who is jack the ripper and what is his identiry?

Question

i read a book about him in 7th grade and it had a biogrphy about him and then a diary/journal in the back half of the book.

Answer 1

Jack the Ripper is a pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer (or killers) active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London, England in the latter half of 1888. The legends surrounding the Ripper murders have become a combination of genuine historical research, conspiracy theory and folklore. The lack of a confirmed identity for the killer has allowed Ripperologists — the term used within the field for the authors, historians and amateur detectives who study the case — to accuse a wide variety of individuals of being the Ripper. 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 body was mutilated. Some believe that the victims were first strangled in order to silence them. The removal of internal organs from some victims has led to the proposal that the killer possessed anatomical or surgical knowledge or skill. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

pseudonymous murderer of at least seven women, all prostitutes, in or near the Whitechapel district of London's East End, from Aug. 7 to Nov. 10, 1888. One of the most famous unsolved mysteries of English crime, the case has retained its hold on the popular imagination.

All but one of Jack the Ripper's victims were killed while soliciting customers on the street. In each instance the throat was cut, and usually the body was mutilated in a manner indicating that the murderer had considerable knowledge of human anatomy. On one occasion half of a human kidney, which may have been extracted from a murder victim, was mailed to the police. The authorities also received a series of taunting notes from a person calling himself Jack the Ripper and purporting to be the murderer. Strenuous and sometimes curious efforts were made to identify and to trap the killer, all to no avail. A great public uproar over the failure to arrest the murderer wasraised against the home secretary and the London police commissioner, who resigned soon afterward.

Jack the Ripper has provided themes for numerous literary and dramatic works. Perhaps the most notable was a horror novel by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger (1913; motion-picture versions, 1926, 1932, and 1944). More than 100 books about the case of Jack the Ripper have been published, with many of them offering conjectures as to the true identity of the murderer.

Answer 3

The book you read was the one that claimed that James Maybrick was the Ripper. That theory has--like the royal conspiracy and the Patricia Cornwell theory--been thoroughly debunked.

To this date, no-one has positively identified Jack the Ripper

Answer 4

One of the women in the Ripper murders was believed to have been married to the Prince of Wales in an unsanctioned marriage. One of the theories is she was the real target and the other women were to draw attention from her murder.

It's been proposed at various times that a certain doctor was involved and also that the Prince of Wales himself had something to do with it, but the Prince has an alibi. He was in Scotland at the time. The doctor did not have an abili and died soon after the last murder was committed. That doesn't mean he did it, but it is one of the theories.

Answer 5

Patricia Cornwell makes a good case for it being Walter Sickert, an eccentric 19th-century English artist. I'm no expert but I have heard many theories and hers makes the most sense. She wrote a book on it...here a link with more info on it.

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/books/12/03/cornwell.ripper/index.html

Answer 6

The previous answer is from an internet thief. He cuts and pastes answers from other websites on topics he is not qualified to comment on and then does not credit his source. Do not reward Chloro... with a best answer.

Answer 7

Bill Clinton and Hillary too. Now they have been blamed for everything. They were also the Zodiac killers, the Boston stranglers and Captains of the Titanic.

Answer 8

That was my neighbor,he ate alot of beans and I could hear him when he would let em rip.