
They feature two of the most reliable eyewitness accounts. The full scale recreations of the murder sites are very interesting. The Geo-profiling segment is particularly compelling.
The conclusions they come to on both the number of victims and the most likely suspect have been reinforced by other recent documentaries and studies. Again, these are very solid conclusions based on dispassionate investigative work.
If you want to keep up with the Ripper case without going down the 'rabbit hole', this is a good documentary to watch. Highly recommended.
I've watched most of the Ripper docs and this is one of the best. The main premise is to demonstrate what modern investigative techniques can tell us about the case. Some of it is eye candy but the show on the whole is solid detective work, objectively presented.
Two main developments are the addition of potential victims and a naming of the suspect most likely to be the Ripper. The segment about computerized 'HOLMES' police case filing sharing system, was to contrast with the lack of corroboration between the investigations in the Ripper's time.
They feature two of the most reliable eyewitness accounts. The full scale recreations of the murder sites are very interesting. The Geo-profiling segment is particularly compelling.
The conclusions they come to on both the number of victims and the most likely suspect have been reinforced by other recent documentaries and studies. Again, these are very solid conclusions based on dispassionate investigative work.
If you want to keep up with the Ripper case without going down the 'rabbit hole', this is a good documentary to watch. Highly recommended.
I was looking forward to this series but it turns out to be another Robert Graysmith propaganda film. The entire series is based on the interviews of the Seawater family, who were family friends of one of the Zodiac suspects, Arthur Leigh Allen.
We are expected to believe them even though they never brought forth this story to the authorities. There is no way to confirm anything they're saying. Their testimony would be useless in a court of law.
What the series leaves out is ANY speculation the Zodiac could be anyone other than Arthur Leigh Allen. What they also leave out is the considerable amount of physical evidence that Allen was NOT the Zodiac.
Allen gave two handwriting samples with both hands, since he was ambidextrous. They were studied by a number of handwriting experts. Both samples came up NOT a match. The ballistic tests of all of Allen's guns came back negative to the bullets found in the murders. The bloody fingerprints that were on the taxicab of Paul Stine were NOT a match. The partial palm print that was lifted off one of the confirmed Zodiac letters was NOT a match. Finally, the partial DNA sample off one the stamps on one of the confirmed Zodiac letters ruled out Arthur Leigh Allen. In short. While there may be a lot of circumstantial evidence pointing to Allen as the Zodiac. There is substantial amount of physical evidence he was NOT.
This docuseries was not good investigative journalism. It worked backward from the producer's chosen suspect and left out anything that contradicted its main theory.
The Zodiac case remains unsolved and this docuseries did nothing to bring it closer to a solution.
We are expected to believe them even though they never brought forth this story to the authorities. There is no way to confirm anything they're saying. Their testimony would be useless in a court of law.
What the series leaves out is ANY speculation the Zodiac could be anyone other than Arthur Leigh Allen. What they also leave out is the considerable amount of physical evidence that Allen was NOT the Zodiac.
Allen gave two handwriting samples with both hands, since he was ambidextrous. They were studied by a number of handwriting experts. Both samples came up NOT a match. The ballistic tests of all of Allen's guns came back negative to the bullets found in the murders. The bloody fingerprints that were on the taxicab of Paul Stine were NOT a match. The partial palm print that was lifted off one of the confirmed Zodiac letters was NOT a match. Finally, the partial DNA sample off one the stamps on one of the confirmed Zodiac letters ruled out Arthur Leigh Allen. In short. While there may be a lot of circumstantial evidence pointing to Allen as the Zodiac. There is substantial amount of physical evidence he was NOT.
This docuseries was not good investigative journalism. It worked backward from the producer's chosen suspect and left out anything that contradicted its main theory.
The Zodiac case remains unsolved and this docuseries did nothing to bring it closer to a solution.
