Jack the Ripper, as he was rightly called, was an infamous murderer in London, England in 1888, almost one hundred years ago. Jack the Ripper

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Jack The Ripper

Jack the Ripper, as he was rightly called, was an infamous murderer in London, England in 1888, almost one hundred years ago.  Jack the Ripper is by no stretch of the imagination the first serial killer ever, but the first to do so in a largely populated area, although it seemed he had no malice for other people.  Although the number of kills under the belt of Jack the Ripper is unofficial, it is estimated to be around four to seven women, all prostitutes within the area.  He also had no accomplice’s or accessories to the crime.  Another fact was that Jack the Ripper escaped scott-free, with no charges.

His method of attack was to let these prostitutes “seduce” him into using them for their services, which at that time he would strangle them, making them unconscious and killing them, this was done by stalking his victims.  This was no motive in his killings either.  Oddly enough, it is shown that this murderer was nice to his victims in certain ways.  The most peculiar way was when he would not let their bodies fall to the ground after they had been killed.  He would lightly set them on the ground, bringing their heads to the left of him.  Also, he would cut the throats of his victims after they had been strangled, mainly so he/she would not get any blood or DNA on their clothes.

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The Ripper had also sent letters to the local newspaper telling them about the killings, and his confessions.  This was an act repeated by the Zodiac Killer, in California, some ninety years later.  One reporter who received the letters first from the killer said he thought his letters had a sweet disposition about them.  This way of writing letters gloating about his actions was a form of megalomania, a disease in the brain making one feel dominate and in control of everyone and everything.

There was no finger printing back in the day of the Whitechapel murders, which is where these ...

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