Jack the Ripper: Back in the Unethical Saddle

Jack the Ripper: A PR gift that keeps on giving—who would have guessed?

The infamous serial killer stands at the heart of an ongoing crisis surrounding the controversial opening of a museum in London’s East End this past July. When a multi-story structure devoted to Jack the Ripper was unveiled in place of the originally promised (and council-approved) “first women’s history museum in the UK,” it was a shock to say the least.

PR Predicaments Featuring…Jack the Ripper?

Reduced to a red smudge—How many East End residents (and beyond) feel women have been portrayed after truth came to light about a local museum’s spotlight on memorial turned macabre.

Shock ensued when the renovated museum space opened its Cable Street doors in July, only to reveal a complete turn of conceptual events. The once-promised “first women’s history museum in the UK” was instead dedicated to one of London’s most infamous figures—Jack the Ripper.