Jack the Ripper

The main officers from the Metropolitan Police (as opposed to the City Police, who had only jurisdiction over the Catherine Eddows murder, or Scotland Yard) were:

Sir Charles Warren (commissioner)

Sir Robert Anderson (assistant commissioner)

Donald Swanson (Chief Investigator)

Edmund Reid (head of H-division)

Frederick Abberline (Head of the Ground Investigation)

Other Metro officers involved, to lesser extents -

Walter Dew

George Godley

Joseph Henry Helson

John Neil

William Smith

John Spratling

William Thick

Jack the Ripper was never caught. No one knows who he was.

//Sir William Gull, physician ordinary to the Queen, most certainly was not Jack The Ripper. At the time of the Ripper muders, Dr. Gull was well into his 70's and had just previously suffered a dibiliating stroke that left him partially paralized. He was not a suspect at the time of the murders and to think that he committed these crimes is ridiculous.//

Jack The Ripper's hunting grounds were London's east end commonly refered to as Whitechapel. His victims were homeless, alcoholic prostitutes that haunted the east end making a few pennies the only way they knew how. JTR killed his victims in the dark streets, alleys, or darkened doorways of rundown buildings.

Jack the ripper was a mass murderer who raped and killed prostitutes. He could have been a butcher but his knowledge on the human body (eg: when he took kidneys and dismembered Mary Jane Kelly's torso.) made it obvious that he was more of a doctor. ; )

She was a native of England. Records at the time were very sketchy so it can be difficult to find birth records with a street adress.

no one knows cos he was never caught all we know is , he was called Jack the Ripper.

There is possibilty that Jack had a normal life like some notorious serial killers. On the other hand, he could be a loner like Jeffrey Dahmer.

At least four of Jack the Ripper's victims were known to be prostitutes, but friends of Catherine Eddowes (including a Mr Kelly who might as well have been her husband) never knew her to be one.

Jack the Ripper killed women he found out on the streets, alone. Most women out on the Whitechaple streets alone were probably prostitutes, and prostitutes were easy to talk into secluded spaces, which is what made them ideal targets.

It's impossible to know- nobody knows who he was, so it's not possible to say if he had an accomplice.

//The crime scenes and the conditions of the bodies themselves denote a single killer in the Ripper crimes. There have been so many theories about conspiracy and multiple killers, yet none of them are consistant with the evidence.//

At the time of the Ripper murders and for quite some time after, Scotland Yard spoke to and interviewed hundreds of suspects and possible witnesses reguarding the Whitechapel Murders, to no avail. JTR was daring committing his crimes out on the street where he could have been discovered at any moment. But science did not permit his capture and through no fault of the police or the detectives that worked the case the Ripper was never identified.

Life in London's east end was fraught with violence. So when thirty-five year old prostitute Martha Tabram was found dead with 39 stab wounds and a slit throat, it was hardly news. Even the murder of Mary Ann (Polly) Nichols didn't raise much of a stir. But with the death of Annie Chapman the whole of London was terrified and the whole world was outraged. Jack The Ripper is probably the world's first serial killer that made headlines throughout the entire world. He was big news. The sad thing is, he is still big news. Most likely because he was never caught, it lends a certain mystery to the legend of this notorious killer.

It's true that most people have their own theories as to the identity of Jack The Ripper, I believe it is pretty safe to say that the Ripper was a man. Women do kill, and there are most definitely female serial killers. But they don't kill like Jack The Ripper. These crimes were committed by a male, most likely under 30 years of age when the crimes began. White, with a social class at least slightly higher than his victims. This was a man that had a great amount of anger and contempt toward women. He would have looked like a regular person, maybe even non-descript, and he would have been able to blend into the east end of London, Whitechapel and Spitalfields. And one thing is for sure, he knew the area. That does not mean he was a resident, but he knew the many streets and alleyways of Whitechapel. A woman roaming the streets with blood all over her clothes would have raised some eyebrows. On the other hand, the east end was full of butchers and furriers not to mention, some doctors, where blood on their clothes was a sign of success. This all points to a male killer. The Jill The Ripper theory makes no sense at all.

