Jack the Ripper

Mary Ann Kelly, also known as Mary Jane Kelly, was a victim of the Jack the Ripper murders in 1888. She was found brutally murdered in her room on 9 November 1888 in Whitechapel, London. Her injuries were severe, and her body was extensively mutilated, indicating a violent and gruesome murder. The case remains unsolved, and the identity of Jack the Ripper remains unknown.

Catherine Eddowes' body was found in Mitre Square, a small square in the Whitechapel district of London, on the morning of September 30, 1888.

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. He was never aprehended. The image has not changed for more than a century.

There is a theory that suggests that the famous author Lewis Carroll, known for writing Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, was accused of being Jack the Ripper. However, this theory has been widely discredited by experts and there is no concrete evidence linking him to the crimes. It is important to distinguish between fact and speculation in such cases.

Life in Whitechapel during the time of 1888 was known to be worthless, and cheap. Therefore the streets of Whitechapel were dangerous and risky. Murders to be with abuse, drinking, robbery, money or fights between gangs was very common and nothing out of the unordinary, especially for the street of Whitechapel where incidents like this occurred on a daily basis. Homelessness was a major problem at the time, so street was packed with prostitutes, immigrants and unemployed people, all looking for some sort of a way to gain money. When daylight went and night began to creep in, this was the time when people were at most risk especially prostitutes because they were out looking for business and the street of Whitechapel ideal. This is because there was a lack of lighting facilities at night and the narrow street and allies with gaps were the spot for business. Though sadly these places were also deal for brutal attacks to occur, Jack the Ripper murders.

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Jack the Ripper in a moniker given to an unidentified serial killer active in London's East End Whitechapel District between the months of August-November 1888, July of 1889, and February of 1891.

His identity was never known, as he was not officially arrested for the crimes. Over 100 suspects have been named as the killer, but the evidence to date clears all of these individuals of the charge with the sole exception of George Chapman, aka Severin Klosowski. Of all the suspects, only Chapman was active in the district during the time of the murders; had anatomical knowledge, and very closely resembles the man seen with the fifth victim Mary Jane Kelly.

From a profiling viewpoint, the Whitechapel murderer was most likely a misogynist. He was likely abused from childhood by a domineering mother or other female authority figure that instilled in him a deep seated hatred and possibly fear of women. The evidence suggests that he held a steady job likely as a book keeper or accountant. He was right handed, and new the district and the movements of the police well enough to easily avoid them, which suggests he most likely lived in the district. He was most likely unmarried and without steady female companionship. His friends and co-workers would have described him as being quiet and restrained; even shy, and very clean and tidy.

Without a doubt he was not. The man known as Leather Apron was a local shoemaker named John Pizer. When panick was at its highest anyone that wore a leather apron or used a knife in his line of work could very likely become a Ripper suspect. This is exactly what happened to Pizer.

After being questioned and then released by the police the public decided Pizer had to be the Ripper and had the man not run and hid he most likely would have been strung up by the crowd. For quite a while after being questioned, Pizer had to stay out of sight for his own safety.

That is unknown because it is not known for sure who Jack the Ripper was. The question of his profile is still asked today.

took thousands of statements but had no computers to handle all the evidence, heavy policing of red light areas and collected number plate numbers, fake geordie ripper threw police off scent, they lost vital info

It could have been anyone but most historians think that it was Mary Jane Kelly.

This is just one of many misconceptions that get passed on through books and the media. Scotland Yard knew Mary Kelly was not the last victim just as the felt strongly that Mary Jane Nickols was not the first. According to Patricia Cornwell's best seller 'Jack the Ripper Case Closed' the Ripper went on killing right into the early 20th century. After Kelly the papers stopped printing much about the notorious killer. Things cooled down and it appeared that the Ripper was gone.

Literally, hundreds of letters claiming to be written by Jack The Ripper were mailed to the local newspapers, police and with the 'Lusk' letter, civilians that played some part in the Ripper saga. Inspector Freddrick Abberline even received at least one telegram signed Jack The Ripper.

Initially the great majority of the letters were discounted as fakes, and it is probably true that some were sent by pranksters and/or people with a sick sense of humor. But on closer inspection it seems that many of the letters thought to be a hoax may have more merit.

In conclusion, there are very few letters remaining after two world wars and several reorganizations of storage spaces withing Scotland Yard. Not to mention, a slow but steady attrition due to pilfering by souvenir hunters and the curious. It may be helpful to take a second look at what remains of the Ripper letters using modern forensic tools available today.

Mary Ann Nichols - 44

Anny Chapman - 47

Elizabeth Stride - 45

Catherine Eddows - 46

Mary Jane Kelly - 25

This are his accepted victims and the others are probables so I wont state age on those.

