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What did Jack the Ripper use to kill Catherine Eddowes?
It is presumed 'Jack' used a knife.
Where is Jack the Ripper's knife today?
There is a museum that claims to have the knife of Jack The Ripper. If you 'read the fine print' you will find that it is not the knife used by the Ripper. There was never a weapon recovered in this case. In what remains of autopsy reports of the Ripper's victims it can't even be determined as to the exact type and size of the knife used.
How did Dr Thomas Cream suspect Jack the Ripper?
Dr. Thomas Neill Cream didn't suspect anyone as Jack the Ripper, he was too busy killing people himself. Whereas the Ripper used a knife, Dr. Cream used poison, one of the most cowardly ways to commit murder.
What is whitechapel?
It is a district in England where jack the ripper was from. later the band Whitechapel used it as a name.
Did Jack the Ripper keep the weapons he used on his victims or did someone find them at the scene or elsewhere?
He kept them.
What was done about Jack the Ripper?
Police world wide has come with scientific methods to capture murederes and solve other crimes. Mei Trow used modern police forensic techniques, including psychological and geographical profiling, to identify Robert Mann, a morgue attendant, as the killer.
What weapon did Jack the Ripper use?
he used very sharp weapons like knifes :)'Knives" =) -The Informant
Was Jack The Ripper a male?
Most serial killers are male, and there is no good evidence to suggest that the perpetrator of the Whitechapel murders was anything other than male. Eyewitness statements although they vary in credibility) all describe a male. mostly the male line of thinking comes from the strength needed to perform such brutalities. The idea of a female 'Jill the Ripper' was used by Conan Doyle in a work of fiction written at the time. Well; considering the most burtal muders, considered to have been done by him (though no one can porve it actually WAS jack the ripper who had done the muders), were all female and aged around 25 to 47 and his name is JACK the ripper, he was of the male gender. also he was aged in his late 20's to late 30's or early 40's.
Would sniffer dogs been used in the Jack The Ripper investigation?
Actually they did. Under the command of Metropolitan Police Commissioner Charles Warren, dogs were brought in but could not follow the trail of the Ripper. It was an embarassment for Warren and Scotland Yard.
Where is a good location to set Gothic fiction?
Any location in which the character feels 'out of place' in or threatened in.One that hasn't been used before.How about the subway system.
How have modern day forensic techniques and profiling given an insight to Jack the Ripper's personality and motives?
Modern techniques have been used analising Jack the killer evidence. DNA testing and other techniques had not resulted an inside of the Jack personality or his motives.
Who was the killer known as the Wartime Jack The Ripper?
George Cummins, a member of the Royal Airforce, used the cover of darkness during 'blackouts' imposed during WWII England. Killing 4 women and attacking an addition 2, like his namesake, the original Jack The Ripper, Cummins took full advantage of dark streets and shadowed doorways.
