Character Relationship Map: Ripper: Letter from Hell

Characters

• Molly Keller (played by A.J. Cook) — protagonist

  Trauma survivor who enrolls in forensic psychology to track down a new serial killer.

• Marshall Kane (played by Bruce Payne) — protagonist

  Forensic psychology professor teaching deviant offenders and pranking students to prove potential for evil.

• Jason Korda (played by Ryan Northcott) — supporting

  Student in Marshall's class who attempts to connect with Molly at a party.

• Andrea Carter (played by Emmanuelle Vaugier) — supporting

  Student in Marshall's class who discusses Marisa's fate with Chantal.

• Aaron Kroeker (played by Courtenay J. Stevens) — supporting

  Student in Marshall's class who reveals he knows Molly's traumatic past.

• Chantal Etienne (played by Claire Keim) — supporting

  Student in Marshall's class who overhears conversations about Marisa.

• Eddie Sackman (played by Derek Hamilton) — supporting

  Student in Marshall's class who attempts to flirt with Molly and gets firmly rejected.

• Mary-Anne Nordstrom (played by Daniella Evangelista) — supporting

  Student in Marshall's class who is killed by a truck driven by the Ripper.

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Marshall Kane → Aaron Kroeker (Power Academic Authority)

  Aaron is one of the students attending Marshall's forensic psychology class.

• Marshall Kane → Jason Korda (Power Academic Authority)

  Jason attends Marshall's class, where Marshall demonstrates his theory that anyone may potentially become a killer.

• Jason Korda → Chantal Etienne (Romantic Kiss And Conflict)

  Chantal kisses Jason and soon apologizes to Molly for doing so.

• Molly Keller → Marshall Kane (Professional Student And Professor)

  Molly enrolls in Marshall's forensic psychology class, which he teaches as an expert on deviant violent offenders.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Molly Keller → Mary-Anne Nordstrom (Social Classmates)

  Mary-Anne attends Marshall's class with Molly as part of the student group.

• Aaron Kroeker → Chantal Etienne (Narrative Warnings)

  At the factory, Aaron encounters Chantal and warns her that he knows who the killer is.

• Jason Korda → Eddie Sackman (Alliance Investigation Partners)

  Jason and Eddie leave with Chantal to try to repair the phone satellite on the mountain.

• Chantal Etienne → Andrea Carter (Social Classmates)

  Marisa overhears Chantal and Andrea talking about her at the party.

• Molly Keller → Chantal Etienne (Social Estranged Friends)

  After Chantal kisses Jason, she apologizes to Molly, and the two become friends; later, Molly and Chantal fall out at the cabin.

• Molly Keller → Eddie Sackman (Conflict Rejected Advances)

  Eddie attempts to hit on Molly, but she firmly rejects him.

• Molly Keller → Aaron Kroeker (Conflict Hostile Acquaintances)

  Aaron reveals that he knows Molly's traumatic past, which angers her because she does not want to discuss it.

• Molly Keller → Jason Korda (Alliance Investigative Allies)

  Jason persuades the group to continue investigating, and he and Molly discover information about a murderer who previously held Marshall hostage.

Story Analysis

A trauma survivor investigates a new sequence of Ripper-pattern murders while suspicion turns toward everyone around her and finally toward her own mind.

Plot Progression

1. Trauma Returns to Class
2. Death Beneath the Party
3. The Ripper Pattern
4. Cabin of Suspects
5. Machinery and Madness