Walter Durst (Niall MacGinnis) has had a disturbing dream. That isn’t unusual since Walter makes his living as a clairvoyant. This last dream, however, bothers him. He tells his wife Judith (Dorothy Alison) that he had a dream about a murder. It happened on a street in Whitechapel called Bucks Row in the early hours of the morning. After Walter relates his dream, Judith sees an article in the paper that describes the incident exactly as Walter saw it in his dream.
Judith convinces Walter to go to the police but, of course, they don’t believe him and lump him in with the dozens of charlatans that are looking to cash in on the reward. The murders continue.
When Walter has another vision of a murder, Judith goes with him to Scotland Yard. Judith manages to convince the Constable (Robert Brown) that Walter is serious. Nearby is Inspector McWilliams (Clifford Evans). Walter describes a murder that he says will be committed, but the murder has actually already happened. Now Scotland Yard is looking at Walter in a whole new light. They are looking at him as a suspect and not a witness.
“Jack the Ripper” is the eleventh episode created for the anthology series “The Veil”. It is one of 4 episodes compiled for the feature film "Jack the Ripper". The other films in the feature length film were "Genesis", "Food on the Table" and "Summer Heat".
This is the only episode where Karloff doesn’t have a role in the episode. He does, however, have a narration during the film in addition to the ones he usually has in the beginning and ending. It is also supposed to be the only episode that was shot in England instead of Hollywood.