February 2, 1959
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?
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Picture of Buck's Row Whitechapel in London's East End (now Durward St) - site of Jack the Ripper's first murder on 31 August 1888. Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols' body was discovered 3 metres back from the corner of the tall brick building.
Take a Ripper virtual tour from the first murder scene. Click on the map below to view all 5 murder scenes and other key locations in the hunt for the world's first recognised serial killer.
Buck's Row Whitechapel
Jack the Ripper's London 1888
This link will take you to the key points in London where Jack the Ripper carried out his 5 murders
over 71 days from 31 August 1888 to 9 November 1888. You can use this map to make your own Jack the
Ripper walk around London or to trace the movements of the Whitechapel killer whose identity has
never been established.
Was Frank Edwards Jack the Ripper? - Another day another theory
February 2, 1959
Huddersfield researcher traces Jack the Ripper’s forgotten victims
Jack The Ripper was 'invented by the press' says retired murder detective ahead of Myths And Mysteries show in Runcorn
Trevor Marriott, former murder detective, is coming to The Brindley in Runcorn with his Myths And Mysteries show. |
Jack the Ripper hunter was a psychiatrist who dealt with bizarre cases
Jack the Ripper - East End madman |
Bid to trace Jack the Ripper victim’s family links in Shropshire
Jack the Ripper - never identified |
Was Australia's Frederick Bailey Deeming Jack the Ripper?
Newspaper clipping comparing Deeming's and Jack the Ripper's handwriting PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, unit 511, Deeming Case |
Letter from Harry Jones, 19 March 1892 PROV, VPRS 937/P0 Inward Registered Correspondence, unit 511, Deeming Case http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/online-exhibitions/deeming/story07-ripper.htm |
Has Jack the Ripper been identified by DNA testing of a 126 year old shawl?
The mystery shawl reportedly linked to Jack the Ripper's fourth murder of Catherine Eddowes. |
Polish emigrant Aaron Kominski - Was he Jack the Ripper? |
Jack the Ripper exhibits go on public display in Scotland Yard's Black Museum in London
The Metropolitan Police and the Mayor's Office are currently in discussion with the Museum of London to stage the unique collection which also features the belongings of Charlie Peace - musician, burglar and murdererChief Supt Simon Ovens, chairman of the Met's museum board, told the Independent:
Has Jack the Ripper been identified as Aaron Kominski?
Aaron Kominski - Was he Jack the Ripper? |
Could Jack the Ripper have been a Woman?
Not Lizzie Borden, though she would be a cool suspect too. |
Has Jack the Ripper’s True Identity Been Revealed?
Jack The Ripper was 'invented by the press' says retired murder detective ahead of Myths And Mysteries show in Runcorn
Mysteries show.
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Jack the Ripper: The thrill of history is often all about the erotics of not knowing
to be Jack the Ripper. ‘In September 2014, the author Russell Edwards
announced he had DNA proof that Jack the Ripper was a barber called
Aaron Kosminski.’
The year 2014 turned out to be the one when history got solved, once and for all. In September, the author Russell Edwards announced he had DNA proof that Jack the Ripper was a barber called Aaron Kosminski. The same month, Canadian marine explorers declared they had finally located HMS Erebus– the ship in which the British polar explorer Sir John Franklin was last seen entering Baffin Bay in 1845 in his attempt to navigate the Northwest Passage. And then, to cap it all, we learned this month that Richard III – he of the beetle-black pageboy bob – was actually nearer to blond.
Was Jack the Ripper a woman?
One of history’s oldest unsolved mysteries is the identity of Jack the Ripper, the infamous serial killer who stalked and murdered at least five women in London’s East End in 1888.
The brutality of the Ripper’s crimes—as well as Scotland Yard’s failure to solve the case—caused a wave of hysteria in England and inspired gory headlines around the world.
In one of the more recent efforts to crack the long-cold case, an Australian scientist used swabs from the stamps and seals of some of the letters Jack the Ripper was believed to have sent to police in order to construct a partial DNA profile of the sender.
Though the results were admittedly inconclusive, they indicated that the samples were likely to have come from an unexpected source—a woman.
Far-fetched? Maybe not.
Possible Suspects
It’s true that while many theories about the killer’s identity have emerged over the years, some of them more implausible than others (Lewis Carroll of “Alice in Wonderland” fame?), the police only had four actual suspects—all male.
But after a witness said she saw the fifth Ripper victim, Mary Kelly, hours after she was murdered, the chief inspector in the case suggested it might have been the female killer escaping in Kelly’s clothing. Later proponents of this “Jill the Ripper” theory suggest that a midwife (possibly an abortionist) would have had the anatomical knowledge usually attributed to the Ripper, and would have had easy access to her female victims.
As the theory goes, the most likely suspect may be Mary Pearcey, who was convicted and hanged in 1890 for the murder of her lover’s wife and child—and who had used a method similar to the Ripper’s to commit the crime.
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