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This website talks about where the Jack the Ripper murders took place and who each victim was, and it also shows a detailed map of the locations. The Canonical Five which is the most notable part of the website talks about the five women which had been murder by the same hand. These women where also the ones that are believed to be murder victims of Jack the Ripper. The Canonical Five are linked mainly because of the precision and methodology which was carried out in the murders. The bias of these five women being more in the spotlight with even the police saying that there were five victims and five victims only. Acknowledging the other murder less if at all, when in fact more murders had taken place in the area. This is a great example of supersession by authorities which is a red flag because the police use their power and authority to influence which victims get more spotlight and attention to solve that case before others.

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During the era in which the Ripper was active, there were 11 murders committed in London's East End. These murders took place between April 3, 1888 and February 13th, 1891. These murders were collectively known as the "Whitechapel Murders", being labeled as such by a London Metropolitan Police Service investigation.

Whitechapel Murder Locations

The map below shows the Whitechapel Murder crime scene locations, beginning with the site of the attack on Emma Elizabeth Smith (April 3, 1888) and ending with the murder of Frances Coles (February 13, 1891).

Note: Although the deaths of these eleven women were officially recorded as murders, evidence in the case of Rose Mylett (see: Later Whitechapel Murders) suggests accidental death or suicide. For this reason, the location of Rose Mylett's body has not been included in this map.

Of the eleven Whitechapel Murders, it is widely believed that Jack the Ripper is directly responsible for five of them. It is possible that the Ripper may have claimed more than five victims, but most experts agree that at least five of the East End murders were the work of Jack the Ripper.

New! We've been feverishly working on a timeline for the Whitechapel Murders which can be seen here. We'll be continuing to add to the descriptions and captions, but it's ready to be viewed. Go ahead and have a look if you like!

Emma Elizabeth Smith

The first victim in the series of Whitechapel Murders was a prostitute by the name of Emma Elizabeth Smith. Smith was attacked and raped on Osbourn Street in Whitechapel on April 3, 1888. During the assault, her attackers beat and raped her, then violently inserted a blunt object into her vagina, causing an injury which would take her life the following day. After the assault, the men emptied her purse and fled - leaving her to die on the street. Before she slipped into a coma and died the next day at a London hospital, Smith told authorities that two or three men, one of them a teenager, were responsible for her attack.

The press had linked Smith's murder to the subsequent Whitechapel Murders, but most experts later believed that particular murder to be the result of random gang violence. Whitechapel was home to many notorious gangs who would patrol the streets of Whitechapel - harassing unfortunate women like Emma Smith - demanding they pay them money in exchange for 'protection'.

The next victim in the series of Whitechapel Murders was Martha Tabram. Tabram, a hawker and prostitute in the East End, was brutally murdered in the early morning hours of August 7, 1888. On the eve of her murder, Tabram was out drinking with an acquaintance (a fellow unfortunate who went by the name of 'Pearly Poll') and two soldiers at a public house near the George Yard Buildings. Shortly before midnight on August 6th, Tabram and her friend paired off with their clients - Tabram heading through the archway into George Yard on Wentworth Street.

Tabram's body was first encountered at around 3:30 AM on August 7th by carman George Crow. He had been returning home after work, and because of the darkness in the stairwell, mistook her body as that of a drunk woman passed out on the landing.

At around 5 AM, her body was again discovered by another resident of George Yard Buildings, but by this time there was enough light in the stairway to reveal her ghastly wounds. She had been stabbed 39 times. The wounds focused on her throat, chest and lower abdomen, and appeared to have been inflicted by a pocket knife - with the exception of one violent stab through her chest which looked to have been performed with a large dagger or bayonet.

Many feel that Tabram was the Ripper's first victim, due to the proximity of the murder in relation to the others, as well as the brutal nature of the crime. However, a number of experts also agree that another individual was responsible for Tabram's death, and not Jack the Ripper. Tabram's wound patterns were distinctly different from the Canonical Five, in that she received multiple stab wounds as opposed to being slashed, which is believed to be the modus operandi of the Ripper.

