Featuring the latest news and theories in the 130-year-old worldwide quest to identify the person dubbed Jack the Ripper, responsible for the murder of 5 common prostitutes around the seedy district of Whitechapel in London's notorious East End between 31 August 1888 and 9 November 1888. Will this serial killer's identity ever be revealed through DNA or other evidence?
Jack the Ripper: "Who was Jack the Ripper, and why wasn't he captured? Let us consider the second question first. I do not believe, like some of my contemporaries, that the police of the day were incompetent. There may well have been some."