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Jack The Ripper 🔪🖤

Time for the mystery of "Jack The Ripper" I wonder....how much do you know? I did a LOT of research about it.But I don't know much I will be able to put in here but it will be a lot so enjoy~

Jack The Ripper
Jack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. In both the criminal case files and contemporary journalistic accounts, the killer was called the Whitechapel Murderer and Leather Apron.

Attacks ascribed to Jack The Ripper typically involved female prostitutes who lived and worked in the slums of the East End of London whose throats were cut prior to abdominal mutilations. The removal of internal organs from at least three of the victims led to proposals that their killer had some anatomical or surgical knowledge. Rumours that the murders were connected intensified in September and October 1888, numerous letters were received by media and outlets and Scotland Yard from individuals purporting to be the murderer. The name "Jack The Ripper" originated in a letter written by an individual claiming to be the murderer that was disseminated in the media.

The letter is widely believed to have been a hoax and may have been written by journalists in an attempt to heighten interest in the story and increase their newspapers' circulation. The "From Hell" letter received by George Lusk of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee came with half of a preserved human kidney, purportedly taken from one of the victims. The public came increasingly to believe in a single serial killer known as "Jack the Ripper", mainly because of both the extraordinarily brutal nature of murders, and media coverage of the crimes. Extensive newspaper coverage bestowed widespread and enduring international notoriety on the Ripper, and the legend solidified.

A police investigation into a series of eleven brutal murders committed in Whitechapel and Spitalfields between 1888 and 1891 was unable to connect all the killings conclusively to the murders of 1888. Five victims—— Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly— are known as the "canonical five" and their murders between 31 August and 9 November 1888 are often considered the most likely to be linked. The murders were never solved, and the legends surrounding these crimes became combination of genuine historical research, folklore and pseudo-history.

Jack The Ripper's alleged appearance:
Between 25-35 years old
Roughly 5'5 to 5'7
Stocky, with a fair complexion, and a moustache.
Seen wearing a dark overcoat and a dark hat.
Described in appearance as "perfectly sane, frighteningly normal, and yet capable of extraordinary cruelty".

The Canonical five
Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols was the first canonical victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. She was born on 26th August 1845, London, England. And was murdered by Jack the Ripper on 32th August 1888, London England, at the age of 43.  She died from Syncope due to haemorrhage caused by the severance of the carotid arteries. Charles Cross fins her body lying in a gateway in Buck's Row (Durward Street), Whitechapel, at 3:40am. Her throat had been slit and her body horribly mutilated. Her resting place is City if London Cemetery, Manor Park.

Annie Chapman was the second canonical victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. She was born on 25th September 1840 Paddington, London England. And was murdered by Jack the Ripper on 8th September 1888, Spitalfields, London, at the age of 47. She died from Blood loss due to severance of the carotid vessels. John Davis, a resident of 28 Hanbury Street, found her mutilated body in the backyard of number 39 Hanbury Street, Spitalfields, a little before 6:00am. Her resting place is Manor Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Forest Gate.

Elizabeth Stride was the third Canonical victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. She was born on 27th November 1843 Torslanda, Sweden. And was murdered by Jack the Ripper on 30th September 1888, Whitechapel, London, England, at the age of 44. She died from Haemorrhage due to partial server acne of the left carotid artery; severance of trachea. But unlike the other canonical Ripper victims she had not been mutilated. It is said that Louis Diemshutz's pony alerted Jack the Ripper that they were coming in. And because of that, the pony stopped when it pulled the cart into the Dutfield's Yard. He found her body, she only had her throat cut severely, at 1am. Her resting place is East London Cemetery, West Ham, England.