He was known as The Whitechapel Killer until a letter arrived in which he signed his name as Jack The Ripper. If nothing else, he seemed to have a flair for the dramatic. The name was more appropriate then anyone could have guessed at the time. The combination of an unsolved mystery, his gruesom crimes and that unique name has made this killer the most well-known serial killer in history.
Jack The Ripper
The Jack the ripper murders as we know, were in 1888. At 5 were attributed to him that year.
Jack the Ripper is the best known pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished districts in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888.
Jack the Ripper is the best known name given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888.
1888 Most criminal historians agree that Jack The Ripper continued to kill after 1888. In the book by Patricia Cornwell Jack the Ripper Case Closed there is compelling proof that the Ripper crimes contiuned into the early 20th century.
Jack committed his crimes in 1888.
Jack the Ripper is the moniker for a serial killer who killed homeless prostitutes beginning in 1888 in London.
Jack killed 30 September 1888.
There is no evidence to suggest that Charles Dickens encountered Jack the Ripper. Charles Dickens died in 1870, while Jack the Ripper was active in 1888. Their timelines did not overlap.
30 Sept. 1888
The unsolved 'Jack the Ripper' murders.
He was mostly at large in the year 1888