The Murder Of Jack The Ripper

In the years leading up to the world fair, Holmes had been perfecting his “castle” that was built upon his pharmacy. His house, nicknamed the “Murder Castle”, was filled with mazes, trap doors, and multiple torture chambers, including an incinerator to burn the remains of his victims. With the promise of a warm, clean bed, he lured fair-goers and young women who moved to the big city alone to further their careers were attracted to the young doctor. Holmes had relations with some of his guests, at one point getting Julia Conner pregnant in 1891, but he used his new found “hobby” to dispose of the problem (Larson 146). Holmes was eventually charged with insurance fraud and stood trial for the murder of Mr. Benjamin Pitezel, he was estimated to have killed between 20 and 200 people (“H.H” 2). Even though he was only charged on one count of murder, once in prison he admitted to killing 27 people in his time in Chicago. Holmes was hung on on May 7th, 1896, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the homicide of Mr. Pitezel (“H.H.” 1-2). The disturbing legacy of Herman Webster Mudgett lived on in the form of H. H. Holmes as America’s first serial killer.

On Saturday, December 1, 1900, a man named John Hossack was killed in his sleep with a hatchet by his wife, Margaret Hossack. The story told by Margaret was that she had heard what sounded like two boards banging together and by that time the attacker had fled and she didn’t catch a glimpse of him. The next thing she saw was her extremely wounded husband, John, who had a five-inch cut into his head and a fractured skull. A doctor, who came and examined John, and said there was no hope and John died the next morning. As an investigation started, a burglary was thought of as the first motive but the idea flawed because nothing was stolen so the idea was quickly abandoned. In the 4 days between the murder and the funeral, the police talked to

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

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.

Despite the fact that no-one was ever brought to justice or charged with the murders, there have been more than a hundred named suspects who may or may not have been Jack the Ripper. Aaron Kosminski, Thomas Cutbush and Montague Druitt are some of the interesting suspects, whereas Prince Albert Edward Victor, the Freemasons, and Lewis Carroll are some of the ridiculous

The Whitechapel Murders and those of Jack the Ripper are not generally one and the same. Over a period of three years towards the end of the nineteenth century a number of prostitutes were murdered under different circumstances – the murder of prostitutes was not an especially unique occurrence during those times but several of the murders drew particular attention on account of the savagery with which the victim's bodies were mutilated. Within the Whitechapel Murders was a cluster of murders that demonstrated sufficient similarities as to suggest that they were committed by the same person. One of the first instances of serial murder was thus identified and sensationalised in the media as the work of ‘Jack the Ripper', nicknamed on the

One must begin by understanding the facts of the case before coming to their own conclusion or theory, though. So what happened to her? It is known that on April 18, 1943,in Worcestershire, England, four boys, Bob Farmer, Robert Hart, Thomas Willetts, and Fred Payne, had found a human skull in an elm tree while trespassing. The four boys, teenagers at the time, had a hobby in bird nesting, so as the smallest of the group, Bob Farmer, scaled the tree to gaze in the hollow elm,

many years to find out the mystery of Jack the Ripper but can not and

Jack the Ripper was never caught, and over the years theorist have tried to find out who he was. They have found that Aaron Kosminski and Dr. Thomas Neill Cream are two primary suspects surrounding the mystery

Despite many Western countries having strong law systems and firm roots in Christianity, it might seem peculiar to think they also are obsessed with murder. From Nancy Drew to the TV shows Murder, She Wrote and How to Get Away With Murder, murder and crime investigation have become bestsellers in Western societies. There is just something intriguing about a good “whodunnit” crime, a good mystery that cannot be solved or explained, regardless of how many people and years have been spent speculating on it. In England, one of the most popular unexplained homicide cases is none other than the infamous 1888 murders of Jack the Ripper. While the killer was never found and convicted of the murders, several conspiracy theories have emerged over the years concerning Jack the Ripper’s identity and the motive behind the gruesome slayings.

This research paper is about Jack The Ripper, a legendary killer in London,1888. This legendary killer has said to be committed an unknown number of murders including 5 canonical. He terrorized London and was never captured or even identified. The fact that he did all this and stayed a mystery is why I believe he is real. I was sceptical about the legend about him thinking the other possibilities like the fact about other killers during that time murdering about the same time as Jack and why he is called Jack the Ripper.

His name was likely spawned from the numerous letters sent to law enforcement, claiming to be responsible for the attacks; he referred to himself as the “Whitechapel butcher” (Biography.com Editors, 2015). Some speculate that he was a doctor or possibly a butcher because of his choice of weapons used to mutilate the victims, as well as his strong familiarity with the human anatomy. Many theories to his identity were examined however the evidence was insubstantial. To this day, the identity of Jack the Ripper remains unknown (BBC, 2014).

In the story “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, there was a women with the name of Mrs. Wright that was being blamed of her husband’s sudden death. Mrs. Wright was a lonesome lady who really never had much company over her house nor did she have any children. The court attorney who goes by the name of George Henderson was in charge of questioning Mrs. Wright to determine exactly what happened in the home that left Mr. Wright deceased. The court attorney was also joined by Henry Peters; who was the sheriff and Lewis Hale; who was a farmer that lived near Mr. and Mrs. Wright’s home. Mr. Hale was being questioned because he was the first individual to find Mr. Wright dead.

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.

Murders were not unusual in the “east end” of London. Some historians thinks, there were dozen murders and a few say only five.