Facts about the murder of Jack The Ripper?

Answer 1

Jack The Ripper is the name for an unidentified killer active in 1880's London. There are many myths related to this most famous serial killer so just the facts are needed. He was never caught. His victims were homeless, alcoholic prostitutes that worked and lived in London's east end district called Whitechapel. All of his victims were killed with a knife, throats cut, and then mutilations and some organ removal.* The number of victims is still unknown but it is estimated that the number is at least 12 to 13 and possibly more. There is no proof whatsoever that the Ripper was a man of medicine. He did not disappear after the murder of Mary Kelly. The Ripper's crimes were sexually motivated but there was no evidence of actual rapes of any of the victims. The most important aspect of the Ripper is there are so many untruths that over the years are taken as fact. After such a long time the theories magically become truths. It's essential that we deal in only facts. These were horrible crimes committed against women that had no chance at all. There is nothing romantic about the Ripper case. He was no different than John Wayne Gacy or Gary Leon Ridgeway. These are the worst kind of men that believe themselves to be above the law.

*Victim Elizabeth Stride was the exception as she was not mutilated like the others. The Ripper was nearly caught when during Stride's murder he was interrupted, thus had time to only cut her throat before making a hasty retreat.

Answer 2

Your in luck. There are plenty of both.

Fact: Jack The Ripper is the name of a serial killer in the late 19th century London. He was never caught and identified.

Fact: As far as anyone knows he targeted mostly homeless, alchoholic prostitutes down on their luck.

Fact: All victims had their throats cut.

Fiction: He had to have been a doctor or had medical training.

Fiction: He strangled his victims before cutting them.

Fiction: Mary Anne Nichols was his first victim and Mary Jane Kelly his last.

Fiction: He was a woman. (Jill The Ripper)

These are just a few of the facts and a few of the myths that have plagued this case from the very beginning. The two that bother me the most is the strangulation theory and the inaccurate number of victims. According to the crime scenes, the autopsy reports and the victim's bodies there were no strangulations and there were far more than five victims.

Answer 3

I'm not clear what murder(s) we're talking about, the murder of Jack The Ripper or the murders by Jack The Ripper so I'll answer both.

Since Jack The Ripper was never caught or identified it is impossible to know the facts of his death.

Facts about the Ripper murders are as follows. The Ripper's murder victims were all prostitutes, lived in the impoverished east end of London called Whitechapel, most were killed outside, alleys, dark streets, darkened yards of slum houses. Their throats were cut then they were stabbed and mutilated. The Ripper murders were the first to be replayed in the press, not just in Great Britain but the entire world. The Ripper was big news.