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Jack
the
Ripper
The
identity
of
the
killer
of
five
-
or
possibly
six
-
women
in
the
East
End
of
London
in
1888
has
remained
a
mystery
,
but
the
case
has
continued
to
horrify
and
fascinate
.
Between
August
and
November
1888
,
the
Whitechapel
area
of
London
was
the
scene
of
five
brutal
.
The
killer
was
'Jack
the
Ripper'
.
All
the
women
murdered
were
prostitutes
,
and
all
except
for
one
-
Elizabeth
Stride
-
were
horribly
.
The
first
murder
,
of
Mary
Ann
Nicholls
,
took
place
on
31
August
.
Annie
Chapman
was
killed
on
8
September
.
Elizabeth
Stride
and
Catherine
Eddoweson
were
30
September
and
Mary
Jane
Kelly
on
9
November
.
These
are
often
to
as
the
'canonical
five'
Ripper
murders
,
although
Martha
Tabram
,
to
death
on
6
August
1888
,
is
considered
by
some
'ripperologists'
to
be
the
first
victim
.
There
has
been
much
as
to
the
identity
of
the
killer
.
It
has
been
suggested
that
he
or
she
was
a
doctor
or
,
based
on
the
evidence
of
and
the
mutilations
that
occurred
,
which
showed
a
knowledge
of
human
anatomy
.
Many
theories
have
been
put
forward
suggesting
individuals
who
might
be
responsible
.
One
theory
links
the
murders
with
Queen
Victoria's
,
Prince
Albert
Victor
,
also
known
as
the
Duke
of
Clarence
,
although
the
evidence
for
this
is
insubstantial
.
Violence
to
prostitutes
was
not
uncommon
and
there
were
many
of
women
being
brutalised
,
but
the
nature
of
these
murders
strongly
suggests
a
single
.
A
quarter
of
a
mile
from
the
scene
of
Catherine
Eddowes'
murder
,
the
words
'The
Juwes
[
sic
]
are
not
the
men
to
be
blamed
for
nothing
,
'
were
found
on
a
wall
in
chalk
,
and
it
was
suggested
this
was
written
by
the
killer
.
A
police
officer
ordered
the
words
to
be
removed
,
fearing
an
anti
-
Semitic
in
an
area
with
a
large
Jewish
population
.
The
murderer
is
also
sometimes
thought
to
have
made
contact
by
letter
with
several
public
figures
.
These
letters
,
like
the
message
,
have
never
been
proved
to
be
authentic
,
and
may
have
been
.
Jack
the
Ripper
was
never
caught
and
he
is
not
thought
to
have
killed
again
after
November
1888
.
(
Source
:
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www
.
bbc
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.
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/
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/
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/
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.
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)