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Jack the Ripper is arguably the most infamous serial killer the world has ever known. He terrorized the whole of London over 100 years ago in 1888, killing at least five women, mutilating their bodies in the process. Whoever Jack was, he was never caught...
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Introduction Jack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer of an infamous serial murder case which happened back in 1888 in Whitechapel District of London’s East End, England. His/her action which took place in Whitechapel District made him/her known as ‘Whitechapel Murderer’. During the hunt...
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Abstract Notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper, terrorized Whitechapel, a town in London’s East End, throughout the year 1888. The methods of which Jack mutilated his victims and his knowledge of human anatomy is strikingly consistent with that of a medical doctor. It is said...
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Jack the Ripper is one of the rare serial killers who’s gruesome acts have stayed at the forefront of the public imagination, inspiring books, films and countless amateur investigators for over a century. Due to both the nature of the murders and the lack of...
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The Jack the Ripper Tour is used to sell and “commodify” British culture because we are now taking a horrific story about a person who went around killing others into something so much bigger. It is not just about the gruesomeness of whom he was...
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Throughout the years, serial killers have established themselves in society as bloodthirsty psychopaths, always on the hunt for weak, measly prey. Murderers like Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, The Zodiac Killer, and other infamous serial killers and their stories have shocked people from around the globe....
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“The hunt for Jack the Ripper – I remember that as well as I remember anything – I don’t know if he was in my time or whether it was only talked about. But the boys – horrible little brutes they were – they used...
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One hundred and thirty years ago, in an East London district called Whitechapel, five gruesome murders were committed by a figure shrouded in mystery, Jack the Ripper. In 1888, newspapers had slowly grown from being purely local, to circulating around cities and nations with ease....
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Serial killers are often compared to one another. Perhaps because what they do is so heinous it cannot be compared to anything else. Entire professions are devoted to learning why killers kill and how to find patterns in their behaviors to help catch them when...
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During the nineteenth century, London was the biggest city on Earth and was ‘the heart and brain of of the greatest empire in world history’. It was portrayed as being symbolic of the successes of British Imperialism; a city synonymous with wealth, prosperity and morality....
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, published in 1886 by R.L. Stevenson, became a Gothic tale that shook the nation. The thriller as a study of a split-personality where Dr Jekyll discovers a monster through a scientific experiment, where he separates his...
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Jack the Ripper Jack the Ripper is assumed to be a serial killer who committed 5 murders in 1888 in Whitechapel, a small secluded area of London. All of these murders were similar in that all the victims were killed by cutting the throat and...
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Jack Ripper is a man with unique characters but hidden, he seems not to disclose his characters for some reasons. He acts as any normal man although he mostly enjoys the company of ladies; all this is done with a hidden agenda. This paper is...
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James Kenneth Stephen – Was He Jack The Ripper? James Kenneth Stephen was an English poet. He was born in 1859, in London, to James (a barrister) and Mary Stephen. He died in 1892 at the age of 32, confined in a mental hospital. He...
