Whitechapel

Police Officer in Vancouver and is now based at the criminal justice department at Texas State University, as identifying Flower and Dean Street as the epicenter of Jack the Ripper plausible residency. (Spencer) Kosminski was a known local of the Whitechapel district during the late 1880s and therefore he would have intimate knowledge of the surrounding area and the nefarious activities that took place after nightfall. Robert House shared essay ‘Aaron Kosminski Reconsidered’ on Casebook: Jack…

Jack the Ripper: Case Solved? Jack the Ripper was one of the first documented serial killers in history. While there has been a lot of controversy about the killer, the identity of Jack the Ripper is still a mystery. The Whitechapel police believed that the killer was a Jewish man with hatred towards women. Aaron Kosminski was Jewish, had spent time in a mental hospital, and was known for his loathing of women. Even though there are many suspects that people believe could be Jack the Ripper,…

II. The Press When the press covered the Ripper killings they used cultural fantasies and Victorian anxieties to their advantage by challenging the police and fascinating the public. They wove a tale of sex, blood, and murder, which would forever change murder in the news. This sensationalism operated on an emotional level, appealing to the morals of the reader. David Sachsman and David Bulla summarize sensationalism in the press in their book Sensationalism: Murder, Mayhem, Mudslinging,…

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…

The historical story telling novel 'The longest memory' by Fred D'Aguiar and the play 'black diggers' written by Tom Wright explore the extreme distress and damage undergone by vital characters such as Whitechapel and Bertie respectively, and the long lasting effects it has on the way these characters view life itself. In the longest memory the concept of trauma is highlighted through love and death. D'Aguiar weaves the misery endured throughout Whitechapel's extensive lifetime through…

individual. And it is particularly difficult to walk in a serial killer’s shoe’s and understand his or her actions. A case eminently hard to see through and to comprehend is the Jack the Ripper case. Jack the Ripper was as Serial Killer who murdered In Whitechapel, London, in the late 19th century. And because his identity is still unknown, I am particularly interested in his case and therefore chose it to be the topic for this research paper. I will walk in his shoe’s and reveal, what person…

Seven women (presumably more) were brutally mutilated on the streets of Whitechapel in 1888. They were all women of the 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…

The Murder of Mary Jane Kelly Quite possibly one of the most well-known serial killers, Jack the Ripper murdered 5 prostitutes in Whitechapel, England. The final and most gruesome murder was a young prostitute named Mary Jane Kelly. For well over a century, people have done everything they can to uncover the identity of the infamous murderer. There have been dozens of theories of who the legendary serial killer was over the past 129 years. Ranging from him being a slaughterman or a surgeon to…

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…

prostitutes and killed them all the same way. They both had a hatred for women who were prostitutes, they both had wives who secretly returned back to prostitution while still being married. All of the murders happened between Liverpool Station, Whitechapel Station, and Shoreditch High Station (Barrett 3). Some say that they did not know if they would ever find out who Jack was. Many sources mention suspects’ names but later mention that…