Unidentified 19th century serial killer
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An unidentified killer who murdered at least five women in London's Whitechapel district in 1888, never caught, never named except by a letter likely forged by journalists. The attention comes from the void where answers should be — and from the brutality that made the crimes impossible to forget.
In the slums of London's East End between August and November 1888, someone killed women working as prostitutes, cutting their throats and mutilating their bodies with what appeared to be anatomical knowledge. The removal of internal organs from at least three victims suggested surgical skill. As rumours of a connection spread, letters arrived at Scotland Yard and newspapers claiming to be from the murderer — one signed "Jack the Ripper," widely believed a hoax to sell papers; another accompanied by half a human kidney. Police investigated eleven brutal murders in Whitechapel and Spitalfields…
Sourced, dated quotes from Jack the Ripper
Dear Boss, I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they wont fix me just yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk about being on the right track.
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