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What made Jack The Ripper want to rip the murdered people's organs out?
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The condition of the bodies gave some clues to JTR's mindset. What the Ripper did was called 'overkill', he went far beyond what was necessary to kill the victims. With some of the women, such as Mary Kelly, he was in a frenzy. His hatred toward the victims was almost palpable, his intent was obvious. The complete destruction of a human being. The mutilation of their faces rendered them faceless and without personality or identity. Removing organs and cutting off body parts such as breasts was a final humiliation.
The big question is why would someone want to do this to another human. What is known about serial killers can explain somewhat. The Ripper probably came from a family with some degree of dysfunction. He probably abused animals, lit fires, stole, lied, wet the bed or any combination of these traits. He seemed to have extreme rage toward females, prostitutes in particular. It is very likely that the man we know as Jack The Ripper had some sort of a personality disorder that would allow him to be so violent and not feel guilty about it.
Whoever the Ripper was during the nights when he stalked the mean streets of Whitechapel, during the day he was probably an ordinary type man, hiding in plain sight. This is typical of serial killers, shocking their family and friends when they are finally arrested.
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Who do people say murdered Jack the Ripper?
The London police never held the opinion that Jack the Ripper was murdered... he just stopped killing for reasons known only to him.
What about Jack The Ripper?
Jack The Ripper is an unidentified serial killer who murdered prostitutes in London's East End Whitechapel area beginning in early 1888.
How old was Jack the Ripper when he first murdered?
No one knows because no one knows who he is....
Murder was why 'Jack the Ripper' has become a house hold name.?
Answer Jack the Ripper is a nickname for a notorious serial killer who murdered at least five women in London, England in 1888.
How did ripper kill?
If you mean Jack the Ripper, he killed his victims with a knife, cutting the throats of women and then cutting out vital organs.
How Elizabeth Stride died?
Elizabeth Stride is assumed to be the third victim of Jack the Ripper. She was murdered.
What was Jack The Ripper's ideal style of killing?
Jack The Ripper's MO (modus operandi) was cutting the throats of his victims and then mutilating them, and in some victims he took internal organs.
What did 'ripper' mean?
Jack the Ripper, sliced his victims open and removed some of the their internal organs, he literally 'ripped' his victims apart.
What crimes did Jack the Ripper do?
Attacks ascribed to the Ripper typically involve women prostitutes whose throats were cut prior to abdominal mutilations. The removal of internal organs from at least three of the victims led to proposals that the killer possessed anatomical or surgical knowledge.
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.
What is a sentence you can make with the word misogynist?
Jack the Ripper could be considered a misogynist to the extreme due to the brutal ways in which he murdered women.
Did Jack the Ripper kill people?
Yes. The name of Jack the Ripper was given to an unidentified serial killer active between the months of August and November in the Whitechapel District of London in 1888. He brutally murdered anywhere between five and eight women.
