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I believe the Ripper was targeting prostitutes because they were an easy target. Serial killers lack the true killing instict. They prey on victims that easy to kill. I never seen a serial killer killing a hells angels biker.
//I agree that prostitutes are often chosen as victims because they are available targets. But Jack The Ripper's crimes were sexually motivated. This is why he did not kill men. He was most likely heterosexual or he would have chosen men instead. It is also obvious that the killer had an enormous hatred for women. Some killers that victimize prostitutes claim they were doing society a favor by cleaning up the streets. Washington state's Green River Killer Gary Leon Ridgeway said this exact thing after his arrest.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoI think it might have been related to his mother.Some Ripologist believe that his mother molested him as a young boy.This fact is not proven, and rarely discussed. However this might also be why he targeted prostitutes.I believe he targeted prostitutes because his mom might have been one.
There is an author that is a well known forensic criminologist who makes a very good case with considerable compelling evidence that she has the case almost solved. (Patricia Cornwell) in her latest book-Jack the Ripper revealed. The main suspect (I won't ruin it for you by providing name) is unable to have sex. Jack taunted the police with letters and the Yard still has many, although some of the evidence was pilfered. They also have his DNA. If they get permission or there is overwhelming public pressure to exhume a grave or two we will finally know for sure. Even without DNA evidence, expert opinion says the case she makes is strong enough for a conviction by today's standards anywhere, so it is worth reading.
//Patricia Cornwell's 2002 bestseller Jack The Ripper:Case Closed documents her journey into the life and mind of one of the worst killers the world has ever known. Her research was exhaustive, her forensic background served her well. She approached the project with a fresh eye, meaning she knew very little about the crimes and in fact didn't even know that the victims were prostitutes. And last but not least, she invested $6 million of her own money to find the truth in the case. Although no known sample of Walter Sickert's DNA is available (he had no children, nor did any of his siblings), an exhumation is impossible for the fact that Sickert was cremated.
By his choice to murder women only tells us that more than likely he was a white, heterosexual male. Most of his victims resembled each other, so we can assume the physical appearance had meaning to him, for reasons that can only be guessed at. Due to the state of the bodies, it is clear he had a hatred for women in general, prostitutes specifically.
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Did Jack the Ripper only kill women?
As far as we know - yes.Yes he did
What eye colour did Jack The Ripper have?
Since Jack The Ripper was never caught there is no way to discern his eye color. Short of a positive ID, we can only guess what the Ripper looked like.
Did Jack the Ripper have any sisters or brothers?
The 19th century serial killer named Jack The Ripper was never identified. It would be impossible to know if he was an only child or not.
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.
Is the New York Ripper in the movie somehow connected to Jack the Ripper and the Yorkshire Ripper?
The only connection is the word Ripper. Jack The Ripper is the name for a 19th century serial killer that killed prostitutes in London's impoverished east end known as Whitechapel. The Yorkshire Ripper is Peter Suttcliff who was convicted of 13 murders in 1981. The New York Ripper is a fictonal character.
What happenend to Jack The Ripper?
The only thing we can safely assume about Jack The Ripper is that he is dead. His crimes began in the year 1888 so it would be impossible for him to be alive. Other than that everything else is speculation and guessing.
Will and can Jack the Ripper ever be solved?
Jack the Ripper will probably always be a mystery. Maybe one day technology will be sophisticated enough, to uncover the truth behind this serial killer. Who knows? Only time will tell? Si
Why was Francis Thompson a suspect of being Jack The Ripper?
Like many other Ripper suspects, Thompson was associated with Jack The Ripper only by the flimiest of circumstances. Thompson had trained as a medical doctor and he lived just south of Whitechapel. Other than that I could find no other reason for him to be a suspect.
Is Joe Birdsey Jack The Ripper?
The only Joe Birdsey I could find lived in the 1600's. That would make him about 200 years too early to be a Ripper suspect.
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 did Jack the Ripper like?
Considering nobody knows who he was, the only thing we can say for sure that he did like was murdering prostitutes.
How many women were killed in Whitechapel by Jack the Ripper?
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?
