There's speculation about 11 attacks against women from the 3rd April 1888 to the 13th of February 1891, that the Metropolitan Police service recorded. These women are known as the “Canonical Five” as most Ripper experts, historians, and investigators agree these women were all murdered by the same person. It is generally agreed upon that Jack the Ripper is responsible for five murders in the Whitechapel area, beginning in August 1888. Investigators and historians still argue about the authenticity of this letter, but the nickname captured the public’s imagination and cemented Jack the Ripper as the alias of the killer forever.įind out more about the top suspects in our full post. The author also told the investigators he “ mind giving the trade name” and signed the letter, Jack the Ripper. The letter mocked the police, with the author claiming he would never be identified. On the 27th of September 1888, a taunting letter was written to the police by an author who claimed to be the killer. At least three had the removal of organs after they died.All suffered mutilation to their bodies.The way these murders were carried out would become the killers calling card - all his victims shared the following: This set them apart from the other victims and investigators immediately believed these two women to have been murdered by the same person. However, in September 1888 two women were discovered to not only have been murdered, but their bodies brutally mutilated.
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Jack the Ripper is the name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the Whitechapel area of East London in 1888.