The Canonical Five

Although eleven women were murdered around the time of the Ripper's reign, there were five victims that stood apart from the rest. The Canonical Five, as they are known, are believed to have all been murdered by the same hand. All five victims, prostitutes of the East End, shared distinct and similar wounds, as well as postmortem organ removal and mutilations in some cases. Other victims in the Whitechapel Murders investigation had been brutally murdered as well, but none were carried out with the same precision and methodology as the Canonical Five.

These five victims were all killed under cover of darkness, typically in the early morning hours. All of these murders also occurred on a weekend, or within one day of, and happened towards the end of the month, or within a week or so after.

Sir Melville Macnaghten, who had been Assistant Chief Constable of the Metropolitan Police Service and Head of the Criminal Investigation Department, wrote a report in 1894 that stated: "the Whitechapel murderer had 5 victims - & 5 victims only".

The police surgeon, Thomas Bond, also linked the killings together in a letter he'd written to Robert Anderson, head of the London CID, on 10 November 1888.

The body of Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols was discovered in the wee morning hours of August 31, 1888, at about 3:40am by 2 carmen on their way to work. Her body was found in front of a gated horse stable entrance on Buck's Row, Whitechapel. The two men who happened upon her, Charles Cross and Robert Paul, saw Polly lying on the ground with her skirts pulled up to her waist. At first they weren't sure if she was either passed out drunk or dead, but after some hesitation they approached her and felt her hands and face, which were both cold to the touch. Feeling very uneasy about what they had just stumbled upon, both men hurried off to alert the first constable they could find.

Minutes later she was discovered by PC John Neil while passing through Buck's Row while on his nightly beat. He shone his lantern on Polly's body which revealed her lifeless eyes staring up into the night sky.

Her throat had been deeply severed in two locations - nearly decapitating her - and her lower abdomen partially ripped open by a deep, jagged wound. The killer had also made several other incisions in her abdomen with the same knife. The doctor who had arrived at the scene to examine her body had deemed her time of death to be less than 30 minutes from the time she'd been found.
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A witness had reported seeing Annie Chapman talking with a man outside 29 Hanbury Street, Spitalfields, 5:30am the morning of her murder. Albert Cadosch, who lived at 27 Hanbury Street, reported hearing a woman in the next door backyard say "No", followed by what sounded like a body falling against the fence. Approximately twenty minutes later, her badly mutilated body was found by carter John Davis near a doorway in the back yard of 29 Hanbury Street.

Her throat had been cut in much the same manner as Mary Ann Nichols had been slashed, and her abdomen ripped entirely open. Her intestines, torn out and still attached, had been placed over her right shoulder. A later autopsy revealed that the killer had removed her uterus and parts of her vagina.
Read More About Annie Chapman
The Ripper would claim two victims in the early morning hours of September 30, 1888; the first of which was Elizabeth Stride. Her body was discovered in Dutfield's Yard, off Berner Street, at approximately 1am. The killer had cut her throat, severing her left artery, yet no other slashes or incisions had been made.

Because of the absence of abdominal mutilations, there has been some doubt as to whether or not Stride was in fact killed by Jack the Ripper. However, most experts agree that Stride was murdered by the same killer due to the nature in which her throat had been cut.

It's also believed that the reason Stride had not been mutilated like the others was due to an interruption of some sort. It's possible the killer feared he was in jeopardy of being detected by nearby witnesses and elected to flee before finishing his ritual.
Read More About Elizabeth Stride
Forty five minutes after Stride's body was found in Dutfield's Yard, Eddowes' body was discovered in Mitre Square, within the City of London. Eddowes' throat had been severed and her abdomen torn open with a deep, jagged wound. Her left kidney had been removed, along with a major portion of her uterus. Just before Eddowes' mutilated body would be discovered in Mitre Square, an eyewitness saw her in the company of a man who he described as being approximately 5′ 7″ tall, 30 years of age, with a medium build, fair complexion and a moustache. His attire gave him the over all "appearance of a sailor."

