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I've got it in my head that I want to do a "couples" costume where my friend is Jack the Ripper and I'm his victim. I've been pondering on this for some time now and really want to do it.

Do you all think it's in bad taste? Because of the whole prostitute thing? I think the whole concept of a bloodied up 19th century prostitute with her vicious, hedonistic murderer is just plain creepy.

If it's an adults only party, it would be fine. I don't think it's "too soon" to do a Jack the Ripper theme.

Which victim? Each was mutilated worse as the murders progressed.

To make an informed decision for yourself, you could check out casebook.org, a Jack the Ripper site.

that's what we did last year, take a look, I also did tombstones of all his victums and put them in order of their death, no one seemed to care that they were ladies of the night....

Originally Posted by Yubney

Which victim? Each was mutilated worse as the murders progressed.

I haven't made my mind up yet. I just worry about offending people too much if asked what our costumes are supposed to be.

It's not offensive at all, it wasn't a recent crime. Just don't do a terrible cockney accent, like Heather Graham did in the movie From Hell, cor blimey guvnor

Originally Posted by nightbeasties

To make an informed decision for yourself, you could check out casebook.org, a Jack the Ripper site.

WOW. Thank you nightbeasties -- this is a wealth of great information.

Originally Posted by obcessed with it

that's what we did last year, take a look, I also did tombstones of all his victums and put them in order of their death, no one seemed to care that they were ladies of the night....

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Great picture! I'm relieved to hear that. I just had visions of some of the more uptight people being completely offput by the whole thing -- even though there are Jack costumes everywhere, but you never really hear about the ladies.

I wouldn't worry at all - there are zombie rigs and makeup kits just as extreme as any butchered victim of the Ripper.

Oh, and just a quick note - Jack the Ripper was a criminal in the late 1800s.
That is the 19th century, not the 18th.
Remember how as those years that started with 19** were the 20th century?

I'm so petty, I know.