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The canonical murder was the name of the 5 woman murdered in 1888. The official number is 5 but other murders could be attributted to him. The number is around 13.

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Where did Jack the Ripper murder?

jack the ripper made his crimes in whitechapel London


Jack the Ripper's place of birth?

Jack the Ripper was never identified, altho his crimes occurred in London.


Is Jack The Ripper a modern or historical crime?

Jack committed his crimes in 1888.


What century was Jack the Ripper around?

Those crimes were committed in 1888.


What was Jack the Ripper's punishment for his crimes?

none, as he was never caught and arrested.


Is Jack the Ripper still alive?

* No-one ever knew who Jack the Ripper was * Jack the Ripper was never sent to jail * Jack the Ripper's crimes were committed in 1888. * That was 120 years ago. Now, ask your question again!


Was Jack the Ripper Walter Sickert?

Everybody seems to have their own favorite suspect as Jack the Ripper. There has never been a shortage of suspects or opinions on the identity of this notorious killer. I have studied the crimes of the Ripper and read many books on this subject including modern investigations using 21st century investigative tools and my opinion is that Walter Sickert was the Ripper. There is DNA evidence that links letters of Sickert's to some of the Ripper letters. This is but one example of the many "coincidences" that ties Sickert to the Ripper crimes.


What was Jack The Ripper's purpose?

The Ripper's only purpose was to please himself. His crimes were all about him and his power over his victim's lives and deaths. To the rest of the world, his crimes made no sense at all.


What country did Jack the Ripper start killing?

His crimes were done in Whitechapel, England in 1888.


What year did Jack The Ripper's crimes begin?

Although it is a popular miconception that Jack The Ripper's crimes started with the death of Maryann (Polly) Nichols most experts agree that the murder of a propstitute named Martha Tabram in the earlier summer was also committed by the Ripper. There was also a prostitute murdered in March of 1888 that some feel was also the Ripper.


Why did Jack The Ripper carry out his murders in a very short space of time?

He didn't. Jack The Ripper's crimes continued long after the murder of Mary Jane Kelly on November 9, 1888. Many believe the Ripper was still killing as late as 1891, and possibly after the turn of the 20th century.


What is the name of the district of the Jack the Ripper crimes?

The most well known of the Jack the Ripper crimes occured in the east end of London known as Whitechapal. These 5 murders where within a mile or two of each other. Whitechapel and Spittalfield were the poorest neighborhoods in London overflowing with crime, but these murders shocked even the citizens in the east end.