The Stride and Eddowes murders were later referred to as the " Double Event ".

Naming Jack the Ripper: Based on modern scientific evidence obtained from what is believed to be a shawl taken from the Eddowes crime scene, author and "armchair detective" (...and Ripper gift shop owner... wink, wink) Russell Edwards claims to have solved the case and identified the killer as Polish immigrant Aaron Kosminski. In his recent book entitled "Naming Jack the Ripper", Edwards provides what he feels is substantiated evidence obtained via thorough forensic scientific investigation.

Inside the 330 plus pages of his book, Edwards describes the process of the studies - validating both that the piece of evidence obtained for the testing is legitimate, and that the blood and semen samples found on the shawl tie both Eddowes and Kosminski to that same piece of evidence. Many people will see the recent headlines crediting Edwards with solving the crime as shameless promotion for his new book, but depending on what he provides us with inside, perhaps there is enough evidence to back up his claim.

Regardless, there will be those that will dismiss his findings, and others who might be convinced of Kosminski's guilt in the Eddowes case alone, but it is an entertaining read. Check out our review of Naming Jack the Ripper.

For more information on Kosminski, along with Edwards's investigation, please see our editorial here.
Read More About Catherine Eddowes
Considered to be Jack the Ripper's Swan Song, Mary Jane Kelly's murder was the most gruesome of all the Whitechapel Murders. She was found horribly mutilated, lying on the bed in her single room flat where she lived at 13 Miller's Court, off Dorset Street, Spitalfields. She was discovered at 10:45am on the morning of Friday, November 9, 1888.

The landlord's assistant, Thomas Bowyer, had been sent over to collect the rent, which she had been weeks behind in paying. When she didn't answer his knock at the door, Bowyer reach his hand through a crack in the window, pushing aside a coat being used as makeshift drapery. What he saw at that moment was absolutely horrific.

Kelly's body was mutilated beyond recognition. Her entire abdominal cavity had been emptied out, her breasts cut off, and her viscera had been deliberately placed beneath her head and on the bedside table. Kelly's face had been hacked away and her heart removed, which was also absent from the crime scene. Kelly's murder was by far the most grisly and ritualistic of all.
Read More About Mary Jane Kelly

Following the death of Mary Kelly, it's generally believed that the Ripper's killing spree had ceased. The murders that followed did not bear any striking similarities to those that occurred between August 31st and November 9th, 1888.

Later Whitechapel Murders

Following Kelly's ghastly murder, there were four other women who were killed in the Whitechapel district during that same period, the first of which was Rose Mylett. Mylett was found strangled in Clarke's Yard on High Street on December 20, 1888. Investigators assessed that her death may have been the result of a drunken stupor, as there were no visible signs of a struggle apparent anywhere on her body or clothing. Even though the inquest deemed it to be a murder, her death in no way resembled a Ripper killing.

The body of Alice McKenzie was found on July 17, 1889, in Castle Alley, Whitechapel. She had suffered a severed carotid artery, along with multiple small cuts and bruises across her body - evident of a struggle. One of the pathologists involved in the investigation dismissed this as a possible Ripper murder, as it did not match with the findings of the three previous Ripper victims he had examined. Writers have also disputed McKenzie as being a victim of Jack the Ripper, but rather of a murderer trying to copy his modus operandi in an attempt to deflect suspicion.

The tenth Whitechapel murder victim was "The Pinchin Street Torso". The victim was named as such because she was found headless and legless under a railway arch on Pinchin Street, Whitechapel, on September 10, 1889.

Investigators believed that the victim was murdered at a different location, and the body dismembered for disposal.

Frances Coles was murdered on February 13, 1891. She was found at Swallow Gardens - a passageway beneath a railway arch between Chamber Street and Royal Mint Street, Whitechapel - with her throat slit. Visible wounds on the back of her head suggested that Coles was likely thrown to the ground after having suffered to knife wounds across her throat. Apart from the cuts to her throat, there were no mutilations to her body.