There are lots of theories, but the identity of Jack the Ripper remains unknown.

his name was Robert.masterson in Gordon kormen's book titanic his legs failed and he went to NYC to have them fixed but a young stwerd named alfe made him drown and later alfe died of hypothermia.

//Jack The Ripper was not on the Titanic, he continued to kill east end prostitutes until at least 1891 and probably beyond that. Had Gordon Kormen done his research he would have known that.//

There are so many but I will hit on the ones people are most familiar with. No serial killer list would be complete without Jack The Ripper. Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, Gary Ridgeway, Richard Ramirez, Son Of Sam (David Berkowitz) and the Zodiac. It's sad to say that with the exception of Jack The Ripper, who was from London, the rest of these killers are American.

Surprisingly, a full understanding of the Ripper's modus operandi was not established until several years ago. The Whitechapel murderer and his victim stood facing each other. When she lifted her skirts, the victim's hands were occupied and was then defenseless. The Ripper seized the women by their throats and strangled them until they were unconscious if not dead. The autopsies constantly revealed clear indications that the victims had been strangled.

In the past some writers believed that the Ripper struck from behind when the victims were bent forward, their skirts hiked up their backsides while waiting to engage in anal sex. This is a very awkward arrangement and the risk that they may scream or elude his clutch's make this unacceptable.

The Ripper then lowered his victims to the ground, their heads to his left. This has been proven by the position of the bodies in relation to walls and fences that show that there was virtually no room for the murderer to attack the body from the left side. No bruising on the back of the heads shows that he lowered the bodies to the ground rather than throwing or letting them fall. Given the inclement weather and filth in the streets it is unacceptable that the prostitutes or their client would have attempted intercourse on the ground.

He cut the throats when the women were on the ground. Splatter stains show that the blood pooled beside or under the neck and head of the victim rather than the front which is where the blood would flow if they had been standing up. In one case blood was found on the fence some 14 inches or so from the ground and opposite the neck wound and this shows that the blood spurted from the body while in the prone position on the ground. This method also prevented the killer from being unduly blood stained.

By reaching over from the victim's right side to cut the left side of her throat, the blood flow would have been directed away from him, which would have reduced the amount of blood in which he would have been exposed. If the victim was already dead before their throats were cut, then the blood spilt would have not been very much.

With the heart no longer beating the blood would not have been "pressurized," so only the blood in the immediate area of the wound would have evacuated gently from the cuts. The Ripper then made his other mutilations, still from the victim's right side, or possibly while straddling over the body at or near the feet. In several cases the legs had been pushed up which would have shortened the distance between the abdomen and the feet. No sign of intercourse was ever detected nor did the Ripper masturbate over the bodies.

Usually he took a piece of the victim's viscera. The taking of a "trophy" is a common practice by modern sexual serial killers. In the opinion of most of the surgeons who examined the bodies, most believed that the killer had to have some degree of anatomical knowledge to do what he did. In one case he removed a kidney from the front rather than from the side, and did not damage any of the surrounding organs while doing so. In another case he removed the sexual organs with one clean stroke of the knife. Given the time circumstances of the crimes (outside, often in near total darkness, keeping one eye out for the approach of others, and under extremely tight time constraints), the Ripper almost certainly would have had some experience in using his knife.

Hundreds of letters were sent to authorities from people claiming to know Jack the Ripper or claiming to be Jack the Ripper. They were all probably fake, but one was sent along with a human kidney and could have actually been from the murderer. Or it could have come from a medical student with a stupid sense of humor.

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Previous Answer: there were 2 fake letters what impersonantors wrote and 1 real one from the real jack the ripper.

Of the hundreds of letters that were sent to Scotland Yard in the wake of the Ripper crimes, only a handful were deemed authentic. But many of those letters were materials that an artist would have. Resin, art pencils, ect. In the 2002 book, Jack The Ripper Case Closed, author Patricia Cornwell had those 'bogus' letters, cards, and drawings analyzed and they were consistant with the Impressionist Victorian painter named Walter R. Sickert. Anyone who knew Sickert would know how much he loved to write letters to friends, buisinesses, and most of the newspapers. He could write dozens of letters just to newspapers in one day.

