Whitechapel murders

Ripper Her fingers shook as she twisted the key in the lock. It was dark out already, although it was only seven thirty. Wrapping her shawl more tightly around her shoulders, Alice began to walk. Nobody could describe her as a delicate, excitable debutante, like the women for whom she worked­ not prone to fainting or having the vapors­ but even still, Alice felt a distinct sense of unease. In broad daylight, at the best of times, people would go on about the dangers lying within the streets of London, but here in Whitechapel, at night, and with all that dreadful talk of Jack the Ripper and the Thames Embankment Murders as well... No. Alice bit her lip. Frightening herself would do her no good. She tried to clear her head, to focus on her breathing, on her footsteps, quieted by the snow. She had walked home through Whitechapel one hundred, two hundred times. And yet, tonight…

The first important factor that needs to be consider when investigating Jack the Ripper case is the location and background of the community that the murders were found in. The area that the murders were found was in Whitechapel which is in the east end of London. Whitechapel was an area of poverty in London. William Rubinstein writes, “Whitechapel . . . was synonymous with urban poverty and squalor. . . According to Charles Booth's Life and Labour of the People in London, (1891-1903), the…

For over a century, the identity of Jack the Ripper has remained a mystery that continues to haunt criminal experts around the world. Jack the Ripper, formally known as the Whitechapel Fiend, committed gruesome murders in the year 1888 around Whitechapel, London. The killer was never caught and many men are still suspects today. Among these men are a traveling doctor, a boot-maker and a Polish immigrant. Francis Tumblety was a traveling doctor who sold Indian herbs throughout North America…

Whitechapel has historically been the heart of the local community – a key hamlet of the East End which has catered for the changing migrant population for generations. A symbol of the East End’s multi-layered history is the Brick Lane Mosque, which has previously served as a church and a synagogue. Within Whitechapel, many of the historic buildings still form part of the rich urban character, including the heritage churches and synagogues, and the historic shop fronts and hospital on the…

Jack The Ripper Assignment Suspect - Montague John Druitt. By Luke Ryan "Jack the Ripper" is the popular name given to a serial killer who killed 5 prostitutes in the East End of London, in the district of Whitechapel, in 1888. The 5 prostitutes were Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly. The name “Jack the Ripper” originates from a letter written by someone who claimed to be the killer published at the time of the murders. He was also…

During the year of 1888, 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,…

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 that the murderer was not seen, he was nicknamed Jack the Ripper. The…

In 1888, the infamous serial killer, Jack the Ripper, terrorized Whitechapel, a town in East London, for eleven months with a series of five, possibly eleven, murders. There were six other horrendous murders that came before the official five victims of Jack. There were many suspects during the Ripper investigation, but the police believed that either Joseph Barnet or Robert D’Onston was responsible. Jack was never identified or arrested because a year later, the murders stopped suddenly. The…

What made these slayings so unique to an area already heavily entrenched in violent crime, was the sheer 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…

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…