The Whitechapel Murders most likely began on August 7, 1888, with the death of a thrity-five year old prostitute named Martha Tabram. Tabram was stabbed 39 times and her throat had been cut from left to right, most likely from behind.

Police world wide has come with scientific methods to capture murederes and solve other crimes. Mei Trow used modern police forensic techniques, including psychological and geographical profiling, to identify Robert Mann, a morgue attendant, as the killer.

Her body was discovered a little before 6.00am by John Davis. The body was terribly mutilated with a very sharp knife with a thin narrow blade at least 6 in. to 8 in. probably longer. The tong was protruded. The throat had been severed. the incisions into the skin indicated that they had been made from the left side of the neck. There were two distinct clean cuts on the left side of the spine. One thing that was noticed was the neck bones were tried to be separated.

The abdomen had been entirely laid open: the intestines, severed from their mesenteric attachments, had been lifted out of the body and placed on the shoulder of the corpse; whilst from the pelvis, the uterus and its appendages with the upper portion of the vagina and the posterior two thirds of the bladder, had been entirely removed.

There are numerous books and publications that deal with the mystery of Jack the Ripper. Some are factual or, at least, claim to be, while others are fictional. Still others blend fact and fiction together. This creates confusion for a person who wants to seriously study Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel murders. lthough first published in 1994, Philip Sugden's historical investigation of the gruesome Whitechapel murders still stands out as a fact-based classic on Saucy Jack. There is certainly no shortage of books and movies about Jack the Ripper, the mysterious 19th century serial killer of London prostitutes (1888 - 1891). What makes Sugden's book stand out from the crowd is the fact that he started from scratch.

At the time of the Ripper murders minorities were made the scapegoat for many situations. There were thousands of immigrant Jews that lived in the east end of London and were suspect to the rest of the population. Jews were neither liked or trusted, which is why there was a lot of 'finger pointing' when Scotland Yard failed to capture the Ripper.

The most famously remembered today is Detective Inspector George Aberline although there were other DI's on the case. The case was initially headed by DI Edmund Reid until Aberline was sent in to help along with DI's Henry Moore and Walter Andrews.

After the Eddowes murder, which occurred within the City of London, the City Police under Detective Inspector James McWilliam were also engaged. However, overall direction of the murder enquiries was confused and hampered by the fact that the newly appointed head of the CID, Sir Robert Anderson, was on leave in Switzerland between 7 September and 15 October, during which time Chapman, Stride and Eddowes were killed. This prompted the Chief Commissioner of the Met., Sir Charles Warren, to appoint Superintendent Donald Swanson to coordinate the enquiry from Scotland Yard. Swanson's notes on the case survive and are a valuable record of the investigation.

These are just the 5 victims that were originally thought to be the Ripper's only victims. We now know there were many more.

Mary Ann Nichols-Buck's Row

Annie Chapman-#29 Hanbury St.

Elizabeth Stride-Berner St.

Katherine Eddows-Mitre Square

Mary Kelly-#13 Miller's Court

Message on the wall-Goulston St. This was the infamous message on the wall found just a short distance from the Chapman murder scene. It was erased on the orders of Comm. Warren and caused an uproar from everyone, but mostly from fellow officers.

I believe Nature records itself, and later repeats itself another time another place, and read the extraordinary assassination similarity between Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy beyond mere coincidence, but replayed in similar fashion.

Jack only killed at weekends, the same with Sutcliffe:

Jack killed young women, and Sutcliffe similar:

A witness said Jack was seen about five foot eight tall, was bearded and soft spoken:

Sutcliffe was five foot eight tall, and soft spoken:

I read regarding Jack the police coverage and newspapers the greatest ever:

Our newspaper, police and TV coverage perhaps the greatest ever: Regarding Jack the Inspectors received several letters from the man himself, and considered either genuine or hoax:

Regarding Sutcliffe the Inspectors received a tape from either the man himself, or hoax: I read Jack suspect arriving horse drawn carriage:

Sutcliffe visited driving either a lorry and car:

I read major suspect Sutcliffe was interviewed several times and released, and taking these similarities further if someone checking police archive documents regarding another major suspect interviewed several times and released, it could be the man himself, and married same as Sutcliffe.

We do not know for sure, but five women are usually considered definite Ripper victims. Three others are possible, though likelihood varies between them.

Probably the only positive thing that was a result of these murders is the attention it brought to the living conditions in the east end. They were deplorable and long overdue for change. The Ripper murders brought the Whitechapel district out into the light where it could not be denied.

I'm sure that most people in London knew to some degree about the poverty, but the Ripper pushed it into their faces, and the whole world saw it. There was no option but to try to do something to improve the lives of these poor people that did their living and dying in London's east end.