Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp was an actor who played the part of Frederick Abberline. (COMIC: Ripper's Curse) He had a starring role in Dark Shadows. (TV: The Angels Take Manhattan) Luke Smith read in Heat that he had coulrophobia. (TV: The Day of the Clown)

Melissa Hopley told her daughter to fetch her new magazine with Johnny Depp on the cover. Violet was scared and didn't want to go upstairs. Her father told her that there was nothing to be scared of, that she should go and say hi to Johnny Depp for him. (COMIC: The Monster Upstairs)

In April 2004, Johnny Depp was rumoured to be attending a party in the south of France. (AUDIO: Uncanny Valley)

Behind the scenes
The movie referenced in Ripper's Curse is which was loosely adapted from Alan Moore's comic series of the same name.