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The files kept by the Metropolitan Police show that the investigation opened in 1888 encompassed eleven murders from 3rd April 1888 to 13th February 1891 and were known as the Whitechapel Murders. Amongst this eleven murders investigated by the police, five are almost universally agreed upon as having been the work of the Ripper. However there were other murders and there is no absolute proof that the Ripper killed only the 5 or even this 5. Numerous authors proffer numerous possibilities of identity for the Ripper and the actual number of murders. So the whole Ripper scenario is just shrouded in mystery - everyone can have their pet theory that cannot be proven or disproven. In fact apart from the fact that there were murders, nothing is known for sure - perhaps 'Jack the Ripper' was a woman?
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoIt is generally accepted today that Jack the Ripper had five victims. But the Whitechapel Murders File, under the generic heading of which the Jack the Ripper murders are included, actually has eleven murders on it.
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What nickname was given to the serial killer who killed and dismembered women in the Whitechapel area of London during the 1880s?
Jack The Ripper.
What were the places that Jack the Ripper killed his victims?
The area of Whitechapel and adjacent districts of London.
Where did Jack the Ripper murder?
jack the ripper made his crimes in whitechapel London
Where was Elizabeth Stride found when she was killed by Jack The Ripper?
Stride was killed on Berner Street, Whitechapel, on September 30, 1888.
Who killed women in the UK?
jack the ripper
In what year did Jack the Ripper commit his murders in the district of Whitechapel?
The Whitechapel Murders began with the death of Mary Ann Nichols killed on 31 April 1888.
What area of London did Jack the Ripper frequent?
Almost without exception the Ripper killed in the areas known as the Whitechapel and Spitalfields district. The one exception to this is the murder of Catherine Eddows. Eddows was killed inside the 'square mile' and her murder fell under the durisdiction of the City of London Police instead of Scotland Yard.
What is whitechapel?
It is a district in England where jack the ripper was from. later the band Whitechapel used it as a name.
What are the other names of Jack the Ripper?
Other names for Jack the Ripper were "The Whitechapel Murderer" and "Leather Apron". //He also called himself Saucy Jack. Depending on which letters he really wrote, there were other names.//
How old was Mary Jane kelly?
Mary Jane Kelly was killed on 9th November 1888 in Whitechapel by Jack the Ripper
What serial killer struck in London in 1888?
The identity of the murderer is not known, and he is nicknamed Jack the Ripper. The murders were all in Whitechapel, Stepney in the East End of London. Five, or possibly six women - thought to be prostitutes - were the victims. They were known as the Whitechapel Murders. The novellist Patricia Cornwell claims to prove Jack was one Walter Sickert.
What was the state and city where Jack The Ripper murderd people?
Whitechapel, England.
