Jack The Ripper

Throughout life we find there are many nightmares, many dark alleys, and many monsters under our beds and in our closets. The world has a dark side. There are people who scare, harm, rape and kill for fun and pleasure. Most of these people will get caught but there are many who won’t and never have. One of the world’s most evil man was never caught. Back in 1888 in the east end of London this man strangled and mutilated as many as thirty woman. This man is known today as Jack the Ripper.

Jack the Ripper was a smart but wicked man. The number of his victims was never definite. . “The generally accepted number is five, though it could be as few as three and as many as seven. The “canonical” five victims are Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly. Certain theorists have discarded Stride and Kelly from this list, while others have added to it, contending that Martha Tabram and Alice Mackenzie were likely Ripper victims as well. Other theorists have suggested as many as ten, fourteen or even up to thirty or more victims, but with very flimsy evidence” (casebook). Jack the Ripper was also known as Whitechapel Murderer. With Jacks victims there were many patterns. Most of the woman were between the ages of 39 and 47. They lived in the East End, and were involved in prostitution. These woman were typical drunks and were all not speaking with their husbands and families. There were also patterns found in the dates and times of the murders. Every murder was committed on either a weekend or a holiday. This indication that the Ripper held regular employment. The murders were also committed between midnight and 6am.

The five certain victims of Jack the Ripper were Mary Nichols who was murd...

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...sentenced to thirty years in jail, they linked him to six unsolved sexual assaults.

As the dark side lives on it is prominent that there are people who scare, harm, rape and kill for fun and pleasure. Jack the Ripper was a smart but wicked man. No one can defiantly tell you the true number of his victims or his identity. There were many suspects and even a copycat for The Ripper. Jack the Ripper was the evilest man in London in 1888.

Works Cited

1. http://www.jack-the-ripper.org/timeline.htm

2. http://www.casebook.org/about_the_casebook/faq.html#8

3. http://vault.fbi.gov/Jack%20the%20Ripper/Jack%20the%20Ripper%20Part%201%20of%201/view

4. http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/ripper_profile/5.html

5. http://listverse.com/2009/02/08/top-10-interesting-jack-the-ripper-suspects/

6. http://people.howstuffworks.com/5-copycat-killers.htm#page=5