"Jack The Ripper" is a famous unsolved crime in the Victorian Life time. With the identity unknown of who was the cold blooded serial killer of five or more London prostitutes 1888.
After terrorising the Whitechapel district in London's East End, "Jack The Ripper" mutilated the bodies of five prostitutes in an unusual way after killing them, indicating the killer had knowledge of human anatomy.
Even though he was never captured or identified, he remains as one of the world's most infamous criminals.
Also included in the mystery is the fact that several letters were sent to the London Metropolitan Police Service by the killer himself, taunting officers and speculating on more murders to come.
A variety of theories about "Jack The Ripper"s identity have been brought up over the past decades, claiming famous painter Walter Sickert, even the grandson of Queen Victoria. Since 1888 more than 100 suspects have been named.
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ReplyDeleteThe case has fascinated people ever since. We love a mystery, don't we. Your summary is nicely written. Have you looked at some of the rally interesting fiction that has come form this era, and the Jack the Ripper case especially? Rooted in this era is the Steampunk 'world'. I love its 'look and feel'... HG Wells wrote some really great science fiction based on this world .Try 'Time machine', 'War of the worlds' (of course), and 'War in the Air'.. all available for next to nothing on Amazon. Another author who did some really interesting 'world creation' in this regard is the guy Jeter. I'd love to read what you thought after having read some of that work.