A man named James Thomas Sadler, who authorities believed to be Jack the Ripper, was arrested and charged with her murder, but was later discharged on March 3, 1891 due to lack of evidence.

The Fate of the Ripper

Regardless of whether or not the Ripper's bloodsport ended with Mary Jane Kelly, it's certain that it did end. Many speculate that this was due to either illness and eventual death, or perhaps insanity which led to institutionalization.

Some suggest he may have fled the country and lived in self-imposed exile. One thing that is certain... along with the other killer(s) involved in the Whitechapel Murders, his true identity has never been ascertained.

The Mystery Surrounding the Whitechapel Murders

Although it's believed that Jack the Ripper was responsible for only five of the eleven Whitechapel Murders, the person or persons that committed these murders evaded capture. Several arrests were made, many witnesses were questioned, inquiries were conducted, as well as efforts by the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee to bring the killer(s) to justice, but no one was ever caught or identified.

To this day, the fiendish individual(s) responsible for these horrible crimes have forever remained a mystery.

For more information about the key suspects during the time of the murders, including leading suspects proposed by past & present day authors and Ripperologists, please see our page on Top Jack the Ripper Suspects.

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Jack the Ripper Victims and the Whitechapel Murders of 1888-1891

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During the era in which the Ripper was active, there were 11 murders committed in London's East End. These murders took place between April 3, 1888 and February 13th, 1891. These murders were collectively known as the "Whitechapel Murders", being labeled as such by a London Metropolitan Police Service investigation.

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The thing that most surprised us was that the name Jack the Ripper originated from the supposed hoax letter sent to the police. The fact that the name could very well be fake, made by a supporter or a con artist, and exist over 120 years later is surprising to say the least.

One of the reason why this topic stood out to us it that is part of a major topic in pop-culture. In a recent video game Assassins Creed, there was a portion of the game that features the character Jack the Ripper; and he is depicted as a true villain.

The most interesting part of our research was that a museum exists for the legend of Jack the Ripper. The downside to this is that there is a great deal of controversy surrounding the museum, as it is dedicated to a murderer, and was used to glorify him rather than the victims.

What we are most likely to remember about this because Jack the Ripper is so embedded in pop culture, and as being one of the most famous murders in recent history whose identity was never confirmed. Still being researched and used in popular media today Jack will continue to hold ours and the attention of the world.

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Who Was Jack the Ripper?: 6 Tantalizing Theories

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Who Was Jack the Ripper?: 6 Tantalizing Theories

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This website tells of 6 different theories that place different people as suspects for being Jack the Ripper. The one I'm going over is Prince Albert Victor. He was second in line to the throne, but died to influenza at the age of 28. It is believed that his syphilis caused him to go into murderous fits of insanity. However being an interesting theory, there was hardly any evidence of him being the suspect, and that he wasn't even in the vicinity. Possible red flags could be suppression by authorities and red herring; if he was guilty the royal family could have easily covered it up. They could have said he wasn't near just to distract from any possible correlation.

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The investigation into Jack the Ripper, the legendary serial killer who butchered at least five women in London's Whitechapel district during the fall of 1888, has been closed since 1892. Nevertheless, historians, criminologists and amateur sleuths continue to seek out the murderer's true identity, contributing to a long list of candidates that seems to grow by the year.

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7 People Suspected of Being Jack the Ripper

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The investigation into Jack the Ripper, the legendary serial killer who butchered at least five women in London's Whitechapel district during the fall of 1888, has been closed since 1892. Nevertheless, historians, criminologists and amateur sleuths continue to seek out the murderer's true identity, contributing to a long list of candidates that seems to grow by the year.

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This website is a giant compiled list of all things Jack the Ripper. It features articles for various related topics including victims, letters, timeline, suspects, and many more. Each article goes in depth into each topic, and uses many points of historical evidence. The one downside of this website is that it doesn't appear to cite any sources, articles, or papers; meaning it could all be of personal opinion, or false entirely. Logically thinking, it makes this as indicative of Confirmation Bias or Proof by Verbosity; there is a lot of writing but not necessarily any valuable substance.

