Why did white chaple murders attract so much attension

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Why did the white chapel murders attract so much attention in 1888?

There were many reason the white chapel murders attracts so munch attention. These were down to the nature of the crime the press and the nature of the victims. No one had ever hard of such horrific attacks so the public wanted to know more. Also the middle class people wanted to see Jack the Ripper caught for there own sake not for the victims.

The public grew more interested with each attack that took place this was because he was not getting caught and more prostitutes were being killed. Another reason was that there had not been any killings like this before. It was also very weird to people that Jack the Ripper was taking the women's organs. It was strange as well because there were 5 murders in 12weeks.

There was also grate attraction because of the nature of the crime. The rich people felt sorry from them as they were both prostitute and poor and they thought they suffer enough. The upper class was also shocked that it was them being attack and not them as they had large sum's of