Jack the Ripper

There is a theory. Jack the Ripper may have came to New York City where he continued his horrific murders. And the then New York police may have known but covered up the fact to prevent mass panic. On the morning of April 24th 1891 a woman's body was discovered in a cheap hotel in New York City. The then Chief Inspector of the New York City Thomas Byrnes had said many times in the newspapers that if Jack the Ripper ever showed up in New York he would be caught in just a few days. The woman's body that was found on that April morning had been murdered in a most vicious manner. Her stomach had been cut open an her intestines were thrown around over the bed. And most shocking of all was the fact that some of her female organs were gone. Scrawled on the wall was a message in blood written to Chief Inspector Byrnes. It said " Okay catch me Boss " New York City went into a panic and the newspapers reported that Jack the Ripper had arrived in America.The murdered woman had been a prostitute and she had been seen going to her motel room with a male client at about 10.30 the night before she was found murdered the next morning. People remembered the prostitute was drunk and giggling and the man with her as silent and grim. It was reported the man carried a case much like doctors of the time carried. Almost at once the New York newspapers had a great time at the expense of Inspector Byrnes pointing out that Byrnes had said he could catch the Ripper in a day or two if he ever made the mistake of showing up in New York City. And though the details of the murdered woman on that April morning were never disclosed to anyone other than that note written in blood on the wall it leaked out quickly that their were many similarities between the woman's murder in New York City and the London White-chapel murders known to have been committed by Jack the Ripper. It is a historical fact that members of London's Scotland Yard came to New York City at least twice in 1891 to examine evidence and a letter the New York Police had to see if they could connect the murders in New York City to the Jack The Ripper murders in London. So they must have thought it was quite possible that Jack The Ripper had traveled to New York City and committed murders in New York City. Over the course of the next eleven days three more brutal murders took place in New York City all with in a few miles of the first murder that took place on April 24th 1891. In all three cases prostitutes were attacked and ripped apart in a brutal fashion. And in all three cases female body parts were cut out of the bodies and taken away. But then the murders stopped. Why? There have been rumors for many years that New York's Chief Police Inspector received a package with a bloody body part in it and a taunting letter saying that Jack the Ripper was moving on to another city because he now knew that Inspector Byrnes was incapable of catching him. Inspector Byrnes denied this ever happened but some police and newspaper sources at the time said that yes it had happened and that it haunted Byrnes the rest of his days and that Brynes was never quite the same again. In October of 1893 a New York newspaper received a letter supposedly from Jack the Ripper and in it was gory details of the murder of Carrie Brown the prostitute who was murdered on April 24th 1891 in New York City. It is said the letter contained details that only the person who committed the crimes would have known. In the letter it stated that Inspector Byrnes wasn't able to catch anyone much less Jack The Ripper. If this letter was truly from Jack The Ripper it is the last known correspondence from him. That letter is still in the possession of the New York Police. A Police Inspector from London's Scotland Yard came to New York City and examined that letter and said to him the letter appeared to be in the same hand writing as the letters received by London's Scotland Yard Police.

Jack the Ripper Jack the Ripper was one of the most famous and renowned killers in history. Even though he was not the first serial killer, he was the first killer to strike on a metropolis setting. Jack the Ripper was in his prime at a time when the media had a strong control over society and society had as a whole was becoming much more literate. The police used leaflets, in a police leaflet published after the murders of Elizabeth Stride and Kate Eddowes. These leaflets were posted through peoples doors in the East End by the police. These leaflets were to encourage people to come forward and put people's names who were believed to be suspicious, and any information they had on who the murderer was. There were however many short comings in this. Already without even reading this source you notice that there is a problem with the police using this form of communication to the public. In the nineteenth Century many people in the East end were illiterate and uneducated, and consequently the leaflets made no impact at them at all as they could not read this leaflet. In addition, there were problems even if the people could read. The leaflet itself was general. "should you know any person to whom suspicion is attached" it is very universal. This was to no abail since the ripper was never caught or aprehended.

