Jack the Ripper
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The autumn of 1888 remains one of the darkest chapters in London’s history, as a brutal killer known as Jack the Ripper prowled the streets of Whitechapel. Among the lives claimed by the mysterious murderer, Mary Jane Kelly’s story stands out not only as the final act in a harrowing spree but also as a
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There are many theories on who Jack the Ripper was but there is only one thing that can be said with certainty, he was a vile and evil creature.There is a special place in hell for people like him. Jack the ripper was well aware of this himself that’s probably why one of his letters
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The Whitechapel murders were committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London between 3 April 1888 and 13 February 1891. At various points some or all of these eleven unsolved murders of women have been ascribed to the notorious unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. Of the
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I absolutely love the BBC/Amazon Prime TV Drama “Ripper Street” and I think the last season was the best season so far. I only found out recently that the main character in the show was based on the actual inspector in the Jack the Ripper case, Edmund Reid. Detective Inspector Edmund John James Reid (21
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“Hell broke loose” was a December 1885 newspaper headline relating to the Servant Girl Annihilator in Austin,Texas. This case had striking similarities with the “Jack the Ripper” case, however it happened 3 years before the Ripper caused hell in London. Author Shirley Harrison contends that Jack the Ripper and the Servant Girl Annihilator were both
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Mary Jane Kelly A.K.A.. Marie Jeanette Kelly, Mary Ann Kelly, Ginger, Fair Emma Compared with other Ripper victims, Kelly’s origins are obscure and undocumented, and much of it is possibly embellished. Kelly may have herself fabricated many details of her early life as there is no corroborating documentary evidence, but there is no evidence to
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August 31 will mark the 134th anniversary of the Ripper’s first victim, Mary Ann Nichols. As London’s bells rang in the last day of August 1888, rain was falling. It had been one of the wettest summers in living memory, and there was thunder in the air. On the horizon a fierce red glow seared
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