Jack the Ripper" is the popular name given to a serial killer who killed a number of prostitutes in the East End of London in 1888. The name originates from a letter written by someone who claimed to be the killer published at the time of the murders. The killings took place within a mile area and involved the districts of Whitechapel, Spitalfields, Aldgate, and the City of London proper. He was also called the Whitechapel Murderer and "Leather Apron." He was never identified or caught.

General answer is the Autumn of 1888

Detailed answer is:

Mary Ann Nichols (nicknamed "Polly") was killed on Friday 31 August 1888. Her body was discovered by market porter Charles Cross at about 3:40 a.m

Annie Chapman (maiden name Eliza Ann Smith, nicknamed "Dark Annie") was killed on Saturday 8 September 1888. Her body was discovered about 6 a.m.

Elizabeth Stride (nicknamed "Long Liz") was killed on Sunday 30 September 1888. Her body was discovered about 1 a.m.

Catherine Eddowes (also known as "Kate Conway", "Kate Kelly" and "Mary Ann Kelly", from the surnames of her two "common-law husands", Thomas Conway and John Kelly) was, like Elizabeth Stride, killed on Sunday 30 September 1888.

Mary Jane Kelly (called herself "Marie Jeanette Kelly" after a trip to Paris; nicknamed "Ginger") was killed on Friday 9 November 1888. Her gruesomely mutilated body was discovered shortly after 10:45 a.m.

The more interesting question is who did 'Jack the Ripper' kill. These are the five widely accepted victims of Jack, but there is much debate about exactly who should and should not be included on this list.
He committed his crimes in 1888.

As the Ripper was never identified or caught any motive is pure conjecture

A lot of killers don't understand why they pick the victims they do. Opportunity has something to do with it no doubt. But most go for a certain look. Ted Bundy liked brunettes with long hair. All of his victims were pretty and clean cut looking. They looked like what the they were, college students.

If you look at the pictures available of the Ripper victims, not just the '5' but others that the police knew belonged to the Ripper. Most of them resemble each other. It was a look that appealed to him for whatever reasons. If you look at the pictures of Annie Chapman she resembled many of his other victims. So why he picked her was probably a combination of opportunity and she looked like what he wanted. There were many women in the same sorry state that the Rippers victims were in. Homeless, poor, alcoholic, and for the most part, living on the fringes of society. They made easy prey. And when one turned up dead it seemed no family members were outraged on their behalf. But he didn't take them. He took the ones that fit what he wanted.

London was overrun with conspiracy theories over the murders of Jack The Ripper. Adding fuel to the flame was the fact the the Prince enjoyed the company of women from the lower classes, who in fact gave him syphillis. So according to the rumors the Prince in a syphillitic frenzy took his revenge on these women for his disease. And of course, when Scotland Yard failed to catch the fiend, he had protection from his grandmother, the Queen.

Had anyone bothered to check they would have found out in short order that the Prince as The Ripper would have been impossible. On at least 3 of the murders the Prince was not even in London.

There were five confirmed Ripper victims:

Mary Ann 'Polly' Nichols, 5'2" tall, brown eyes, dark complexion, graying brown hair, five front teeth missing, slightly discolored, high cheekbones, scar on forehead from childhood injury. Found murdered at Buck's Row at approximately 3:45 AM. September 24, 1888.

Annie Chapman, 5' tall, 47 years of age at the time of death, pallid complexion, blue eyes, dark brown wavy hair, excellent dental records, stoutly built, thick nose, malnourished and suffering from tuberculosis (possibly had contracted syphilis), slight drinking problem. Found murdered around 27 Hanbury Street at approximately 5:35 AM. Saturday, September 8, 1888

Elizabeth Stride, 5'5" tall, 45 years at time of time of death, pale complexion, light gray eyes, curled dark brown hair, all the teeth in lower left jaw were missing. Found murdered at Berner Street off Commercial Road at approximately 12:45 AM. September 30, 1888.

Catherine Eddowes, 5' tall, hazel eyes, dark auburn hair, tattoo on left forearm that reads "TC." At time of death suffering from Bright's disease, a form of Uremia. Highly spoke of as being intelligent but having a fearsome temper. Found murdered in Mitre Square at approximately 1:45. Sunday, September 30, 1888.

