Jack the Ripper

Despite what most people thought, the Queen was very aware of the murders in the east end. She was made aware after the first, but with the discovery of Mary Kelly's body in November 1888 she took immediate action.

Summoning her Prime Minister, the Marquis of Salisbury, who in turn summoned his Cabinet and they decided to offer a free pardon to anyone that was not directly involved with the murders but had knowledge about the murderer.

But it was pretty obvious that the Ripper was a lone wolf that knew how to keep his mouth shut. If he bragged to anyone about his deeds, they never came forward.

I don't think Montugue John Druitt had ever been arrested, so it would be impossible for him to be in prison.

Most believe that the first victim was Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols, though some believe Martha Tabram or Annie Millwood was the first.

There has been some theories about that case. One that has been studied a lot is the theory that the Servant Girl Annihilator in Austin, Texas is the same Ripper in Whitechapel, London. Those ax-murders of Austin, Texas (1884/85) are believed to be the "early work" of Jack the Ripper. The other well put was the Dr. Cream Theory.

I have also read some really dumb theories in the internet.

//There are many theories as to the profession of the killer known as Jack The Ripper. Some feel he must have been a doctor with knowledge of human anatomy. Others felt he had to have been a butcher, a Freemason, a Prince, a taxidermist or a midwife. Until the killer is finally identifyed, we will never know for certain.

Jack The Ripper was never caught so there is no way to know if he was ever in prison.

Dr. Thomas Neill Cream didn't suspect anyone as Jack the Ripper, he was too busy killing people himself. Whereas the Ripper used a knife, Dr. Cream used poison, one of the most cowardly ways to commit murder.

As to your question about Jack being motivated by sexual sadism, my answer is no. First off, no evidence of intercourse was ever detected, nor did the Ripper masturbate over their bodies. So as far as we know, he never raped the victims. Secondly, Jack killed the victims right away.

The definition of a sexual sadist is as follows... "A person who experiences sexual excitement by inflicting suffering or pain upon another person". As stated above, the evidence indicated that the victims were killed immediately. Therefore, because they were killed right away, suffering was not the intended purpose of Jack. He committed all his atrocities after they were deceased.

The Ripper targeted prostitutes for his own reasons. One reason could be that the victims were a very easy target. Another reason could be retaliation. No one will ever know the reason behind his choice of prostitutes.

It is true that JTR was not a sexual sadist, but non-rape of the victim does not always exclude this type of killer.

31st of August, 1888. It was a Friday.

Mary Ann Nichols went by Polly.

Unfortunately, not very. Most of the eyewitnesses were able to give some detailed descriptions of whom the believed were the killer, but of those only two; those of Mrs. Long and George Hutchinson, are of any real interest.

Mrs. Long described a man speaking to Annie Chapman mere moments before her murder; this man was most certainly her killer. Mrs. Long only saw him from behind however and was able only to describe his jacket, hat, and her opinion that he seemed like a foreigner.

George Hutchinson saw the man seen with Mary Kelly face to face and is largely believed to be the one witness that truly saw the Whitechapel murderer.

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The ripper was never apprehended so no one knows about his childhood. But by the way he committed his crimes, we could come to the conclusion that he had a disturbing childhood and some kind of mental deficiency.

There were a lot of places were the ripper could hide while making the killing. As far as we know, the ripper killed 5 prostitutes and there was a double event which one could not be a ripper killing. So apart from being a prostitute and drunk in the early hours of the morning, the chances of being attacked by the ripper are minimum.

Historians have ploughed through census records to gain insight into the lives of the women he targeted. Studies of the 1881 census have shown that far from being the young, lifelong prostitutes that modern cinema has them portrayed, the victims were often older and married with children.

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Two of Jack the Ripper's victims, Elizabeth Stride, who was 37, and Catherine Eddowes, 38, are recorded in the 1881 census as married and living with their husbands seven years prior to their deaths, while 40-year-old Annie Chapman was residing with her parents before relocating to be with her husband, a stud groom, in Berkshire.

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According to newspaper reports when they were murdered in 1888, none of the victims were living with their husbands at the time of their deaths. It is thought they may have turned to prostitution after their marriages broke up. The census confirmed the only victim who was in her 20s at the time of death was Mary Jane Kelly. The first and last of the so-called "Canonical five" victims, Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols and Mary Jane Kelly, are not found in the 1881 census and may well have been street walking on the night the census was taken.

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On the other side of the coin, I knew about the Crowley theory and that his writing is similar of Jack' signature but someone revising the photos of the crime scene spot the figure of bahomet the satanic figure. That was the name given to Crowley in the Ordo Templi Orientis. This is the second time his name has been brought forward in the rippers crimes.

There is no way to tell. The Ripper was never caught and has never been positively identified. There were quotes from people that claimed to be JTR but it would only be speculation as to how authentic they are.

Mary Jane Kelly, at the time of her murder was living in London's poverty-striken east end. Until right before her murder she was living with a man named Barnett. They had recently had a 'falling out'. It seems Mary Kelly was 'entertaining' a woman in their bed and Barnett found out.

