Jack The Ripper And Holmes Research Paper

A murderous atmosphere pervaded the late 1800’s, numerous people at the time were reported missing and bodies of the deceased piled. The contribution of these victims can be linked to the rise of serial killers, especially the two most notorious serial killer in of the time Jack the Ripper and Herman Webster Mudgett, who went by the alias of Dr. H.H. Holmes. The two killers began killing around the 1880’s, and they were able to escape captivity for years. It is widely debated whenever Jack the Ripper is none other than Holmes, but it can be proven false due to the different killing technique and they were located in different territory. Although, Holmes and Jack butchered multiple victims in a different region and had different murdering style, …show more content…
In Jack the Ripper’s cases, Jack killed, “ always late at night, and each one were women (Rubinstein 1).” Jack carefully planned his murders which happen usually at night and his victim were women that were prostitutes. His killing at first took place in the open, later Jack made precautions and killed in concealed areas. Being a prostitute, Jack could have easily lured the girls to hidden places, so there be no witness. Holmes was also careful when planning his murder, an example is Emeline’s death, “ Holmes lured [Emeline] into the vault; he then closed the airtight door and lock her inside (Larson 191).” Holmes methods of killing differ from Jack, Holmes kills them from afar and when the victim is powerless. By locking her up, nobody can hear her scream or help her. In addition, Holmes modify his hotel to be a death castle, “ the hotel was full of guests… he let the guest expire in her sleep or pressed a chloroform-soaked rag to her face. (Larson 257).” Holmes made his hotel, so he can make killing a standard procedure. Described by Larson, Holmes killed numerous of people and took advanced of them by killing them in their