Mary Jane Kelley, 5'7" tall and stoutly built, blond hair, blue eyes, and a fair complexion. found murdered at "McCarthy's Rents" at approximately 10:45 AM. November 9 1888.

Leading scholars on the subject believe Jack the Ripper was an unknown local whose name has been lost to history. Cases can be made for contemporary suspects such as George Chapman and Aaron Kosminski. Cases can be made for other persons of interest like Joseph Barnett. But we simply don't have enough information to name a Most Likely Suspect.

Previous Answer: According to Patricia Cornwell it is one Walter Sickert.

According to pretty much everyone else, it was not

//In the case of Jack The Ripper there is no shortage of theories and opinions. So at this point it is best to deal only in facts.

Fact:The Ripper's crimes did not end with the murder of Mary Kelly.

Fact:Mitochondrial DNA linked letters written by Jack The Ripper to artist Walter Sickert and Sickert's first wife Ellen, found in stamp and envelope adhesives. It should be noted here that Sickert would often have his wife seal and post his correspondences.

Fact:Many Ripper letters where written with artist's supplies. Not cheap supplies either, but expensive paints, resins, artist's pencils, ect. Quality supplies that a serious artist would have in abundence.

Fact:The drawings on some of the Ripper letters and postcards were consistant with Sickert's artwork, as was the handwriting on Sickert letters and Ripper letters.

Fact:Through paper experts, many Sickert letters and Ripper letters were found to have identical watermarks, from small custom batches of writing paper.

Fact:A Ripper letter came from a batch of custom writing paper of which only 24 sheets were ever made, for Eleanor Sickert, Sickert's mother. Sickert had access to her writing supplies.

Fact:The 'Dear Boss' letter received by Dr. Openshaw, London Hospital and Museum, had watermarks that were identical to Sickert's known writing paper. Although the letter seemed to be from an impoverished, illiterate (postmark Whitechapl), again the paper is a dead giveaway being expensive paper, from small batches, something a poor east-ender would never have access to, even if he knew how to write, the majority of the poor could neither read nor write.

Fact:Several Ripper letters arrived with brownish stains resembling dried blood. With testing, the spots were revealed as artist's resin in the particular mixture that was Sickert's trademark.

Fact:Sickert knew the east end like the back of his own hand and would in fact wander through Whitechapel's dark streets and alleys in the wee hours of the morning.

Fact:Sickert was an actor before taking to painting full time. He was a genius at disguises and more than once had fooled his own family including his mother.

Fact:Sickert sketched a woman that looked identical to Mary Ann Nichols, eyes open, black slit across the throat, same bonnet Nichols was wearing at the time of her murder. Nichols before she was taken to the morg.

Fact:Sickert had physical problems with his reproductive organs, none of the victims showed evidence of rape.

Fact:Sickert claimed several different times that he was Jack The Ripper.

Fact:John Grieve, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Scotland Yard, after reviewing the evidence collected by Patricia Cornwell, said had he had this evidence at the time of the killings, he would have gotten warrents and would proceed to trial, confident of a conviction.

These are only a few of the facts uncovered by Cornwell's investigation. Not to be confused with personal opinions or theories. Many who study the Ripper crimes have their 'favorites' as suspects. The above is not intended to try to sway public opinion one way or the other, but to clarify fact from fiction. Facts cannot be changed after the fact. They are what they are, reguardless of the passage of time.//

because living and social condiotions were really bad. For example, the were hardley any street lites and the streets were very narrow anyway. Also, the air was very thick and very foggy. They also didn't have any hi-tec stuff to use to track him down.

Through the years there have been confessions in the crimes of Jack The Ripper. James Maybrick, a London buisness man, claimed to be the Ripper, killing prostitutes because his young wife took a lover. Dr. Thomas Neil Cream confessed with the words 'I am Jack The ....' as the trapdoor dropped and the noose snapped his neck. He was hung for murder by poison. Neither confessor proved to be the Ripper. If the real Ripper did confess to someone, they know how to keep a secret.