But he had not cut her off completely, and in fact had checked in on her just hours before she was killed. The Ripper mutilated Kelly so badly that when Barnett was asked to ID the body, he could only tell it was her by the color of her hair and eyes, or what was left of them.

Although it is a popular misconception that Kelly was the Ripper's last victim, the Ripper kept ripping for many more years.

Since the killer known as Jack The Ripper was never caught there is no way to know if he even had any children. Chances are very good though that he did not. Serial killers usually kill strangers. It is very easy to be caught when your relatives begin dying off in quick succession.

Although both of these killers had a different MO (modus operandi) they loved to taunt the police and derived much pleasure thinking they were smarter than the authorities.

If a person commits an atrocity for what appears to be no reason, then we ourselves may become blameless victims. We need something tangible to point at, to say to ourselves "this is why this happened." The entertainment industry, or that section of it which emphasises the darker, more violent aspects of life, make for an easy scapegoat.

It was ever thus, and in 1888 when the Jack the Ripper murders gripped the East End of London in it's web of fear, a theatrical production at the Lyceum Theatre found itself the focus of a great deal of unwanted attention. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, an adaptation of the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and featuring the celebrated actor Richard Mansfield in the title role was quickly identified as a potential inspiration behind the string of murders.

No body ever found out who Jack the Ripper was although there are a few theories as to who it was. One theory was that it was an American doctor called Dr Francis Tumblety. He died at the end of the 1800's which was about the time the Jack the Ripper killings stopped. When Jack the Ripper killed the woman, the cuts would be very precise, like the murderer knew what he was doing. Doctors tend to be precise when cutting bodies to operate on them meaning it could quite easily be Tumblety.

//While it is true that the killer known as Jack the Ripper was never apprehended, to say the wounds on the bodies of the victims were precise is inaccruate. True to his name, Jack the Ripper literally ripped into his victims in the exact opposite of precise. The debate still rages on about whether the killer could have been a medical doctor due to the fact that he cut out internal organs. Again, the killer showed no particular skills and could have quite easily obtained an anatomy book which would have given him a general idea the location of internal organs. Although JTR was never caught he quite possibly may have "looked over his shoulder" for the rest of his life. Never knowing if or when police may have discovered his dirty deeds.//

Literally hundreds of books have been written about JTR. Probably the best known serial killer, he is more popular as a subject now than he was at the time of his crimes. Countless movies have been made, not all of the dealing with the truth.

In his letters, the shows that characteristic for not following straight lines. This characteristic was shown by the Son of Sam and other serial killers. Each victim was posed in a sexually degrading position, intentionally left that way so the discovery of the bodies would startle the people who found them. They were not concealed or hidden away, but placed in locations where they would be easily discovered. The placing of the victims on their back, grotesquely laid out with their throats cut and viscera exposed or missing, reflect the cruel reality of the killer, his total mastery over their bodies. The pleasure for the killer was demonstrating each victims vulnerability.

The cast of Jack the Ripper - 1988 includes: Harry Andrews as Coroner Wynne Baxter Lysette Anthony as Mary Jane Kelly Peter Armitage as Sergeant Kerby Desmond Askew as Copy Boy Armand Assante as Richard Mansfield Trevor Baxter as Lanyon Ken Bones as Robert James Lees Michael Caine as Inspector Frederick Abberline Mike Carnell as Newsvendor Ann Castle as Lady Gull Lewis Collins as Sergeant George Godley Deirdre Costello as Annie Chapman Jon Croft as Mr. Thackeray Angela Crow as Liz Stride Kelly Cryer as Annette Marc Culwick as Prince Albert Victor John Dair as Isenschmid Roy Evans as Doorkeeper Sheridan Forbes as Millie Hugh Fraser as Sir Charles Warren Martin Friend as Newsvendor Susan George as Catherine Eddowes Michael Gothard as George Lusk Rikki Harnet as Pickpocket Denys Hawthorne as Assistant Commissioner Ronald Hines as Henry Matthews Frank Jarvis as 1st Passer by Edward Judd as DCS Arnold Gertan Klauber as Diemschutz Jon Laurimore as Inspector Spratling Mike Lewin as Duty Guard Rod Lewis as Mortician Gary Love as Derek George Malpas as Old Man Ray McAnally as Sir William Gull Bernadette Milnes as Woman in Doorway Richard Morant as Dr. Acland John Normington as Dresser Ronald Nunnery as Davis Sandra Payne as Mrs. Acland Neville Phillips as Cabinet Secretary Iain Rattray as Tough Cop David Ryall as Bowyer Jane Seymour as Emma Gary Shail as Pimp Gerald Sim as Dr. Bagster Phillips George Sweeney as John Netley David Swift as Lord Salisbury Brian Weske as Porter

The killer refered to himself by several different names, Jack The Ripper and Saucy Jack are just a couple. He obviously had a flare for the dramatic. Jack The Ripper has become almost legend thanks in part to that 'oh so appropriated' name.

According to the leading website on Jack the Ripper, it is an untitled monologue by one Ted621. It is apparently an artistic piece.