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Welcome to Casebook: Jack the Ripper, the world's largest public repository of Ripper-related information! If you are new to the case, we urge you to read our Frequently Asked Questions before moving on to our comprehensive Introduction to the Case .
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Jack the Ripper has remained popular for a lot of reasons. He was not thefirst serial killer, but he was probably the first to appear in a largemetropolis at a time when the general populace had become literate and thepress was a force for social change. The Ripper also appeared when therewere tremendous political turmoil and both the liberals and ...
It is unclear just how many women the Ripper killed. It is generally acceptedthat he killed five, though some have written that he murdered only four whileothers say seven or more. The public, press, and even many junior policeofficers believed that the Ripper was responsible for nine slayings. The fivethat are generally accepted as the work of the...
Surprisingly, a full understanding of the Ripper's modus operandi was notestablished until several years ago. The Whitechapel murderer and his victimstood facing each other. When she lifted her skirts, the victim's hands wereoccupied and was then defenseless. The Ripper seized the women by theirthroats and strangled them until they were unconscious...
It is commonly accepted by the experts on the case that none of the letterspurported to have been written by the Ripper were in fact written by him. Aletter dated September 25 and received on the twenty-seventh by the CentralNews agency was the first to be signed "Jack the Ripper". A postcard postmarked October 1 followed. Because it referred to a ...
In a time before forensic science and even finger printing, the only way toprove someone committed a murder was to catch either him or her in the act,or get the suspect to confess. The Whitechapel Murders unhappily fall intothis period of time. One interesting feature of this case is that not one,but two police forces carried out investigations. Th...
In 1894, Sir Melville Macnaghten, then Chief Constable, wrote a confidentialreport in which he names the three top suspects. Although some informationconcerning the suspect he believed most likely to have been the murderer hadbeen available before the turn of the century, the name of that suspect wasnot made public until 1959. Macnaghten's suspect ...
At the time of the murders and for the next few years, a lot was written aboutthe murders including some tabloid type books. Most of it is worthless andonly helped to set up many myths that have clouded serious attempts to figureout what really happened that autumn in London. Other than memoirs ofofficers who worked on the case, which is valuable, ...
In the past ten years more evidence has been recovered, new informationgarnered through the young criminal sciences, and serious research conductedon the mystery of Jack the Ripper than at any other time since the case wasofficially closed in 1892. After more than a hundred years the case is stillfascinating, and results are still being gotten thro...
A collection of primary sources related to the Whitechapel Murders, including memos, letters, reports, and inquest testimony. Explore the evidence and theories behind the infamous Jack the Ripper case.
Oct 15, 2013 · Jack the Ripper: The Definitive Casebook. Richard Whittington-Egan. Amberley Publishing Limited, Oct 15, 2013 - True Crime - 328 pages. The case of Jack the Ripper and his savage...
- Richard Whittington-Egan
- Amberley Publishing Limited, 2013
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- Jack the Ripper: The Definitive Casebook
Jan 1, 1988 · Jack the Ripper: The Complete Casebook. Hardcover – January 1, 1988. by Donald Rumbelow (Author) 4.7 35 ratings. See all formats and editions. Thoroughly examines existing evidence in the notorious nineteenth-century London killing spree, providing a historical setting, popular mythology surrounding the case, and a chilling portrait of the ...
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- Donald Rumbelow
Oct 28, 2021 · A revised and expanded edition of the 1975 book by one of the founding fathers of Ripperology. It documents the history, the crimes, the investigations and the theories of the unsolved serial murders in Victorian London.
Jul 1, 1990 · Jack the Ripper: The Complete Casebook. Mass Market Paperback – July 1, 1990. by Donald Rumbelow (Author) 4.7 35 ratings. See all formats and editions. He was the most notorious killer of all time.
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