2006-07-04 23:31:16 · 7 answers · asked by Liam S 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
WOW that was real hard LOL don't be so LAZY
Jack the Ripper is a pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area of London in the second half of 1888. Although several murders in later years have been attributed to "Jack the Ripper," the name itself refers to an individual generally accepted as the killer of at least 5 (and quite possibly 6) women between the beginning of August & the end of November, 1888 (although it is possible that said killer could have committed other murders before or after this period). The name is taken from a letter to the Central News Agency by someone claiming to be the murderer, published at the time of the killings. Although many theories have been advanced, Jack the Ripper's identity may never be determined.
The legends surrounding the Ripper murders have become a complex muddle of genuine historical research, freewheeling conspiracy theory and dubious folklore. The lack of a confirmed identity for the killer has allowed subsequent authors, historians and mostly amateur sleuths — dubbed Ripperologists — to point their fingers at a wide variety of candidates. Newspapers, whose circulation had been growing during this era, bestowed widespread and enduring notoriety on the killer due to the savagery of the murders and the failure of police to effect a capture, with the Ripper sometimes escaping discovery by mere minutes.
Victims were women earning income as casual prostitutes. Typical Ripper murders were perpetrated in a public or semi-public place; the victim's throat was cut, after which the cadaver was subjected to abdominal and sometimes other mutilations such as those found in lust murder. Many now believe that the victims were first strangled in order to silence them. Due to the nature of the wounds on some presumed Ripper victims, several of whom had internal organs removed, it has been proposed that the killer had a degree of surgical or medical skill, or was perhaps a butcher, although this point, like most of the beliefs about the killer and facts in the case, is in dispute.
2006-07-05 00:15:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree with pompyfox. I just used google and it took me all of about 5 seconds to find page after page after page on Jack the Ripper. That just drives me crazy when people take the time to get on the internet, log into some web site just to ask a question to get noticed. It's all right there. This is the age of information. It's a good thing you're not growing up when I did and you actually had to crack a book and use your pea brain and find the information on your own. You'd be lost. By the way it wasn't that long ago, so don't come back with any smart a** comments.
2006-07-05 07:08:43 · answer #2 · answered by rsqur 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't be so lazy, there's to much information to impart with regard to this subject. I can recommend any books by Donald Rumbelow who a supreme authority on Jack.
2006-07-05 15:15:52 · answer #3 · answered by samanthajanecaroline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why do u need to know this??? he was a victorian murderer, no1 ever found out 4 sure who he was but thought he was a doctor of some sorts as he cut his victims very precisely. he murdered whores and cut out thier wombs n always kept a trophy. thats all i know!
2006-07-05 06:41:25 · answer #4 · answered by Soph 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His name was William the Queens doctor
2006-07-09 10:24:02 · answer #5 · answered by Osaid 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Research it yourself, you lazy little scrote.
2006-07-05 06:43:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
he was never found
2006-07-05 09:47:26 · answer #7 · answered by robleot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