From Hell : Fact or Fictions

From Hell (2001)

     From what i read about the true history of Jack the ripper, and the Johnny Deep film From Hell, i notice contrast where as in the film, the director mostly take the storyline from Stephen Knights book Jack The Ripper, the Final Solution, and others from the director imagination.

    In the film, police Inspector, Fredrick Abberline potrayed by johnny Deep is known to be addicted to Opium. However, the "real" Fredrick Abberline does not have any history of usage of drug or even opium. In the movie, Abberline died of the overdose of the opium drug, but the "real" Abberline died at the age of 86 in his house.

   Other than that, in the film, we saw that all the victims of Jack the ripper is friends. However, there are no evidence that link that all of the victim are friends even though they came from the same area.

    The way the victim were killed is also different from the movie and real life. In the movie, Martha Tabram is describes to be killed by having her throats and her vagina cut off. In real life, she was discovered died from the 39 stab wounds to the chest, abdomen ,groin and thighs.

     Last but not least, in the movie, Marry Kelly escaped from the wrath of the killer. However, Mary is actually the last known victims of the ripper. And most surprisingly, in real life, there are no evidence that show Inspector Abberline having relationship with Marry Kelly and he never met her before she was dead!