Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper is the most popular and notorious serial killer in history. The identity of Jack the Ripper remains unknown today and the murders unsolved. He is among the most infamous in the annals of murder. It had been during 1888 and 1891 once the ripper murdered many women in areas in and round the East End of London in 1888. The name’Jack the Ripper’caught on whenever a letter (believe to be always a hoax) was posted to the central news agency and signed by this name. They forwarded this letter to the Metropolitan Police.

The total amount of women he killed is uncertain but you will find eighteen women’s murders around that point which to this day still remain unsolved. It is generally accepted he definitely killed five which are named as Mary Ann who was simply murdered on August 31, Annie Chapman, who was simply murdered on the 8th September, Catharine Eddowes and Elizabeth Stride both murdered on September 30th and Mary Jane Kelly murdered on the 9th November all in 1888. Most of the women were poor and vulnerable prostitutes. There is no sign of intercourse or that the Ripper masturbated on the bodies.

The Ripper grabbed hold of the women by their throats and strangled them until these were unconscious or even dead. Then cut their throats and removed some internal organs thought to be ‘trophies’ for him to keep. This made police during the time believe he’d a medical background as he’d anatomical knowledge. In one of many cases he removed a kidney from leading rather than from the medial side, and doing this he did not damage the surrounding organs. In an added case he managed to get rid of the sexual organs with one stroke of the knife, which you think it was nearly completely dark and trying to not be noticed, he might have had to work fast, this makes investigators or ripperologists believe he’d experience using the knife.

During those times the activities of the Ripper were chronicled in the newspapers, including the outcomes of the inquiries and what taken by the police. Because during the time there clearly was no such thing as forensic evidence as well as finger printing, the only method to commit someone of murder was to truly catch them in the act of cause them to confess.

To the very day Jack the Ripper has remained popular. This really is because of the fact he was never caught and the mysteries surrounding this killer increase the romance of the story and creating an intellectual puzzle that people still want to fix today.

Since the murders there have been many works of fiction in both books and movies. There is a current BBC TV series called Whitechapel. Those still fascinated with one of these unsolved murders may also continue the Jack the Ripper tour in the East end of London. The tour lasts for 2 ½ hours and explores the historical background of the Ripper murders. You get to explore the dark passages and alleys that the murderer used and visit three murder sites and a couple of other possible Ripper sites.