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    Who was Jack the Ripper? Most people have heard the name Jack the Ripper sometime in their life. After all, Jack the Ripper is the most written about serial killer ever, making him the most popular. Not only has he been the subject of books, movies, television reenactments, and even an opera, but his name is commonly used by tabloid journalists as convenient shorthand to describe a depraved serial killer (Epstein 139). I also believe most people know the name, but not so much the story

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    The Victims of Jack the Ripper Jack the Ripper is remembered as one of history’s most famous serial killers. His technique of getting his victims to lay down before he slashed their throats, then disemboweling them in a matter of a minute or two with as little blood flow as possible distinguishes him as one of the most methodical, ruthless killers to ever live. He even performed some of his gruesome murders right in the street and left his victims to be found minutes later by people or policemen

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    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

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    Jack the Ripper was real because there is proof of his existence, all proof of him being fake is easily countered, and the main suspect matches the killer perfectly. Jack the Ripper is an unknown serial killer of at least five women, all prostitutes. For no apparent reason, they were brutally butchered and cut into pieces and mailed to the police along with letters taunting them. They were all killed on the street while trying to get a customer. Every victim died from a throat cut. The way the bodies

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    Jack the Ripper, as he has been named, is one of the most notorious serial killers off all time. He haunted the streets of Whitechapel, England in 1888 and has continued to do so for many years. His identity has never been confirmed, although there have been multiple different suspects over the last 126 years. The Metropolitan police had various possible suspects but one of the most persistent was a Jewish immigrant. Was a Jewish immigrant simply an easy target for the Metropolitan police or was

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    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. His background and manhood was full of anger. He never had a real family, which means he has always been be himself also when he found happiness with

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    Jack the Ripper. One of the most notorious serial killers of all time. He crept around the East End of London looking for women who it seemed like no one would miss. Leaving very few clues behind and taunting letters, he mocked the police and people of London. Our ever changing understanding about Jack the ripper demonstrates how difficult it can be to identify a killer. So was this person that people called Jack the Ripper? “Now as then, monarchs, investigators and the general public do not know

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    While the murders that this infamous serial killer caused are well known, the real identity of "Jack the Ripper" remains unknown-128 years later. The murders occurred in in the late 1880's, in London, England. This masked killer terrorized the city for a little over a month, killing at least five prostitutes. The mutilation of the women was disturbing, but the accuracy was more sinister. This was someone who knew the anatomy of a human body. This sparked the most interest for me. What if, this serial

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    Jack the Ripper was a notorious serial killer active in Victorian England around 1888. Jack the Ripper was mostly active around impoverished areas, allowing his heinous crimes, controversially, to actually do some good for the community. Yes, his crimes were ghastly and not justified whatsoever, but it is speculated that the things he did actually called for social reformations to occur in the areas he “worked” in. For example, because of the murders he committed, attention was brought to the lower

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    organs ripped out. The killer was fearfully famous in his time and still lives in the dark parts of history today the notorious name given to the killer was Jack the Ripper. The victims of these grisly attacks were Mary Ann Nicholes, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly. It is unclear just how many women the Ripper killed, but generally accepted

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