Is our fear of joe the same as a victorian londonite

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Question: Read Schmid's Natural Born Celebrities, "The Victorian Killer as Media Star: Jack the Ripper and H.H. Holmes, p. 31. At first glance there is little to connect Joe Goldberg and Jack the Ripper, but Schmid portrays the panic and fascination with the Ripper as something that the media created. On p. 33, Schmid describes the public panic in 1888 when Jack the Ripper stalked and killed his victims as motivated by the media. Is our fear of Joe the same as a Victorian Londonite's fear of the Ripper? Or is our fascination with serial killers dramatically different in the 21st century? Give specific media examples or points from the novel to detail why or why not.

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