Why did the Ripper murders attract so much attention in 1888?
Victorian society was characterised by a strong sense of morality. However, there was also the fascination of the under berry to the Victorian working class life. Prostitution, alcoholism and murder. The ripper murders all involved these characteristics and this made them a real focus for the press and for Victorian society.
On the 2nd of April at around 7:00pm Emma Smith was attacked and robbed she was badly injured, and surprisingly no one was ever convicted of her attack, however, On the 6th of August Martha Tabram was found dead in George Yard, exactly 100 yards where Emma Smith was attacked. the post mortem reported that there was 39 stab wounds found on her body most of them on her body with what seemed to be a penknife but a few were found on her private parts which had clearly been made with a dagger or a long blade. Exactly 25 days later another female body was found dead 1050 yards from the Martha tabram murder. The woman was Mary Anne Nicholls she had been stabbed about 10 times, most of them to her throat. Just eight days later, Annie Chapman was found dead in Hanbury street. Her wounds were again to the throat and severely deep, she had also been stabbed heavily in her private parts which were removed, and also to her stomach. Could these murders have been linked together? The three murders led to hundreds of letters to newspapers claiming they were the murderer, but the news of the three murders reached parts of Canada and U.S.A.
Victorian society was characterised by a strong sense of morality. However, there was also the fascination of the under berry to the Victorian working class life. Prostitution, alcoholism and murder. The ripper murders all involved these characteristics and this made them a real focus for the press and for Victorian society.
On the 2nd of April at around 7:00pm Emma Smith was attacked and robbed she was badly injured, and surprisingly no one was ever convicted of her attack, however, On the 6th of August Martha Tabram was found dead in George Yard, exactly 100 yards where Emma Smith was attacked. the post mortem reported that there was 39 stab wounds found on her body most of them on her body with what seemed to be a penknife but a few were found on her private parts which had clearly been made with a dagger or a long blade. Exactly 25 days later another female body was found dead 1050 yards from the Martha tabram murder. The woman was Mary Anne Nicholls she had been stabbed about 10 times, most of them to her throat. Just eight days later, Annie Chapman was found dead in Hanbury street. Her wounds were again to the throat and severely deep, she had also been stabbed heavily in her private parts which were removed, and also to her stomach. Could these murders have been linked together? The three murders led to hundreds of letters to newspapers claiming they were the murderer, but the news of the three murders reached parts of Canada and U.S.A.
