My double post for today is for the letter Q and R for the
A-Z Challenge. I had to dig down for the letter Q. My quest was an entertaining one too. I decided to feature Q: The Winged Serpent, a really bad 80's film that had me roaring when I watched it. With Michael Moriarty and David Carradine, I'm not sure how a film could go wrong, but it did. My other R for Jack the Ripper.
From Amazon:
Its name is Quetzalcoatl, a dragon-like Aztec god that is summoned to modern-day Manhattan by a mysterious cult. But just call it "Q"...because that is all you'll be able to say before it tears you apart!
One of the world's most renowned unsolved mystery deals with the infamous classic monster, Jack the Ripper. He trolled the streets of London near the East Side where he caught and mutilated female prostitutes. Over the years there has been wide speculation as to the identity of this killer. Was he a prominent Lord, physician or German merchant? No one knows nor ever will, but the foreshadowing of the serial killers we have today is bone-chilling.
The News
Just take a look at one of the newspaper headlines back then. The city ran ramped with the gruesome details and speculation. Scotland Yard had much pressure back then to investigate the killings and find the perpetrator. Unfortunately that never happened and even today, investigators/historians try to speculate, using modern-day technologies to do so. Take a look at an update featured last year
here.
The Letters
Additionally, there were those who tried to capitalize on the media frenzy, writing direct letters to the authorities from supposedly Jack the Ripper himself. Take a look at this letter that taunts investigators. Whether or not this was in fact written by the monster Ripper, we have no clue. Still the effect that it has on readers is believable--even after all this time. Click image enlarge.
What are your thoughts on the Ripper? Classic Monster or historical horror story? You can read more about this historical monster at
Biography.com.
