Jack The Ripper: The Mystery Of The Murderer

Jack the Ripper: The Mystery of the Murderer

In London of 1888 there was an unknown serial killer that was named Jack the Ripper. The name “Jack the Ripper” originally came from a letter from someone that claimed to be the killer. The killer was also called, “the Whitechapel Murderer” and the “Leather Apron.” In this essay I will talk about the mystery of Jack the Ripper and the killings and talk about some questions, such as, who was Jack the Ripper, why did he kill those women, and all in such a similar manner, and how did he know so much about the human body.

In 1888, a serial killer known as “Jack the Ripper,” tormented the city of London. He was known of killing at least five women within a mile of each other and in the WhiteChapel district, hence where he got the name, “the Whitechapel Murderer.” The women he killed were mostly prostitutes, who had their throats cut before having mutilated abdomens, says Wikipedia: Jack the Ripper. About two or three of the victims has their internal organs taken out, bringing up the idea that the killer had some kind of anatomical or surgical knowledge, says Wikipedia: Jack the Ripper.

All five of the women murdered

It is said that these letters may have been set up and sent as a hoax, and that even though there were numerous investigations about who the killer was, it is still unknown. Over the past several decades there have been many theories of “Jack the Ripper’s” identity, some say it was Walter Sickert, a famous Victorian painter, others say it was a Polish immigrant, and some even say it was Queen Victoria’s grandson (History.com: Jack the Ripper.) Since 1888, hundreds of people have been claimed as suspects. Wikipedia.com: Jack the Ripper says, “Butchers, slaughterers, surgeons, and physicians were suspected because of the manner of the