It would depend on the area but usually the punishment for murder was execution.

Serial killers come from different backgrounds, attain different levels of education, and hold various types of jobs. However, many serial killers do have at least one thing in common: the desire to communicate regarding their crimes. Through a careful examination of messages from such killers as the D.C. Snipers, the BTK Killer, the Zodiac Killer, Jack the Ripper, the Black Dahlia Avenger and others, Gibson reveals in his book "Clues for serial killers" aspects of their communications that give us a window into the psyches of these criminals.

On the evening of September 29, 1888 at 8:00 p.m., Katherine Eddows was arrested by two City Police for drunk and disorderly. According to the report, Eddows was standing in the middle of the road imitating a fire engine. She was released sometime after midnight. Shortly after her release she met with the Ripper and her place in history was sealed.

Serial Killers are usually the type of people we hardly notice. The occasional passer-by in a hallway, an elevator, or on a sidewalk. We usually find out about them when it is much too late.

Peter Sutcliffe, also known as the Yorkshire Ripper, killed at least 13 young girls and women by stabbing.

It's no more unlikely than some of the Ripper theories.

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.//

Unfortunately, the killer known as Jack The Ripper has become a legend. He is by far the most infamous serial killer of all time. The fact that he was never caught lends an air of mystery about him. This single killer has inspired books, movies, Ripper walks, and Ripper websights, and the interest seems to grow with each passing year.

I think it is very sad that he is remembered, yet his victims seem almost inconsequential to the public. In the 1990's headstones were finally placed on the graves of Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride and Mary Kelly, a long overdue memorial to the women that had the misfortune to cross paths with Jack The Ripper.

I guess its all a matter of personal preferece, but if you want a JTR book that is well researched, well written, and a breath of fresh air then Patricia Cornwell's - Jack The Ripper:Case Closed is the best. Cornwell used to work for the state-of-the-art coroner/forensic office in Virginia. For 6 years she assisted with autopies and anything else that needed to be done. She knew and understood death. Also, and this is very important, she knew nothing of the murders of JTR. She didn't even know his victims were prostitutes. Cornwell started from scratch and studied the evidence. She did not want to repeat the same falsehoods that have become 'fact' when indeed they were not fact. Some of the problem came from some newspapers. Once things are written down, whether true or not, they get repeated and passed on. She stuck to the evidence that remained.

Another very good JTR book is :Jack the Ripper A to Z by Paul Begg, Martin Fido, and Keith Skinner. Once again the old falsehoods have been researched and found untrue so they stuck with the evidence. This is a great companion book for Cornwell's.

There is a museum that claims to have the knife of Jack The Ripper. If you 'read the fine print' you will find that it is not the knife used by the Ripper. There was never a weapon recovered in this case. In what remains of autopsy reports of the Ripper's victims it can't even be determined as to the exact type and size of the knife used.

Over the course of the Ripper investigation hundreds of letters were sent to police and press. Many people, including PC's at Scotland Yard, thought that only three letters were genuine (written by the killer). This is, of course, just an educated guess.

Probably not. Jack The Ripper is still unidentified and although it's been over 120 years since hes murders began the case is still officially open and unsolved.

It is entirely possible that a Ripper victim may have escaped. But violence was commonplace in Whitechapel, the victim may not have know she was attacked by the famous killer. Another possiblity could be that the woman was just too frightened to report the attempted murder.

Catherine Eddows was seen with a man less than 15 minutes before her mutilated body was discovered in Mitre Square, Aldgate, September 30, 1888. This man almost certainly had to be Jack The Ripper. She really had no time to find a new interested customer, get murdered and mutilated, all before the Constable came around on his nightly beat. He passed the spot where her body was found ever 15 minutes.

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Until he is posititvely identified we will never know for sure, but the people that may have seen him shortly before or after some of the murders claim that he may have had light colored hair.

