Why did the Whitechapel Murders attract so much attention in 1888?

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Why did the Whitechapel Murders attract so much attention in 1888?

In 1888, Whitechapel became a crime scene of the Jack the Ripper murders. There were five violent murders, where five prostitutes aged from 25 to 47 were brutally slaughtered where the murderer named 'Jack the Ripper' got away with these murders. These murders attracted the attention of the public and the press. The reasons for why the ripper murders attracted so much attention are listed below.

Whitechapel held more than 200 lodging houses, which could sleep almost 9000 people. Whitechapel was overcrowded and most of the people who lived there were poor. The Metropolitan Police Force estimated that there were 1200 prostitutes in Whitechapel and many more women who took clients from time to time to supplement their weekly earnings. Middle class men entered Whitechapel because of the high percentage of prostitution and were in search of prostitutes. Unemployment was high and there were a lot of pickpockets and riots. Most crimes that happened were all petty crimes therefore the police hadn't had to deal with such serious crimes until Jack the Ripper. Communication was so basic in those times but news of Jack the Ripper spread