Mysteries have been going unsolved for years and puzzling minds across the globe. Serial killers give the most controversial mysteries, especially cold cases in which the killers have never been identified. One of the more infamous serial killers, Jack the Ripper, has been fascinating but horrifying investigators since the first victim was discovered. But what if Jack the ripper was not a Jack at all, but rather Lizzie the Ripper? New evidence has shed some light on this case and states that it would make more sense if it was a woman instead of a man.
First and foremost, the name Jack the Ripper was actually not given by the media or other investigators. The infamous name “Jack the Ripper” actually came from a letter that was sent by the person whom claimed to be the Whitechapel butcher. These letters had taunted the police about the horrific murders that showed up on the doorsteps of the East end of London. The name stuck when the letters began to be signed from “Jack the Ripper.” But the police found that the letters were in order to draw attention to the murders. The Hell letters that were originally sent to the Scotland Yard had been signed “Jack the Ripper.” However, since then it has been proven that the incriminating letter was penned by Frederick Best, who worked for the Star newspaper in London." (National Enquirer "JACK THE RIPPER WAS A WOMAN! - The National Enquirer".) The Star newspaper was the source that came up with the clever name. This actually worked out in Lizzie’s favor since the investigators would actually be looking for a male until after new DNA testing was available. “In 2006 used swabs from letters supposedly sent to the police by the Ripper to build a partial DNA profile of the killer. T...
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Imagine being wrongfully trialled for the murders of your father and stepmother. Well, this was Lizzie Borden’s reality in the notorious 19th century case. In August, 1892, the gruesome murders of Andrew and Abby Borden took place in a small town named Fall River. Because Lizzie Borden was believed to have a lot to gain with the murders of her parents, she was the only one accused of being the murder. With this case, I believe the council was right for pleading Lizzie as innocent. The public and police tried to use theories against her in court to prove she was guilty. With the whole public against her, Lizzie still stood strong and was proven innocent for the murders.
...would not be convicted of murder. Convicting Lizzie of murder meant opposing the established woman stereotypes which endangered the cohesive mindset of society.
... the newspapers claiming responsibility, these are still contested to their validity. Vigilante groups were formed by citizens who did not believe that the police were putting forth enough effort to locate Jack the Ripper and cease the killings. Eventually the murders stopped although there did appear to be a copycat.
Almost everyone knows Jack The Ripper to be skilled with a knife, but what most people do not know about The Ripper was that he was just as skilled in the media. This idea of The Ripper being a public relations specialist is made evident in “Ripped Straight From the Headlines: Jack the Ripper 's Public Relations.” by Devon Armijo, Shannon Guess, and Jacquelyn Jizno when it was published through Public Relation Quarterly in 2009. Throughout this article the writers are often writing about the possibility that it could have just been luck the way things worked out for The Ripper or did he maneuvered his way through the media and play with the minds of the people and police.
Murder is murder, or taking the life of another person. Repeatedly taking the life of other people is killing in a serial way. Serial killers are those individuals who repeatedly murder other people. There have been thousands of nameless serial killers, but none more famous than Jack the Ripper. The 1888 maliciousness of Jack the Ripper became one of the very first investigated, and most widely studied, serial murder cases, that established the protocols that are still used today to investigate these heinous crimes. The name Jack the Ripper has instilled fear in the public since 1888, and is a name that is synonymous with serial killing. Jack the Ripper set the bar by which all other serial killers are judged, studied, and
As the killer was never truly found, the investigation turned into a historical research. It was so prominent that the research of Jack the Ripper became known as Ripperology. So whether the world will ever know the true identity of the killer of all killers, it will always be in study.
Jack the Ripper was an infamous serial killer who killed at least five London female prostitutes in 1888. Never captured, his identity is one of English's most famous unsolved mysteries. Today, Jack the Ripper is one of the most, if not the most, famous serial killer ever. There are many theories on who Jack the Ripper is, and why he killed, but none of these theories were ever proven. Jack the Ripper is simply a lone assassin who “officially” killed four prostitutes and got away without ever being caught and convicted of his crimes.
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.
many years to find out the mystery of Jack the Ripper but can not and
Jack the Ripper had five victims and most serial killers have a lot more than that and also his span of murders lasted only about 12 weeks and he wasn’t on the loose for a long time. There are many factors that make his crimes famous throughout the world. Could the media been behind the murders? Newspapers gave a lot of coverage to his crimes and gave the readers day to day updates on them. There were 15 daily and weekly London newspapers that would present Jack the Rippers news they were printing and selling a lot of papers and finding many viewers. Jack the ripper’s news affected the public’s view on social conditions in the White Chapel area. Could the media been behind the murders? With all the coverage Jack the ripper became a dangerous figure in mass media. Journalist came up with the name Jack the ripper and that name had an effect overall and turned five murders into a worldwide phenomenon which made him into legend. (Jones,
Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theaters, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Nobles Booksellers” (Brown). When people think of serial killers, names such as Dahmer, Gacy, Bundy, and Gein are cited. During the time Jack the Ripper was executing his victims in London, Holmes began his gruesome career in Chicago (America’s Serial Killers). “Despite being America’s first serial killer, Holmes is hardly a familiar name and until now we haven’t had any popular visual record of his crimes: (Spikol). Why is it that people only think of the more popular killers with higher known profiles? They are all very similar to one another because they share characteristics. H.H. Holmes was a successful serial killer because he was well educated, cunning and charming. Those are just a few traits Holmes ...
"I am Jack the Ripper, catch me if you can" (Cornwell, 55) has been one of the most haunted lines of history, especially in London's Whitechapel area from August 1888 to November of that same year. Jack the Ripper was the mystery everyone wanted to solve, but not everyone was as determined as Patricia Cornwell. Throughout her series of all her Ripper investigations, she was destined to prove once and for all that Jack the Ripper wasn't just any man, but Walter Richard Sickert himself. In her book Portrait of a Killer Jack the Ripper Case Closed, she discusses and confirms that everyone had known the Ripper all along, just fell for his act. The author wasn't going down without a chance to prove to the world that Walter was the evil serial killer
All of the testimonies have to be written down and signed by the person that it was said by. Interviews do not have to be done “sit down” style, they can also be done on the field. During the investigation of “Jack the Ripper”, many people in the Whitechapel district were curious in the murders and took it into their own hands to investigate. Everyone was investigating the crime for information, “newspaper reporters, private detectives, vigilance committee members and hunters of fortune and glory” (Cozart). There were rumors all over the place, some being of sadistic looking men and mobs of scared people were chasing anyone down who didn’t look fitting. At night, officers were stationed near each other in case of emergency and were ordered to stop and question anyone seen after midnight. There is a theory made that Jack the Ripper might’ve been interviewed at one point and was just a very good liar that the police didn’t suspect him. The problem with all these interviews is that none of the police officers wrote down any of the interviews done during fieldwork so there was no way of comparing them later
Mary Ann Nichols, was 42, she was the first of the Ripper victims, according to dedicated Ripperologists. Her body was found on Bucks Row by a touring policeman at 3:15 a.m. on August 31st 1888. Jack the Ripper had slashed her throat twice, and her abdomen had been ripped open exposing the intestines. Her vaginal area had been severely mutilated. The woman was approximately five feet two inches tall with light brown hair, brownish eyes, and a lot of missing teeth. Mary Ann Nichols had always had a drinking problem and exhausted most of her life making her profits as a prostitute. She was a miserable, impoverished woman, but one that most people enjoyed but also pitied.
It all started in the East End of London in 1888, from August 7 till November 10.