Historical Accuracy of the film From Hell

"From Hell" is a look at the cross-section of a thoroughly rotten society, corrupted from the top down. The Ripper murders cut through layers of social class designed to insulate the sinners from the results of their sins." THE HISTORICAL MERITS OF THE FILM FROM HELL During 10 weeks in autumn 1888, Jack the Ripper murdered five prostitutes in the Whitechapel area of London - all within one mile of each other. The murders were linked because …

…the awful living conditions in East London, the reaction of the East End was marked by anti-Semitism, xenophobia, and hostility towards the police, intensifying social divisions between the classes. From Hell realistically takes the viewer back in time to London during 10 weeks of horror in autumn 1888. The fact that those ten weeks in autumn are still being discussed 115 years later shows that the air of mystery surrounding Jack the Ripper still continues to fascinate us.