Jack the Ripper

he was never caught

Mary Kelly was a prostitute in London's Whitechapel area.

He was an avid sportsman who was discovered drowned in the Thames river on December 31, 1888 and was the son of a medical practitioner. With the theory that the ripper was a butcher or a doctor or someone in a doctor's family, he was considered a suspect since the ripper didn't kill no more after 1888. He died in the last day or the year 1888. Those were the fact in considering him as a suspect.

He was never caught and was never in jail.

Contrary to what you may have seen on TV or in the movies, there is absolutely no evidence that any of Jack The Ripper's victims knew each other or were connected in any way other than the fact that they were prostitutes living (mostly on the streets) in the Whitechapel district of London. It has also been concluded that virtually all were alcoholics. They lived a lifestyle that increased the chances that they would be the victim of a violent crime. This is as true today as it was in Victorian London.

The most well known of the Jack the Ripper crimes occured in the east end of London known as Whitechapal. These 5 murders where within a mile or two of each other. Whitechapel and Spittalfield were the poorest neighborhoods in London overflowing with crime, but these murders shocked even the citizens in the east end.

Since nobody knows exactly who Jack The Ripper was it is very difficult to guess where he lived.

To the best of my knowledge there has never been a woman undertaker that was an accomplice to Jack The Ripper. It is more common for JTR type killers to work alone.

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 originqly a very well known opera singer!

There are two basic classifications for weapons used. Impersonal weapons could include guns, poisoning, ect. The killer wanted distance between him/her and the victim. Personal weapons could include strangulation, stabbing or a violent beating. Jack The Ripper had a need to be up close and personal with his victims. Stabbing his victims, the Ripper had a need to make close contact with these women.

The cut throats were not only personal but practicle also. From the autopsy reports that remain, the killer was most likely positioned behind his victims, however briefly. This rendered the victim voiceless due to the severing of the trachea. It was also a good method of avoiding arterial spray.

You are talking about The Goulston Street graffito. This is the name given to some writing on a wall that was found beside a clue in the Whitechapel murders investigation.It was found at 108-119 Wentworth Model Dwellings, by PC Alfred Long on 30 Sunday 1888.

This chalk-written message has been the subject of many a debate both as to its relevance if written by the Ripper and as to whether it was written by Jack the Ripper at all. Some have theorized that the message was written prior to Mrs Eddowes murder and quite possibly, Mrs Stride's murder, which of course, occurred prior to the Mitre Square tragedy on the same night. It is a matter of opinion, rather than fact, that the Ripper was illiterate or unskilled in English.

There is no certainty that the Goulston Street writing was the work of Jack the Ripper.

Without a doubt, the best known serial killer is London's Jack The Ripper. More than a century after the Ripper began killing prostitutes in Whitechapel in early 1888, he has the most recognizable name and has become a ledgend. A close runner-up would have to be Ted Bundy. Notable mentions would be John Wayne Gacy (the killer clown), Jeffrey Dahmer (the cannibal), and Aileen Wuornos, from Daytona Beach, Florida.

A diary surfaced in the 1970s that claimed to be written by the real Jack the Ripper. The book was written by an English buisiness man from the Victorian era named James Maybrick. Upon inspection the paper and ink were authentic and were a product from the right era. James Maybrick was the author of the diary but it was concluded a fake. Maybrick was an arsenic addict and had many physical problems due to his addiction. Most of JTR's crimes would have been impossible to execute with Maybrick's health problems. It was also proved that on the date that most of the murders took place Maybrick was not even in the country, let alone in London. The owner of the diary, and most ripperologists were disappointed to learn of the fraud. The diary was historic but not for the right reasons. Interesting fact:James Maybrick eventually died from acute and cronic arsenic poisening and although the entire community knew of his addiction, his wife was charged with murder, charges claiming she gave him a fatal dose of arsenic. She was imprisoned for many years and was finally given a full pardon by Queen Victoria. She moved to America where she lived out the rest of her life.

