Jack The Ripper Research Paper

In the early morning of August 31, 1888, Jack the Ripper named his first victim. Mary Ann Nichols was a homeless prostitute who worked in the district of Spitalfields. Between one o’clock and two o’clock, Mary was thrown out of her lodging house at 18 Thrawl Street, Spitalfields. Fate had dealt her a rough hand. She was a 43-year-old mother of five children, separated from her husband. This forced her into prostitution. An hour or so after losing her lodging, she was seen by one of her roommates roaming the streets of Whitechapel drunk. This was the last time Mary Ann Nichols was seen alive. At 3:40 a.m a street carter found her lying in a darkened stable doorway. Her throat had been slit and her body was mutilated. Jack the Ripper had killed his first victim. Now for decades historians

Aaron Kosminski is Jack the Ripper.

From August through November of the year 1888, a murderer prowled the streets of London’s East End, preying on prostitutes that worked in the districts of Aldgate, Spitalfields, Whitechapel, and the City of London proper. To most historians and criminologists he is known plainly as the Whitechapel Murderer, but to most, he is known as Jack the Ripper. Jack the Ripper, however, is a name the killer never claimed for himself. It originated from a letter the murderer had sent to the Metropolitan police. The murders of Jack the Ripper were grisly. The Ripper murdered his victims quickly with a slash across their throats, but the grisly part was the manner in which he mutilated the bodies. Which became more shocking with each victim. The number of victims remains the subject of much debate. Most historians number the victims at five. These victims were Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary