All killings occurred within one mile area and involved the districts of Whitechapel,

Spitalfields, Aldgate, and the city of London proper. The man I am referring to is no

other then the notorious Jack the Ripper, the Whitechapel, or the Leather Apron.

Jack the Ripper is significant and popular, not just because he was a serial killer,

but because he was the first to appear in a large metropolis at the time when the general

puplic had become literate and the press was a force for social change. The Ripper

appeared when there was a tremendous political turmoil and both liberals and social

reformers, also the Irish Home rule partisans tried to use the crimes for their own ends.

Its hard to believe that this has only happened twelve years ago. Everyday there would

be an editorial or a chronicle in the newspaper about the activities of the Ripper or the

police. Many of you remember this and reading about the Ripper and know what I am

3) The name of Macnaghten's second suspect was confirmed as Aaron Kosminiski.

Who was a Polish Jew put in an insane asylum and heard voices, but the facts are twisted

2) Annie Chapman, murdered Saturday, September 8, 1888.

The Ripper was thought to know a great deal about anatomy because the body's

any sign of intercourse with any the victims.

victims all prostitutes all slashed at the throat and mutilated. The body's were found out

5) Mary Jane Kelly, murdered Friday, November 9, 1888.

4) Catherine Eddowes, murdered same day.

ing about. The press was a big part of the whole case because we informed the public

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