Jack the Ripper is an alias given to an unidentified serial killer (or killers) active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London, England in the later half of 1888. No one knows for sure who he was. For a list of the usual suspects, go to this link-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proposed_Jack_the_Ripper_suspects
Channa
2007-06-26 07:28:55
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answered by Anonymous
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Jack the Ripper is an alias given to an unidentified serial killer (or killers) active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London, England in the later half of 1888. 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. 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. Newspapers, whose circulation had been growing during this era, bestowed widespread and enduring notoriety on the killer owing to the savagery of the attacks and the failure of the police in their attempts to capture the Ripper, sometimes missing the murderer at his crime scenes by mere minutes.
2007-06-30 04:22:38
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answered by millylouise 3
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There are several theories, but there has never been a definitive answer. Here are some:
1. "Leather Apron" was believed to be a Polish butcher. They believed some knowledge of anatomy might be necessary to remove some organs and disfigure some of the women the way they had been found.
2. A mad midwife, possibly because one of the confirmed victims of the Ripper was pregnant at the time.
3. "Bertie," a member of the royal family.
4. A man who was committed shortly after the last Ripper murder took place. One policemen told reporters shortly after he was committed that there wouldn't be any more Ripper murders.
5. A man who left England shortly after the last murder. Other Ripper-type murders began showing up shortly afterward in the United States, possibly meaning that he had escaped and was plying his trade here.
2007-06-26 15:05:20
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answered by cross-stitch kelly 7
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according to Patricia Cornwall and lab results from mitochondrial DNA it's Walter Sickert.
English artist. Sickert was born in Munich, the eldest son of the Danish painter Oswald Adalbert Sickert. The family moved to London in 1868. After a short period as an actor, Sickert studied art at the Slade School and then under James Whistler in Chelsea when, like Whistler, he took to etching. In 1883 he met Degas in Paris, who became the greatest influence on his style and attitude to art. Though often described as an Impressionist, he was only so to the same limited extent as Degas, constructing pictures from swift notes made on the spot, and never painting in the open air. His later work became broader in treatment and lighter in tone, a late innovation being the Echoes', in which he freely adapted the work of Victorian illustrators. He worked in Dieppe from 1885 to 1905, with occasional visits to Venice, and produced music-hall paintings and views of Venice and Dieppe in dark, rich tones. Although well known in Europe, he did not achieve recognition in the UK until the 1920s. His writings were collected in 1947 under the title A Free House. His works, broadly Impressionist in style, capture subtleties of tone and light, often with a melancholic atmosphere, their most familiar subjects being the rather shabby cityscapes and domestic and music-hall interiors of late Victorian and Edwardian London. Ennui (about 1913; Tate Gallery, London) is a typical interior painting. In his Camden Town' period (1905-14), he explored the back rooms and dingy streets of North London. His zest for urban life and his personality drew together a group of younger artists who formed the nucleus of the Camden Town Group, which played a leading role in bringing post-Impressionism into English art. Some of his paintings viz. 'The Ripper's bedroom' made some Ripperologists suspect him of being the elusive 'Jack the Ripper'
2007-06-27 23:04:00
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answered by hot_singing_babe 4
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Thats the questioned that experts still do not know. No one really knows. They had several 'suspects' and many books claim to have the answer to the actuall identity, but it is merly their opinion. There is many false evidnce about some of his victims too, for example, many claim that one of his victims was pregant, but she wasnt. In my honest opinion I belive that he was a very intellegent man and very quiet.
2007-06-26 22:09:19
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answered by af86skyrose 2
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Too many theories have been floated with too little evidence.
Currently, some Russian butcher by trade is the lead suspect
2007-06-26 15:27:28
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answered by Experto Credo 7
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No-one knows for sure.
Check out http://www.casebook.org for an overview of every major suspect.
2007-06-26 17:38:19
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answered by Anonymous
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_ripper
that should help... and i couldn't find it but if you can find the website for the history channel they did a couple of specials on him and i'm sure you could watch the videos from it
2007-06-26 14:28:36
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answered by emorexicbunnymaker 3
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lot of suspects=none proven at this time
2007-06-30 10:23:18
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answered by hotdogsarefree 5
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