Jack the Ripper

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Jack the Ripper

• The most famous serial killer(s) of all time

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Title

• I say killer (s) for this reason
• Jack the Ripper might not have been one person
• As a matter of fact, nobody knows who (s)he/or
  they is/are.
• The name Jack the Ripper came from one of the
  letters sent to the Central News Agency signed
  Jack the Ripper.

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Speaking of Letters

• There were thousands of different letters that
  were sent to police and news centers about people
  claiming to be the killer.
• There were three in particular that caught their
  attention.
• The Dear Boss Letter
• The Saucy Jack Postcard
• And The From Hell Letter

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Dear Boss

• Dear Boss,I keep on hearing the police have
  caught me but they wont fix me just yet. I have
  laughed when they look so clever and talk about
  being on the right track. That joke about Leather
  Apron gave me real fits. I am down on whores and
  I shant quit ripping them till I do get buckled.
  Grand work the last job was. I gave the lady no
  time to squeal. How can they catch me now. I love
  my work and want to start again. You will soon
  hear of me with my funny little games. I saved
  some of the proper red stuff in a ginger beer
  bottle over the last job to write with but it
  went thick like glue and I cant use it. Red ink
  is fit enough I hope ha. ha. The next job I do I
  shall clip the ladys ears off and send to the
  police officers just for jolly wouldn't you. Keep
  this letter back till I do a bit more work, then
  give it out straight. My knife's so nice and
  sharp I want to get to work right away if I get a
  chance. Good Luck.Yours trulyJack the RipperDont
  mind me giving the trade name. Wasnt good enough
  to post this before I got all the red ink off my
  hands curse it No luck yet. They say I'm a doctor
  now. ha ha

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Saucy Jack

• I was not codding dear old Boss when I gave you
  the tip, you'll hear about Saucy Jacky's work
  tomorrow double event this time number one
  squealed a bit couldn't finish straight off. ha
  not the time to get ears for police. thanks for
  keeping last letter back till I got to work
  again.Jack the Ripper

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From Hell

• From hell.?
• Mr Lusk,?
• Sor?
• I send you half the Kidney I took from one woman
  and prasarved it for you tother piece I fried and
  ate it was very nise. I may send you the bloody
  knif that took it out if you only wate a whil
  longer
• signed?Catch me when you can Mishter Lusk

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The Time

• Killings started April 13, 1888 and didnt end
  until February 13th, 1891.
• They took place in the Whitechapel area in
  England. There was a lot of the poverty in the
  area at the times so a lot of the women resorted
  to prostitution.
• Some of the murders were the work of different
  people and some were obviously the work of one
  particular person or group.
• These were known as the Canonical Five

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The Victims

• Mary Ann Nichols
• Annie Chapman
• Elizabeth Stride
• Catherine Eddowes
• Mary Jane Kelly

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Technique

• The group/person that did the murdering of the
  canonical five had a technique
• They killed in public but closed off areas late
  at night. Sometimes as late as 3 a.m.
• The murders tended to occur close to the weekend.
  
• He would strangle them and then mutilate the
  body. The only thing about that is, a lot of the
  murders were not along the same lines, so they
  had a hard time connecting all the murders at the
  time. Sometimes the mutilation was much more
  harsh, or it might appear that there was a
  struggle

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No man,No trial

• Because nobody found out who actually committed
  the murders, there was not conviction therefore
  no trial.
• Rippologists are still debating whether or not
  it was a group or a solo actso thats about as
  close as they got.

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Sources

• http//www.casebook.org/ripper_letters/
• http//hiberniaskids.blogspot.com/2007/08/today-in
  -victorian-history.html
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper
• http//www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/jack_letters.h
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