Jack The Ripper: The Supernatural In Victorian England

To this day, Jack the Ripper is still infamously recognised as the brutal murderer of at least 5 victims. With such great attention by the media, he was able to cause a dramatic fright to the civilians and have his name voiced throughout Victorian England. Even today, many scholars are seduced by the prospect of uncovering identity of the man behind one of the most infamous whodunits in history.

Thesis Statement: A research paper of the mysterious and famous 19th century serial killer Jack the Ripper and how it is that the legend came to be.

It’s sad to say that murder was very common in the 1800’s (P.93). What’s even worse is that Jack was near the greatest empire in England (P.93). Although these arguments make a lot of sense, there is only one killer. Jack the Ripper background had to be really bad including women that he though treated him wrong. James Kelly has to be Jack the Ripper.

The story of Jack the Ripper has survived the test of time with the gruesome details of the mystery killings, yet there has been an even crueler killer within more recent history. In the streets of 1930s Cleveland, a butcher wandered the streets of a vagrant district known as Kingsbury Run, bodies followed in his footsteps, more bodies than that of Jack the Ripper. This man killed twelve or more people in the span of three years; he is known as The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run. Between 1935 and 1938 a killer roamed the streets of Cleveland, Ohio and murdered at least twelve people, though there is evidence to suggest up to twenty victims. The time period in which the killings occurred was during a time when the city of Cleveland was growing

Jack the Ripper was an infamous name given to an unidentified serial killer believed to have been active in the Whitechapel district in the East End of London in 1888. Between August and November in 1888, Jack the Ripper brutally murdered five women. He was never captured, and remains one of England’s most notorious criminals. The first murder, of Mary Ann Nichols, took place on the 31 of August.

By looking at the case files we can create a criminal profile of this particular serial killer. All the murders have been done by one person. That one person was a strong, quick, and could be conspicuous. Jack the Ripper would be dressed neatly and since he would walk home after a murder in the street he might wear a long coat to hide his bloody mess on his shirt and pants. Also Jack the Ripper would be mentally unstable.

One of the most biggest mysteries that still confuses and that still has not been answered is the murders of Jack the Ripper. Jack the Ripper is a nameless, faceless murderer with no identity and still to this day people do not really know who Jack the Ripper really is. They got the name “Jack the Ripper” from someone claiming to be the killer by calling himself “Jack the Ripper” in a letter that was sent to the public, but it was proven to be a hoax and the one who sent the letter was not the killer he claimed to be. Many people believed it was actually journalists trying to make the murders gain more popularity. Jack the Ripper was also called many other names, he was also called “The Whitechapel Murder” since all of his murders happened

Jack the Ripper, a notorious murderer during 1888 in the districts of Whitechapel, Spitalfields, Aldgate, and also the city of London, responsible for the gruesome deaths of five prostitutes. The identity of the murderer has been a mystery to this day making him one of the most infamous killers in England, along with the world. The origin of the moniker “Jack the Ripper” comes from a letter supposedly written by the Whitechapel butcher that was published around the same time of the attacks. Mystery shrouded the affair due to the fact that many letters were sent to the London Metropolitan Police Service also known as Scotland Yard. These letters was a way to taunt the officers about the gruesome deaths speculating for another to come.

Serial murders are despicable types of crimes and the killers who commit them are despicable types of people. The idea that Jack the Ripper was the first serial killer is a commonly known misconception. Serial killers date back before the 19th century. Serial killers have different motives, for different reasons. However, serial killers are often associated with something detrimental happening in their life, whether it be recent or from the past. Lastly, after investigating and conducting research, it is known that serial killings happened long before the name, Jack the Ripper, was even

That would be an understandable misconception – his name is, after all, in the title, and multiple books claiming to be about the victims or other surrounding topics do indeed end up focusing on the Ripper himself. The Ripper’s identity is, after all, one of the great historical mysteries and the focus of over one hundred books. This is not one of them.

I’ve have been doing research on the unsolved case of Jack the Ripper and have found some interesting facts about the case. According to Richard Jones wrote on his website jack-the-ripper.org. He talked about there has been two victims who have been murder before jack came along. One of the victim's named was Emma Smith said that she was attacked by a gang rather than just a one particular person before she passed away. After Emma Smith death, Martha Tabram was killed around the Whitechapel., Police claims that Martha was Jack’s first victim because the way he slit her throat just like he did to his other four victims.

There are many serial killers that live in infamy as household names such as, Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, and Ted Bundy, to name a few. These killers, and others, are well known today for their actions and will forever live, known as serial killers. However, there are a few cases where the killer is never actually caught. Often the cases grow cold and the victims, are quickly forgotten. There is a very special and bizarre case that sticks out from the others and because of this many do remember. The case, almost as old as modern policing itself, is simply remembered by name coined for the killer, Jack the Ripper. What makes Jack the Ripper such a mystery is the fact that he was never caught.

Jack the Ripper was one of the most famous and renowned killers in history. Even though he was not the first serial killer, he was the first killer to strike on a metropolis setting. Jack the Ripper was in his prime at a time when the media had a strong control over society and society as a whole was becoming much more literate. Jack started his killing campaign at a time of political controversy between the liberals and social reformers along with the Irish Home rule partisans. The reports of Jack the Ripper were collected and reported by the police, but then the different newspapers with their political influences slightly distorted the stories to give them their own effect. It has been more the one hundred years since the last murder

Police and Crime Investigators are still asking questions about the notorious murderer Jack the Ripper. His victims, letters, and the wild investigation all lead up to a mystery that may never be solved. Who was Jack the Ripper?

Some people regard the Victorian Era as a wondrous period of time in which there were only grand balls, silk hoop skirts, and lots of money. This is not the case. Although the British were in the beginning of an Industrial Age, and well into a period of peace and prosperity, there were still many problems with society. They were coming to realize strict morality, and political/societal reform with their acquisitions of countries, totaling about one quarter of the world’s population. British missionaries traveled to foreign lands (such as India and Polynesia) to convert the natives to Christianity. With this superior and empirical mindset came