Jack, the ripper was a serial killer who was unidentified and is attributed to 5 serial murders in White Chappell in England. His victims were mostly prostitutes and sex workers working in White Chapel. The name Jack,the Ripper is originated from a letter claiming himself to be Jack, the ripper. It was seen from the character of the murders that the murderer possessed some surgical knowledge and possibly must be an educated person like a doctor.
During the late mid 18th century, the economical condition of Britain became weak with the entry of Irish immigrants. To add salt to the wound,Jewish immigration also increased tremendously. Such conditions led to increase in poverty,Crime,murder, violence, Kidnapping etc. In order to survive such situations many women relied on prostitution for their survival. The number of Brothels in Whitechapel increased to 62 with 1200 sex workers.
Amidst the turmoil and chaos ,in the autumn of 1988 a series of murders took place. According to London Metropolitan police service reports eleven murders took place from 3rd April,1888 to 13th February,1891which came to be known as ‘the Whitechapel murders’ . These murders were very cruel and horrible and can be distinguished by the linkage between each murders. The murders were very similar to each other and five of the eleven murders were believed to be the work of Jack,the Ripper. The five canonical murders included genital mutilation,Organ removal,wounded throat by cut, and facial mutilation.
The canonical five murders victims are Marry Ann Nicholas, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Endowess and Mary Jane Kelly. This murders are attributed to the Ripper. These murders have remained a topic for research, investigation, folklore and as a script for movies till the present day. Various sources ,interpretors and various reports give different opinions and different explanations to the murders and yet still there is space for discussion.Most of these murders happened at night and during the end of. Month or a week . And the brutality of murders increased with each murder.
There were hundreds of letters during the period sent to the police. Most of them were suggestions on catching the ripper,some letters were claimed to be written by the Ripper himself. But three of them are very important. The ‘from hell’ letter, the ‘Dear Boss’ letter and the ‘Saucy Jacky’ .
The from hell letter was received by George Lusk of the Whitechapel Vigilance committee along with half of a kidney with the letter. The kidney is most possibly taken out from one of the victims. The Dear Boss letter dated 25 September,1888 and postmarked on 27 September,1888 was considered a hoax but Eddowess who was initially mentioned in the letter was found dead three days later. Eddowess ears have been cut out but the promise of sending the lady’s ear was not carried out.
The “Dear Boss” letter was written in red ink, was two pages long and contains several spelling and punctuation errors. The overall motivation of the author was evidently to mock investigative efforts and to allude to future murders. The letter itself reads:
I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they wont fix me just yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk about being on the right track. That joke about Leather Apron gave me real fits. I am down on whores and I shant quit ripping them till I do get buckled. Grand work the last job was. I gave the lady no time to squeal. How can they catch me now. I love my work and want to start again. You will soon hear of me with my funny little games. I saved some of the proper red stuff in a ginger beer bottle over the last job to write with but it went thick like glue and I cant use it. Red ink is fit enough I hope ha. ha. The next job I do I shall clip the ladys ears off and send to the police officers just for jolly wouldn’t you. Keep this letter back till I do a bit more work, then give it out straight. My knife’s so nice and sharp I want to get to work right away if I get a chance. Good Luck. Yours truly
Dont mind me giving the trade name
PS Wasnt good enough to post this before I got all the red ink off my hands curse it. No luck yet. They say I’m a doctor now. ha ha
Although on several investigations and inquiries the real Jack, the Ripper has not been identified and will always remain a mystery.