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1. The Jack The Ripper murders occurred between August 31st, 1888, and November 9th, 1888.

2. Although we can't say for certain, it is widely believed that Jack the Ripper had 5 victims.

3. Those five victims were, Mary Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Kelly.

4. However, there were 11 murders in the series of crimes that were officially known as "The Whitechapel Murders."

An introduction to the Whitechapel Murders

JACK THE RIPPER 1888

The Jack the Ripper murders occurred in the East End of London in 1888 and, although the Whitechapel Murderer was only a threat to a very small section of the community in a relatively small part of London, the crimes had a huge impact on society as a whole.

Indeed, by focusing the attention of the press and the public at large on the streets and people of one of London's poorest and most crime-ridden quarters, Jack the Ripper, whoever he may have been, managed to expose the sordid underbelly of Victorian society and, in so doing, he helped create an awareness amongst the wealthier citizens of London of the appalling social conditions that had been allowed to develope, largely unchecked, right on the doorstep of the City of London, the wealthiest square mile on earth.

Why is Jack The Ripper so famous?

HISTORY'S MOST INFAMOUS MURDERER

One of the things that puzzles many people about this particular long ago murder spree is quite why the crimes are still so famous, even though over a hundred and twenty five years have elapsed since they occurred.

If, as is generally believed, Jack the Ripper had only five victims, then he wasn't a particularly prolific murderer, compared to many who have come since, and the fact that his so-called reign of terror lasted a mere twelve or so weeks means that he wasn't at large for a particularly long period of time.

Yet there is little doubt that he is the world's most famous serial killer.

Why should this be?

What made these crimes so famous?

SOME OF THE REASONS FOR HIS INFAMY

Several factors combined to help make this series of crimes famous all over the world.

Not least amongst them was the fact that the newspapers of the day gave a huge amount of coverage to the crimes and provided their readers with daily updates on them with the result that Jack the Ripper effectively became a menacing media figure.

Secondly, the area in which the killings occurred was perceived as being a hotbed of vice and villainy, and a breeding ground for social unrest, squalor and disease. The Whitechapel Murderer, in the eyes of the wider Victorian society, came to be seen as the personification of all the evils with which the East End of London was associated.

This letter, signed "Jack the Ripper", truly captured the public imagination.

A JOURNALISTIC INVENTION?

Finally, there was, of course, the name by which the killer came to be known - Jack the Ripper.

The name first appeared as the signature on a letter that was sent to the head of a London news agency at the end of September, 1888.

It was this name - which was probably the invention of a journalist - that had the effect of turning five sordid East End murders into an international phenomenon and of catapulting the unknown miscreant who was responsible for the crimes into the realm of legend.

Indeed, the Whitechapel murders are probably the most studied crimes in history, and, to this day, a huge amount of research into them is still being conducted the world over.

On this website you can study all aspects of the Jack the Ripper murders and of Victorian crime in general, as well as learning about the history of the area in which the crimes occurred.

You can also study what the police were doing to try to catch the murderer and read about the public reactions to the crimes.

You can also cast your vote for the person that you think is the likeliest suspect.

Unmasking Jack The Ripper

This 75 minute documentary provides a full introduction to and synopsis of the Whitechapel murders.

It begins with an introduction to the social conditions in the area in which the Whitechapel murders occurred, before taking the viewer through the story of the murders as they unfolded between August, 1888 and November 1888.

Featuring commentary and analysis from acknowledged experts on the case, and using dramatic reconstructions to capture the feel of the time, the documentary makes an excellent introduction to the Jack the Ripper crimes.

HOW MANY VICTIMS WERE THERE?

One of the problems with ascertaining the exact number of victims that Jack the Ripper had is the fact that he was never caught, so it is difficult to ascertain an exact number of victims. The generic Whitechapel Murders file - the official name for the police investigation into the crimes - contains eleven victims, and it is generally believed that five of these were the work as the killer now known as "Jack the Ripper."

