On the 4th August 1888, the first ever theatre show of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was performed. Richard Mansfield featured in the image, played the main part. A curious note: only three days later Martha Tabram was discovered in George Yard Buildings Gunthorpe Street London E1. She became the second Whitechapel murder victim… | The Jack the Ripper Experience

DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE Released October 17, 1972 (UK) Blackly comic variation on the classic tale, in which the good doctor, experimenting with ways to prolong life, tests the formula on himself and metamorphoses into a beautiful woman. His alter ego turns out to have a very nasty streak, killing prostitutes who, terrified of Jack the Ripper, believe they have nothing to fear from a woman. | Monster Kid Studios