For nearly 117 years, the brutal case of Jack the Ripper has mystified authors, filmmakers, and even the media. Theories
of Jack the Ripper's identity have produced assertions of the villain ranging from a policeman to an artist and a midwife to a shochet. But one
theory, more than any other, continues to gain in popularity. Prince Ripper and the Royal Family is an analysis of how the modern media views the Royal Conspiracy Theory. Even though experts in forensics, Victorian Studies, and law enforcement have disregarded the Royal Conspiracy Theory, it continues to resurface in our present day books and movies. Based upon experts such as John Douglas and seminal literature into
society by authors such as Richard Hofstadter, Ripper and the Royal Family is a search for more than just the identity of Jack the Ripper. It is a search for why we, as a society, need this unsolved mystery and why our fascination with the Royal Conspiracy Theory continues to grow with each new generation.