However, it should be stressed that the idea of there being a so-called "canonical five" victims is by no means certain. Indeed, many experts will tell you that there may have been as few as four victims or as many as eight victims of the ripper.

The list below is broken down into the "canonical five" Jack the Ripper victims; the generic Whitechapel murders victims, and other murders and attacks that took place in the area at the time which may, or may not, have been the work of Jack the Ripper.

The Canonical Five Victims

Other Whitechapel Murders

INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER COVERAGE

One of the more intriguing aspects of the Jack the Ripper murders is the amount of worldwide newspaper coverage that they generated. Journalists converged on the streets of the East End to report on the murders, and were often appalled by the diabolical living conditions.

INQUESTS AND INTERVIEWS

Pages and pages were given over to reporting on the inquests into the deaths of the victims; local residents were interviewed at length; police officers were followed, and sometimes even bribed, as reporters endeavoured to secure that all too elusive exclusive that might help sell more newspapers.

PRESS CRITICISM

The authorities were subjected to a constant barrage of press criticism, both for the inability of the police to bring the killer to justice, and the appalling social conditions that they had allowed to develop unchecked right on the doorstep of the City of London, the wealthiest square mile on earth.

A JOURNALIST'S INVENTION

Plus, most importantly, and as mentioned earlier, the name Jack the Ripper was most probably the invention of a journalist.

THE VICTORIAN SOCIAL CONDITIONS

The Whitechapel murders certainly played a part in helping to highlight the social conditions in certain parts of the East End of London, where a vast underclass had been fighting a daily battle for survival with many of the inhabitants being forced to dwell in appalling living conditions.

THE PLIGHT OF THE POOR

For many years, philanthropists and the socially concerned had been warning of the consequences that might ensue should something not be done to alleviate the hardships that were endured by the huge underclass that dwelt in the slums of Whitechapel and Spitalfields.

BRED IN THE SLUMS

When the Jack the Ripper atrocities began to focus the attention of society at large on the living conditions of the people in the area where the crimes were occurring, many came to see the murderer as an inevitable outgrowth of the crime, vice and squalor that were all endemic in the district.

THE PHYSICAL EMBODIMENT

Indeed, Jack the Ripper became the physical embodiment of widely held fears and prejudices about the East End of London.

ALMOST UNRECOGNISABLE

The East End of London today is almost unrecognisable from the East End of Jack the Ripper. Houses that in 1888 were infamous slum dwellings are now sought after residences that can sell for millions of pounds. What were once notorious back street boozers are now pricey gastro pubs.

TIME CAPSULES

Although the murders sites themselves have long since vanished, there are numerous streets and buildings that have survived and are still much as they were in the late 19th century. Many streets are true time-capsules, whilst some of the dark, cobbled alleyways can still feel menacing by night!.

OLD HOUSES AND PUBS

Streets such as Fournier Street, Princelet Street and Wilkes Street still possess a Victorian ambience that time and progress have not dispelled; whilst pubs such as the Ten Bells and the Hoop and Grapes would still be recognisable to a 19th century East Ender should they drop in for a pint.

JACK THE RIPPER TOUR

You can, if you wish, explore these places on one of our popular tours that explore the streets of Jack the Ripper's London.

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Jack the Ripper - History, Victims, Letters, Suspects.

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The Jack The Ripper murders occurred between August 31st, 1888, and November 9th, 1888. Although we can't say for certain, it is widely believed that Jack the Ripper had 5 victims. Those five victims were, Mary Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Kelly.

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This pictures is of the letter “Dear Boss” which was supposedly written by Jack. Though the letter was thought to be a hoax, there was correlative actions described in the letter which happened to victims afterwards. After this letter was made public, many other letter came pouring in. One after the other each seemed to not be written by the same author; and thus they were all flagged as hoaxes. The red flag confirmation bias may be at work with the legitimacy of these letters. Since so many letters and so many hoaxes were circulating during this time, almost all of them were dismissed as fake; even without confirmation.

