As Whitechapel reels from three brutal murders, Fred Best and his colleagues at the Star Newspaper spin a lone killer theory.

With Whitechapel in panic, The Star incites violent anti-Semitic clashes, while the police struggle and the real murderer strikes again and again.

As fear grips Whitechapel, The Star feeds off the panic, driving Fred Best to forge another letter and deepen the Ripper myth.