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Jack the Ripper

Unidentified 19th century serial killer · United Kingdom · Historical Figures

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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.

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Women and children congregate in front of one of the Whitechapel common lodging-houses close to where Jack the Ripper murdered two of his victims.[1]Women and children congregate in front of one of the Whitechapel common lodging-houses close to where Jack the Ripper murdered two of his victims.[1]The sites of the first seven Whitechapel murders - Osborn Street (centre right), George Yard (centre left), Hanbury Street (top), Buck's Row (far right), Berner Street (bottom right), Mitre Square (bottom left), and Dorset Street (middle left)The sites of the first seven Whitechapel murders - Osborn Street (centre right), George Yard (centre left), Hanbury Street (top), Buck's Row (far right), Berner Street (bottom right), Mitre Square (bottom left), and Dorset Street (middle left)29 Hanbury Street. The door through which Annie Chapman and her murderer walked to the yard where her body was discovered is beneath the numerals of the property sign.29 Hanbury Street. The door through which Annie Chapman and her murderer walked to the yard where her body was discovered is beneath the numerals of the property sign.Contemporaneous police drawing of the body of Catherine Eddowes, as discovered in Mitre SquareContemporaneous police drawing of the body of Catherine Eddowes, as discovered in Mitre SquarePolice photograph of the body of Mary Jane Kelly as discovered in 13 Miller's Court, Spitalfields, 9 November 1888Police photograph of the body of Mary Jane Kelly as discovered in 13 Miller's Court, Spitalfields, 9 November 1888Frances Coles was found with her throat cut under a railway arch in Whitechapel on 13 February 1891.[94]Frances Coles was found with her throat cut under a railway arch in Whitechapel on 13 February 1891.[94]"The Whitehall Mystery" of October 1888"The Whitehall Mystery" of October 1888

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  1. 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.

    Sep 27, 1888, Letter sent September 27th, 1888 at the Central News Agency Casebook: Jack the Ripper article on the Ripper letters, Own words

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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 through 1891 but could not conclusively link them all. Five women - Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly - became known as the canonical victims. The murders were never solved, and extensive newspaper coverage turned the case into international legend, a combination of historical research, folklore, and pseudohistory that holds attention still.

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