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From Hell -- The MovieAdditional Information Focus - December 2001 - has information on Jack the Ripper, the movie and the book. Read The Short Talk Bulletin for October 2001 for information about the book and movie From Hell, and explaining the alleged link between Freemasonry and the notorious Jack the Ripper. The new movie From Hell released in October 2001 again raises the issue of Jack the Ripper and Masons. The Masonic Information Center presents the information to help people understand the alleged connection between the Jack the Ripper murders and Freemasonry.
MEMO TO: Grand Secretaries of North America SUBJECT: Movie: From Hell The Masonic Information Center has learned that a new movie titled From Hell, starring Johnny Depp and Heather Graham, will be released on October 16, 2001. The book From Hell, upon which the movie is based, purports to tell the Jack the Ripper story as involving ritual killings performed by a Mason at the request of Queen Victoria. In an effort to help Masons more fully understand the alleged connection between the Jack the Ripper murders and Freemasonry, the Masonic Information Center/Masonic Service Association will publish a Short Talk Bulletin dealing with this subject in October 2001. The bulletin consists of an essay prepared by Brother Jay Kinney, a member of Mill Valley Lodge #365 in Mill Valley, California. Portions of this letter (including the following quotation) have been taken from information provided by Brother Kinney. "Efforts to link the infamous Jack the Ripper murders of 1888 to Freemasonry are nothing new. A four-part 'docutainment' on British television in the early '70s first floated the notion, which was then turned into a sensationalist book, Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution, by author Stephen Knight in 1976. This was followed by the 1978 movie, Murder by Decree, starring Christopher Plummer and James Mason as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, where Masonic connections to the killings were also alleged." How the movie will portray the Fraternity is not yet known. However previews now being shown in theatres have distinctly negative Masonic references. You very likely will start receiving calls from Masons concerned about this movie. As additional information becomes available, the Masonic Information Center will share it with the Masonic community. Most sincerely and fraternally, RICHARD E. FLETCHER, PGM | |
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