Contrary to the eye witnesses, Hollywood depicts the killer as dark and brooding, with cape and top hat, enshrouded in that famous London fog. The reality is probably somewhat different. What we know of serial killers today is how average many of them appear to the rest of the world. In fact many of these killers have what looks to be normal lives with the appearence of normal relationships, 'average joe' to all who know them.

As is true even today, women who work as prostitutes are much more likely to be the victim of a violent crime. With the poverty conditions in London's Whitechapel district many women were forced into prostitution in order to survive. Without a man (father or husband) to take care of them their choices were greatly reduced. Jack the Ripper took full advantage of the circumstances which made these poor women walk the streets at all hours of the night. Unfortunately, little has changed. Gary Leon Ridgeway, aka Green River Killer, confessed to over 60 murders in Washington State. With few exceptions, he targeted prostitutes that worked the Sea-Tac strip near the Sea-Tac airport in Seattle.

She was the second person killed in the early hours of Sunday 30 September 1888, a night which already had seen the murder of Elizabeth Stride less than an hour earlier. These two murders are commonly referred to as the "double event". But if you look at a map, you will realize that the distance between the two points is a little over a mile. If you also look at the account, you would realize that Jack the ripper didn't have the time to do both killings.

The record states the year he was active was 1888 and that was not fully proven.

//The serial killer known as Jack The Ripper was most active for the time period beginning in 1888 until 1891, and possibly beyond.

Mann seems to be a newer suspect, one of several in the last few years that appear to come out of nowhere. Robert Mann was an inmate of the Whitechapel Workhouse in charge of the mortuary. At around 4:00 a.m. on the morning of the discovery of Mary Ann Nichols body Mann was roused out of sleep and told to bring the body into the mortuary that was now sitting outside the door still in the 'cart'. Mann and fellow inmate James Hatfield hurried to take the body off the street and into the mortuary where they preceeded to remove the victim's clothes, some of which had to be cut/torn off the body. Once naked the men washed and cleaned the body, thinking they were making things easier for the attending doctor. Despite the reprimand they received for washing away evidence the same mistake was made on the next victim Annie Chapman.

There are several reasons why Mann was overlooked as a suspect at the time of the murders. And they are very solid reasons. Robert Mann was an inmate of the Whitechapel Workhouse which meant he was working off some kind of debt. People were sent to the workhouses if they couldn't pay their bills. Although it is hard to believe now, most of the very poorest of the poor were illiterate, unable to read or write. We can safely assume that the killer was able to read and write and had money for ink, paper, and postage. Mann probably lacked the skill and most definatly had no access to writing materials and we know he couldn't have bought them himself even if he could read and write. Since at least some of the letters, notes and postcards were authenticated by Scotland Yard as being from the killer that lets Mann out on this point alone.

Then there is the time factor. Nichols was last seen alive at 2:30 a.m. by her friend Nelly Holland. Her body was found an hour and fifteen minutes later. That would have been about a 3:45 a.m.. Mann was awakened from a sound sleep at 4:00 a.m., verified by Hatfield. It would be impossible for Mann to kill Nichols at 3:45, get rid of bloody clothing, and fall asleep to be awakened at 4:00 a.m. to attend the body. Had anybody done their 'homework' on the details of the crime Mann's name would have never been mentioned.

I seriously doubt it. Jack The Ripper's crimes were committted during the Victorian era, the late 1880's. That would make him close to 150 years old. So whomever is in Broadmoor Mental Hospital, it can't be Jack The Ripper.

McNaughten was Chief Constable of the CID at Scotland Yard. Although he did not hire on until after the murder of Mary Kelly, he felt he knew enough about the case to write a book and how he worked the case. He had some 'interesting' theories on the identity of the killer. He was positive that the Ripper must have killed himself after the Kelly murder, based on what evidence nobody could tell.