Unmasking the Mystery: Theories on Jack the Ripper

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August 31, 1888 in Whitechapel London was a dreadful night. The disturbingly brutal murder of Mary Ann Nicholls. It was thought that she was murdered by a butcher, or a doctor of some sort because of how the sociopath did his work. The victims throats were cut open, along with their abdomen. . Not only that, but the internal organ would have been removed .Mary Ann Nicholls was not the last to have been viciously murdered, five other women (all prostitutes) were also killed in the same manner. Although it is still an unsolved mystery, the man behind these murders is known as, “Jack the Ripper”. All of the murders done by Jack the Ripper were all done in 1888, Whitechapel London (BBC). While there was no actual convictions of who this Jack the ripper was, there are many different theories of who could’ve been the man behind him. The first, and one of the most well known theories behind Jack the Ripper is Prince Albert Victor. It was said that Prince Victor wanted to kill these prostitutes because he obtained a sexually transmitted disease. Prince Victor was first thought of as being Jack the Ripper in 1970 by British Physician Thomas Stowell. Stowell said that because of the STD, it caused Prince Victor to go insane and kill these women. Also, Prince Victor had written letter It is said to be unlikely because Sir Gull would have had no legitimate reason for murdering those women. Gull, was only thought of to be a possibility because of his occupation. Gull was a well known physician at the time, because of his contribution towards medical science. The reason how this sort of links up with him possibly being Jack the Ripper, is because of how the murders were done. The slicing of the throat, and the stomach, and the precise removal of the internal organs. At the time, it was believed only someone as good at the medical field, like Sir Gull, would have known how to successfully remove the organs

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