Jack The Ripper: The Whitechapel Murder

Crime in the Victorian Era is intrinsically associated with Jack the Ripper, a serial killer from East London in 1888. Despite this, most crime was not violent, and was not nearly as dramatic. Jack the Ripper is the epitome of sensationalism of Victorian crime, which distorted public opinion of crime and increased fear. Although crime rates were declining in the Victorian Era, the easier access to print, and the sensationalism present within the media, led to the prevalence of crime as a debate and focus of Victorian society.

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Jack the Ripper was one of the most famous and renowned killers in history. Even though he was not the first serial killer, he was the first killer to strike on a metropolis setting. Jack the Ripper was in his prime at a time when the media had a strong control over society and society as a whole was becoming much more literate. Jack started his killing campaign at a time of political controversy between the liberals and social reformers along with the Irish Home rule partisans. The reports of Jack the Ripper were collected and reported by the police, but then the different newspapers with their political influences slightly distorted the stories to give them their own effect. It has been more the one hundred years since the last murder

Thesis Statement: A research paper of the mysterious and famous 19th century serial killer Jack the Ripper and how it is that the legend came to be.

According to Exodus 20:13 “you shall not murder,” however the world consists of countless people who disobey this command. Murderers are especially horrific if they are serial killers because it is awful enough to kill one person, but to murder repeatedly is sickening. It is extremely depressing to know that some murderers never get caught. One of the most infamous serial killers whose identity was never uncovered is Jack the ripper. Numerous people have different theories relating to who Jack the ripper was, but none have been proven. One main theory is that America’s first serial killer, H. H. Holmes was London’s Jack the ripper. To find evidence to prove the theory of whether or not H. H. Holmes was Jack the ripper; crucial evidence to look at are the similarities between the killers.

The Whitechapel Murders and those of Jack the Ripper are not generally one and the same. Over a period of three years towards the end of the nineteenth century a number of prostitutes were murdered under different circumstances – the murder of prostitutes was not an especially unique occurrence during those times but several of the murders drew particular attention on account of the savagery with which the victim's bodies were mutilated. Within the Whitechapel Murders was a cluster of murders that demonstrated sufficient similarities as to suggest that they were committed by the same person. One of the first instances of serial murder was thus identified and sensationalised in the media as the work of ‘Jack the Ripper', nicknamed on the

In the late 1880s, London, England had the world’s eyes on the most notorious and mysterious case of Jack the Ripper. A friend of one of the victims said, “Whatever you do don't you do no wrong and turn out as I have” (Albrooks 1). His actions had brought terror and xenophobia inside the United Kingdom while outside gave renown and entertainment. Mysterious letters and curiosity brought many to stay tuned, even today many still seek the secrets of this crime. Most of today’s well-known serial killers were inspired by the mysterious and philosophical manners of Jack the Ripper.

He [Jack The Ripper] had many victims over the course of his ‘reign of terror’ in East London’s Whitechapel district. Considered to be the first official victim of Jack’s was Mary Ann Nichols. “Mary Ann Nichols, known as Polly, was a prostitute, one of about twelve hundred in Whitechapel at the time” (Douglas, J. & Olshaker, L.)(Pg. 7). As two men walking to their work at a nearby stable thought they saw a tarp on the ground, they went to see if it was in decent shape. Once they got close they could see it was a body and one of the two ran to find a policeman while the other stayed with the body awaiting his friend and the policeman.

This upcoming year will mark the 130th anniversary of the case on the Jack The Ripper murders, with five women brutally murdered in the streets of Whitechapel. Although there are many top suspects, the real identity of the Ripper has never been fully discovered. Montague John Druitt, a 31 year old Barrister from Whitechapel was and still is one of the top suspects according to many crime investigators. But why is this? There are many evidence pieces that strongly connect Montague to being Jack The Ripper.

The victims, Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly, known as the “canonical five”, were all brutally murdered and mutilated in the early morning hours. The killings coincided with the theatrical release of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the publishing of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, which many Ripperologists think may not be a coincidence. Jack the Ripper is the most notorious killer of the 19th century because of his brutality, anonymity and media coverage.

“The discovery of an unknown 'Diary of Jack the Ripper', quickly marketed by mainstream publishers 104 years after the crimes, rightly gave rise to the deepest suspicions. It was denounced as a crude forgery, dating from a year or two before it was made public.” (Rubenstein

"Jack the Ripper" is the most popular name given to the unknown serial killer. He is also called the Whitechapel Murderer and "Leather Apron." He was active during late 19th century in Whitechapel, a district in East End London and for over 120 years people are trying to figure out who he could be.

Despite many Western countries having strong law systems and firm roots in Christianity, it might seem peculiar to think they also are obsessed with murder. From Nancy Drew to the TV shows Murder, She Wrote and How to Get Away With Murder, murder and crime investigation have become bestsellers in Western societies. There is just something intriguing about a good “whodunnit” crime, a good mystery that cannot be solved or explained, regardless of how many people and years have been spent speculating on it. In England, one of the most popular unexplained homicide cases is none other than the infamous 1888 murders of Jack the Ripper. While the killer was never found and convicted of the murders, several conspiracy theories have emerged over the years concerning Jack the Ripper’s identity and the motive behind the gruesome slayings.

To this day, Jack the Ripper is still infamously recognised as the brutal murderer of at least 5 victims. With such great attention by the media, he was able to cause a dramatic fright to the civilians and have his name voiced throughout Victorian England. Even today, many scholars are seduced by the prospect of uncovering identity of the man behind one of the most infamous whodunits in history.

A horrid Jack the Ripper murdered and disembodied multitudinous prostitutes from August 07, 1888 through February 13, 1891. There are many alleged miscreants who might fit the title of Jack the Ripper. Of those, the alleged culprit was either an insane Aaron Kosminski from Poland or Francis Craig from Tennessee. It is believed that Kosminski was the psychopath committing these unwholesome murders due hard evidence proving he was in contact with all of five of the victims. The 128 year mystery is now finally uncovered.