In Victorian-era Gotham City, Batman saves a wealthy couple from being robbed by three orphans (Dickie, Jason and Timmy) and defeats their abusive handler, Big Bill Dust.
At the same time, Ivy, an orphan turned exotic dancer and prostitute, becomes the newest victim of the serial killer called Jack the Ripper, who preys on Gotham’s poor and destitute women.
Citizens of Gotham believe the Batman and Jack to be the same man. Selina Kyle, a famed local actress, berates Gotham Police Commissioner James Gordon and Chief of Police Harvey “Bulldog” Bullock for their failure to stop the Ripper murders.
At the Monarch Theatre with his friend, District Attorney Harvey Dent, Bruce meets Selina and the two bond at the exclusive Dionysus Club.
Bruce realizes that not only were the two of them raised by Sister Leslie, but that some of the murdered girls were orphans formerly under Leslie’s care. Bruce realizes that the Ripper will target Leslie and rushes to save her but is too late.
At the crime scene, Bruce finds a bloody Dionysus Club pin, meaning the Ripper has to be one of Gotham’s wealthy.
While in pursuit of the Ripper, Batman is himself chased by police, only to be saved by a costumed Selina. After seeing Batman is Bruce, she takes him to her home, where they spend the night.
Sentenced to Blackgate Penitentiary following the trial, Bruce is met by Selina, who urges him to reveal he is Batman to clear his name and help save the girls from Jack.
When he refuses, she decides to tell Gordon herself. Bribing a guard to deliver a coded message to his manor, Bruce escapes after staging a prison fight.
Gordon injects Selina with a sleeping aid, but she remains conscious long enough to give Batman a signal using her blood on a searchlight. Batman arrives and fights Gordon into a Ferris wheel where Gordon, driven insane by his time in the Civil War, reveals his “holy work” is to rid Gotham from what he sees as human filth.
The Ferris wheel lights on fire in the struggle and begins to collapse: Batman defeats Gordon, who chooses to commit suicide. Batman and Selina are saved by Alfred and the orphans, who are now Bruce Wayne’s wards.
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