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Jack The Ripper: Surgeon Related To Final Victim Mary Kelly ‘Unmasks’ Killer

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Jack The Ripper: Surgeon Related To Final Victim Mary Kelly ‘Unmasks’ Killer

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This image depicts one of the victims of Jack the Ripper being discovered. From a different source; a great nephew of one of the victims claims he knows the identity of Jack. Former surgeon Wynne Weston-Davies claims that the killer of his great aunt was her estranged husband Francis Craig. It was reported that because his wife returned the prostitution and he grew embarrassed and killed her, and 4 others to cover up his true intent.
A related belief in this case would be emotional connection. The relative of the victim seeks a connection when there isn't evidence of one existing.

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Jack The Ripper killer identity revealed - Truthloader

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Jack The Ripper killer identity revealed - Truthloader

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This video is about the writer of Naming Jack The Ripper Russell Edwards book talking about the importance of the shawl and the person he thinks is Jack the Ripper Aaron Kosminski. The author has a bias considering he own the shawl, had the test run a lab of his choice, and used all this to prompt his book. His motivation can easily be to get fame and sell the book instead of finding the truth of who Jack the Ripper really is. I also feel he is to emotionally tied to the whole story, because writing a book takes passions that kind blind the writer especially when its more of fact and fiction for the book. This is a great example of confrontation bias which is a red flag because the writer is bias towards the outcome serving his book and his point of view then just the truth.

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Jack The Ripper killer identity revealed - Truthloader

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Author and "armchair detective" Russell Edwards bought a blood-stained shawl back in 2007 and now he claims to have solved the mystery. He says the shawl had vital DNA evidence on it revealing who Jack the Ripper was.

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This video talk about many things surrounding Jack the Ripper including who he might be, how the shawl fits into the story, and how journalist fuelled the flames. The most interesting finding in video was the journalist in my opinion, and what role they played in all of this. The journalist where driven by selling paper to make money, instead of cooperating with the police to try to solve the murders. This resulted in them juicing up the stories and even printing fake evidence to stir the publics emotions. The most famous part of Jack the Ripper’s legend his name was from a fake letter that a journalist wrote pretending to be the murder and singed off as Jack the Ripper which is how the name was born. The journalist also played the bias that people associate with them which is they have a bias to making money and using evidence that has no source to do so. This is a great example of confrontation bias which is a red flag because the journalist where bias to selling papers and juicing up stores instead of printing the fact and the truth.

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This is the supposed sketch of how Jack the Ripper would have looked like. Recent discoveries have pointed strongly with evidence towards Jack’s identity being revealed. An item found on the body of Catherine Eddowes had DNA evidence of both Jack and Catherine. The shawl was bought in an auction by a businessman named Russell Edwards; who sought to find evidence, and enlisted a world class geneticist for aid. Using cutting edge technology had identified Aaron Kosminski; a Polish immigrant, as the killer.

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Controversial Jack the Ripper museum opened to protests 

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The video is about a museum that opened on 12 Cable St, London, UK and this museum is dedicated to all things Jack the Ripper. The community is upset that a museum dedicated to a murder and a psychopath; and is detrimental towards the proud east end working class history. The museum had promised the women in the area that it would be more towards remembering the victims, but instead it was not. Both the protesters and the owner are bias towards there point of view about the museum, the women and the protesters have a point that the museum is in poor taste the way it is setup currently. The shop owner also need to make a profit to stay open and Jack the Ripper sells and attracts more people then just the victims. A comprise between the two would have been the most logical and fair outcome, but it seems like both parties are at odds with no sign of resolution. This is a great example of ideology which is a reason for belief because the community had expectations and goals that the museum was going to be about the victims and remembering them, but instead it was more about glorifying Jack the Ripper.

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Controversial Jack the Ripper museum opened to protests | Daily Mail Online

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Controversial Jack the Ripper museum opened to protests from angry Londoners in August.

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