Jack the Ripper

History

• Jack the Ripper is the famous name given to the infamous 
• unidentified killer. The killings began in the impoverished
• areas in Whitechapel district of London in 1882.  The myth 
• of this mysterious killer grew and put fear into millions all   
• over the world.

Other Names

• Other names given to this mysterious killer
• "The Whitechapel Killer
• "Leather Apron

Background

• Around 1882 Britain experienced a rush of Irish Immigrants
• which caused the city to become overpopulated. Work and housing
• conditions worsened.  The economy suffered dramatically.  Robbery,
• Violence, alcohol dependency and poverty caused many women to turn
• to prostitution.

Victims

• The famous five victims were Mary Ann Nichols August 31,1888
• AnnieChapman September 8, 1888, Elizabeth Stride September 30, 1888
• Catherine Eddowes September 30 1888, and Mary Jane kelly November  
• 8, 1888. There were hundreds of murders happening around the same time and.
• many were believed to be copycats. 

Method of Killing

• Jack the Ripper tortured those five women 
• He cut their throats on both sides then ripped open the
• abdomen and and cut all the way to the top of the stomach
• Usually leaving their insides all over the walkway. The weapon
• of choice was a six inch knife. (never specified)

Mystery solved?

• Around the 125th anniversary of Jack the Ripper.  A British 
• detective named Trevor Marriott.  He discovered that Jack the Ripper 
• never really existed. He was conjured up by a drunken journalist named 
• Thomas Bulling. Detective Trevor Marriott spent 11 years carrying   
• the case in order to solve the case.  

Murder Solved?

• Detective Marriott discovered 17 unsolved Ripper like crimes
• committed around 1863-1894.  He believes a man named Carl 
• Feignbaum committed the crimes.  A german merchant who 
• traveled around the same places and times the killings took place
• Carl Feignbaum was executed in New York in 1896 after being 

Truth or Tale?

• caught fleeing a Ripper like crime scene in Whitechapel 
• London in 1888.  The journalist who made up the infamous
• "Jack the Ripper" sent the police letters signed "jack the ripper"
• around the time of the killings. He worked for the London Central
• News Agency and was paid to write crime stories for the paper

Work Cited

• http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/431148/Jack-the-Ripper-mystery-solved-b
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper
• http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/ripper/index_1.