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    Jack The Ripper Theory

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    Jack The Ripper Name: Course: Institution: Tutor: Date: Introduction: the identity of Jack the Ripper The Whitechapel area of London was a crime scene between 6th August and 9th November 1888. Five women who were prostitutes were secretly murdered and one of them mutilated. Mary AnnNicholes was murdered on 31st August, Annie Chapman, on 8th September, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes on 30th September and Mary Jane Kelly on 9th November 1888 (Harrison, 2010). Being…

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    Whitechapel London had a series of grisly murders that were committed by a serial killer that would later be labeled as Jack the Ripper. The murders took place from August 31st, 1888 - November 9th, 1888. In total 5 prostitutes were murdered in the area of Whitechapel, to this day, no one knows who committed these horrific murders. Which brings a lot of speculation on who Jack the Ripper was, many theorized that the killers were suspects Francis Tumblety, George Chapman, and James Kelly. Of…

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    Jack the Ripper was a serial killer from Whitechapel, London, known for the brutal murder of five prostitutes in 1888. He has become known as the first serial killer. His murders are probably the most reputable crimes in history. The killer has yet to bet identified and the case is a still a mystery to this day. Multiple witnesses have stated that they have seen him, although he was never been captured. His crime spree was unprecedented in Britain and nothing like it had ever happened. Police…

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    Jack the Ripper is one of the world's most infamous criminals because he mutilated his victims’ bodies in an unusual manner, indicating that the killer had knowledge of human anatomy from August 7 to September 10 in 1888. He had killed at least 5 prostitutes which all took place within a mile of each other and involved the districts of Whitechapel, Spitalfields, Aldgate and the City of London—in London's East End in the autumn of 1888 was never apprehended. [2]Because of his act, the Whitechapel…

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    The murders of Jack the Ripper Life was complicated for people in London, England during the 1800’s. Many adults, teens and children had to work in appalling condition just to survive and it’s sad to say, but many women turned to prostitution to earn money. Little did they know, this could be the most life threatening decision at this time for Jack the Ripper had come out to play. Between 1888 and 1891, a total of 11 women, all of them in the profession of prostitution, were murdered in…

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    Jack The Ripper, began his killings back in 1888 in East End of London, although the killings in Whitechapel was threat in a small area of the community was relate in parts of a small town in London, these killings was huge on society as a whole. These killings by Jack The Ripper, serve as a reminder not too distant past when section of London society fought a battle against starvation and poverty. They provide a window though They can look back on a by gone age when the eyes of the World were…

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    Jack the Ripper has never been caught and was known to kill girls in Whitechapel in London 1888 during October(jack the rip.). The thing about him was that his murders happened 1 mile away from each other.There was over a hundred suspects for the Ripper , but I gathered three. That I thought were the best. George Chapman, Aaron Kosminski ,and Dr. John Williams. A lot of people thought he study the human anatomy because of the clean cuts he left on his victims. It was said to believe he committed…

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    Jack The Ripper Identity

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    brutality of the homicides. Inside the boundary lines of a single square mile, a number of prostitutes were strangled and mutilated by an unidentified serial killer known to the public as Jack the Ripper. Despite the efforts of the Metropolitan Police to find and capture the assailant, the true identity of the Ripper is as much of a mystery today as it was in 1888. Speculative theories concerning the identity of the Whitechapel butcher continue to evoke public interest and endure the test of…

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    abdominal mutilations and some of their organs had been removed. This was the most vicious string of murders that London had ever seen. The killer, Jack the ripper, was originally called “the white chapel murderer” or “leather apron” and didn’t actually get the name Jack the ripper until letters were received by someone that was claiming to have committed the murders but there is no actual proof that the letters were written by him and it is actually…

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    Jack The Ripper Thesis

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    Jack the Ripper In London 1888, Jack the Ripper was a murderer that killed prostitutes such as Mary Nichols, Annie Chapman and a few others (Jones). His real identity is still unknown today, because of their lack of forensics and technology then they could not find the actual murderer (Jack the Ripper Biography). The name Jack the Ripper was created by one of the letters that was sent to the Metropolitan newsletter and they had signed it as "Jack the Ripper" (History.com Staff 1).…

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