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    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. The five murders carried out by Jack the Ripper were located at Whitechapel. Whitechapel is a small town in London which was stricken with poverty. Families lived in very small single room houses. These houses were cramped with

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    A horrid Jack the Ripper murdered and disembodied multitudinous prostitutes from August 07, 1888 through February 13, 1891. There are many alleged miscreants who might fit the title of Jack the Ripper. Of those, the alleged culprit was either an insane Aaron Kosminski from Poland or Francis Craig from Tennessee. It is believed that Kosminski was the psychopath committing these unwholesome murders due hard evidence proving he was in contact with all of five of the victims. The 128 year mystery is

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    wondered what happened to Jack the Ripper? Did he actually get away with it and die free, or was he arrested for different misdemeanors? It is possible that he had a connection to another well-known murderer, H.H. Holmes, but not just any connection. By looking at The Devil in the White City, we can see that there are things about murderer H.H. Holmes that are very similar to Jack the Ripper. This could mean that we finally have an answer to the mystery: who was Jack the Ripper? Let us begin with Holmes

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    dark alleys, and many monsters under our beds. The world is a dark place. There are people who scare, harm people for fun and pleasure. Jack the Ripper is one of the most well known serial killers. Although, everyone knows the name, “Jack the Ripper,” but one really know the true identity. On August 7, 1888, Jack the Ripper started terrorizing London. In total, Jack had eleven victims, but only five were found. The Ripper’s first victim was Mary Ann Nichols. She was murdered on August 31, 1888, and

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    Jack The Ripper was a serial killer in East End London, in the late 1888’s. No one knows who it is to this day. There are several theories to who it could be, most are males but there is still a little doubt that could have been a woman, maybe both? The only thing that is known for sure these women were victims of him or her. Jack The Ripper was known for the way he murder, he left cuts on both sides of the neck and made the knees or legs of the women up towards her chest or in the air; in some cases

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    Jack The Ripper Thesis

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    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. The second victim – Annie Chapman, was murdered on the 8th of September. The third murder of Elizabeth

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    The Murders of Jack the Ripper Solved or still in London’s East End Jack the Ripper has been an ongoing case since the first murder in 1888. The fact that no one knows who the real murderer is makes this case more intriguing. Although there are many suspects for the murders of Jack the Ripper, Joseph Barnett is the one with the blood on his hands. Joseph Barnett knew Mary Jane Kelly, he has a very close resemblance to the Ripper, and he has experience with violence and trauma in his past childhood

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    more, Jack the Ripper is one of the most notorious serial killers to date. Add those facts to the realization that he/she was never caught, and you have a nightmare brewing in the minds of millions. The legend of Jack the Ripper has influenced many social justice reforms and precautionary methods in the working class as well as being an influence and source of inspiration for many aspiring serial killers and disturbed journalists. From August 7th to September 10th, 1888, “Jack the Ripper” terrorized

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    primary source, I found an absolute ton of pictures and drawings regarding the Whitechapel murders; the killings that would soon be known as the handiwork of the infamous killer Jack the Ripper. A murderer that has inspired a rather large number of both fictional and nonfictional, literary and film-based works, Jack the Ripper is considered to be one of the more mysterious and interesting killers in the whole of history. I cannot tell you of a time where I haven’t heard of the killer and you’d be hard

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    an individual who murders others in a sequence. The Federal Bureau of Investigation first coined them as, "Sequence Killers". The first serial killer was none other than the infamous Jack the Ripper. He killed a total of 5 women whom had been plucked from the streets of London, England. The crime scenes of the Ripper were very contaminated and not well orchestrated. DNA testing had not yet been discovered, therefore no DNA evidence was collected. Despite all of these setbacks, law enforcement was

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