Ripperature: Building the Myth25 Apr 2024

Episode Five: The Michaelmas Girls

In our final episode on Jill the Ripper, we examine perhaps one of the more difficult texts, The Michaelmas Girls, to discuss Jill the Ripper’s violence. In this episode, an unofficial detective figure suspects Mary Jane Kelly of participating in the murders. Content note: This novel discusses some deeply upsetting themes about queerness in addition to the already upsetting narrative of the murders. Special thanks to voice actors Jeremy, Dana, and Ross. Works Cited can be found here https://graciebain.com/works-cited-5/

Audio Credits

Street sound: Guynoland, “Horses Pavement Then Cobblestone.m4a,” (https://freesound.org/s/549882/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Theme music: Victor_Natas, "Foggy Passage" (https://freesound.org/s/664158/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Keyboard: Trollarch2, “Keyboard typing” (https://freesound.org/s/331656/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Typewriter: Fellwell5, “Long Sound Typewriter” (https://freesound.org/s/170547/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Suspense music: Tyops, “Thriller Suspense Theme,” (https://freesound.org/s/435600/), This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

Transition instrumental: Nicholas The Octopus Camarena, “To Her” (https://freesound.org/s/681394/), This work is licensed under the Attribution 4.0 License.

Victorian bell: JohnsonBrandEditing, “Ding Ding small bell” (https://freesound.org/s/173932/), This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Creepy music: Arcane_777, “Intro ou background musical” (

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