Essay On Jack The Ripper

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The Autumn of Terror happen in the 1888, where prostitutes were murdered in Whitechapel. They nicknamed the murder Jack the Ripper by a letter that he himself wrote and signed it “Jack the Ripper”. Jack the Ripper is a very captivating and mysterious topic. So much so, that many people have tried to figure out his identity. The fact is, he eluded many in his time and in the end, the list of suspects was just too many to narrow down to one person.
Whitechapel, during the year 1888, was the lowest of the lowest place you can go to in England. Whitechapel is also known as the breeding ground for criminal, prostitutes and homeless. Whitechapel had over 230 doss-house that is a place is where dozens of strangers might sleep at. Also, Whitechapel was known for a center for depravity, degradation and disease. Whitechapel is filled with women that have lost their husbands or just can not support themselves, so they turn to prostitution in order to live or provide for their family. Because of the nature of the town and the people who reside within, it was the perfect place to commit these gruesome murders.The murders happened around sometime in August, there are only five victims that are accepted by the police of Whitechapel. Many believe that there is many more victims than five. They say that there is about 10 -15 Jack the Ripper victims. Let’s focus on the five victims that are accepted by the police.
The first murder happened on August 31, 1888 : the victim's name is Mary Ann Nichols. Mary Ann Nichols was a middle-aged prostitute. Mary was also a drunk, she used prostitution to pay for her next drink. Her husband divorced her when he found out that she was prostituting. She left her children with her Ex-Husband and carried on wit...

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...es the police that are trying to capture him. He stays in London for a while and he then leaves for America. About 40 years later he returns to Broadmoor, where he confesses where he has been the past 40 years and that he was in London at the time of the murders. He wrote down where he went and with the dates. He was diagnosed a Paranoid Schizophrenic. He was skillful with a knife. It is also possible that he killed the prostitutes for revenge.
In conclusion, there is still too much unknown facts about some of the suspect to pin it down to one person. They still have no idea who is Jack the Ripper and will most likely never will. There are many theories on who the Ripper come be. Will Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman ,Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly ever know their murder? Is Jack the Ripper Carl Feigenbaum or James Kelly? Will we ever know?

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