Jack the Ripper

surroundings. Ripper is based on the real life crimes of Jack the Ripper, those events happened in the 1890’s so the setting must represent life back then. Stefan Petrucha incorporates both fictional and historical texts in his story. He uses real individuals from our past such as Teddy Roosevelt, Allan Pinkerton and Jack the Ripper. As well as including retro detective gadgets that help set the scene for the late 1800’s. Stefan Petrucha uses the facts known about the London murders committed by…

lower class, prostitutes, and found themselves alone in the night when the Ripper chose them as his victims. Only eight months elapsed during these gruesome killings, and the case was almost forgotten by the press by the beginning of 1889. In the Whitechapel murders casebook, the last report was written on October 18, 1896 by Detective Chief Inspector Henry Moore, regarding the reception of another “Ripper” letter claiming Jack was returning. Based on his investigation of the correspondence,…

I chose the book Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed By Patricia Cornwell. This book is published by Berkley Books in 2002 and has 383 pages. In this book Patricia Cornwell lays out all evidence as to why she believes Walter Sickert was Jack the Ripper all those years ago. This book goes into great detail explaining how Walter Sickert and Jack the Ripper are similar. This book begins by setting the date as Monday, August 6th , 1888 and in London. Walter Sickert was a well known…

encounters with prostitutes. This practice caused him much ridicule and the risk of possible scandal throughout his political career. Some writers have suggested that he took this reforming zeal a little further than he perhaps should, and was in fact Jack the Ripper. In 1888 at the time of the Whitechapel murders, Gladstone was almost 80 years old and half-blind from an unsuccessful cataract operation. Gladstone died from cancer at the age of 88 on 19 May 1898 at Hawarden Castle Flint, and is…

known as none other than Jack the Ripper. This including how the author herself believes she has discovered the identity of the murderer. Patricia Cornwell, the author, is a crime writer who is fascinated by medicine, forensic science, and crime. She researches crimes and makes discoveries, then writes about her findings. Portrait of A Killer is no exception to this matter, and one of the discoveries she believes she has made is the actual identity of the killer. Jack the Ripper was a viscous…

In this day and age, serial killers have become part of the American culture. From Ted Bundy to the infamous “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez, numerous serial killers have become remarkably well-known for their crimes. So well-know, in fact, that they are now their own kind of celebrities, their twisted stories living on even after their deaths. It’s no secret that we can’t get enough of these individuals as well as the heinous murders they commit, but why is this the case? For many years,…

and had to do with a modern-day Jack the Ripper, my interests in checking it out with through the roof. After finally getting my hands on it and sitting down to watch it, I came out liking it quite a bit, but was surprised to find out that the actually Jack the Ripper material was actually just the catalyst for the actually story involving a man on the run from the law and trying to figure out who his brother's murder is. The movie does come back around to the Ripper subplot and it effectively…

Kelly seemed to be the final victim of Jack. The murder took place in Whitechapel, London. However, for the other victims there death took place in different parts of London. His victims were all prostitutes making it easy for him to pick them up. Jack got the name “the ripper” for that being said that he rips his victims apart, making him the prime suspect in Kelly’s death. Her death became more important…

creating an image of Jack the Ripper and in aggravating tensions between the stories told by the press and the public of Whitechapel. Before the Ripper killings, Whitechapel was a filthy slum full of prostitutes, violent gangs, corruption, and crime. In these “bad old days,” the police were already dealing with many crimes and gang violence. The Metropolitan Police had become more organized to reduce gang activity in London; their detectives were not trained for something like the Ripper.…

The case is not different for Jack the Ripper. The monster created fear among the residents of East-end in London due to its ability to kill people and disappear without attracting any attention. The only time which people knew about its existence was after the monster had taken the life of another person. Jack the Ripper had earned the name “the serial killer”. The expertise used in conducting the murder was a representation…