Thomas Cutbush was named as the Ripper by the Sun newspaper on the 13th February 1894. The possibility of Thomas Cutbush being Jack the Ripper was thoroughly investigated by the police at the time, and shown to be without foundation.

With the murder of Mary Ann Nichols on August 31, 1888 investigators were able to begin to see a pattern that matched at least one other victim, Martha Tabran, whose body was found in the early morning of August 7, 1888, in George Yard Buildings, Spitalfields. She had been stabbed 39 times, and with a lack of defense wounds on her hands and arms, it stands to reason she was attacked from behind. Tabran's murder was already under investigation so I guess that would be the official date that case was opened.

What is known for a fact, mostly middle-aged prostitutes were being murdered in a most hidious and brutal way. Throats cut, then stabbed repeatedly, disembowelled and mutilated, many with organs missing, on an average of one a month. Most of the killings were limited to London's impoverished east end known as the Whitechapel district.

As violent as the east end was, these murders were far beyond what was normally seen in Whitechapel. Although Scotland Yard had no name for this fiend, he called himself Jack The Ripper. The term 'serial killer' would not become a recognized term until the likes of Ted Bundy of Washington state, over a century still in the future. This killer calling himself Jack The Ripper knew things about the murders that were not made public. He possessed body parts from his victims. He was unlike any other type of killer police had delt with before. And he was very intelligent. It is no surprise he was never caught.

Modern day law enforcement know how difficult serial killers are to apprehend. They usually have higher than average IQ's, and are worthy adversaries of modern police procedures and foresics. Jack The Ripper would be difficult to catch even in the 21st century. Although his identitiy is still controversial, his crimes are not. Jack The Ripper was responsible for 6 to 15 brutal murders from 1888 to 1891, and maybe beyond into the early 20th century.

The name 'Jack the Ripper' has become the most infamous in the annals of murder. Yet, the amazing fact is that his identity remains unproven today. In the years 1888-1891 the name was regarded with terror by the residents of London's East End, and was known the world over. Since he was not aprehended, nobody knows his age.

A fellow named Gilleman, who belonged to the same club Eagle belonged to.

Mary Ann Nichols is 5' 2".

No he was a brutal murderer and found it fun, it seemed, to kill female prostitutes and rip out their organs or brutally hack at the body until they looked inhuman. He might have collected the body parts, but he certainly didn't donate them to a good cause.

Jack the Ripper

On the 29th September 1888 the Central News Agency, whose offices were situated on New Bridge Street in the City of London, forwarded a letter to the police that they had received on the 27thSeptember. The missive, dated 25th September, was addressed to 'The Boss, Central News Office, London, City.' It read:

Dear Boss,

I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they wont fix me just yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk about being on the right track. That joke about Leather Apron gave me real fits. I am down on whores and I shant quit ripping them till I do get buckled. Grand work the last job was. I gave the lady no time to squeal. How can they catch me now. I love my work and want to start again. You will soon hear of me with my funny little games. I saved some of the proper red stuff in a ginger beer bottle over the last job to write with but it went thick like glue and I cant use it. Red ink is fit enough I hope ha ha. The next job I do I shall clip the ladys ears off and send to the police officers just for jolly wouldn't you. Keep this letter back till I do a bit more work, then give it out straight. My knife's so nice and sharp I want to get to work right away if I get a chance. Good Luck.

Yours truly

Jack the Ripper

Dont mind me giving the trade name. Wasnt good enough to post this before I got all the red ink off my hands curse it No luck yet. They say I'm a doctor now. ha ha

Initially this letter was considered to be just one of many hoaxes, but when the body of Catherine Eddowes was found with one earlobe severed on 30 September, the writer's promise to "clip the ladys ears off" attracted attention. The letter is most letters from serial killers to get credit for his deeds.

Derek Brown, 48, was found guilty of the murders of Xiao Mei Guo, 29, a DVD seller, and Bonnie Barrett, 24, a sex worker, whom he picked up in Whitechapel, east London. Both were young mothers. This man is the latest Jack the ripper copycat.