TALES OF THE MACABRE, MYSTERIOUS AND SUPERNATURAL: SERIAL KILLERS: Jack The Ripper

Brisbane historian Paul Tully -
"It is possible we might still find out one day who Jack the Ripper was, but it's equally possible that no-one will ever know."

Between the months of August and November, 1888, the Whitechapel area of london played key witness to a series of horrific murders, which remain to this day unresolved. He stalked the dimly lit, fog blanketed streets of the East End with a single, brutal ambition; kill and kill street women...

A serial killer murdered and mutilated at least five prostitutes in the East End of London in 1888 and because no one was ever arrested or tried for the murders, crime buffs are still fascinated with the Jack the Ripper case more than 115 years later.

"Jack The Ripper" is the name given to unknown killer due to correspondence at the time from someone claiming to be the killer signed with that name. But while the murders were taking place, the assailant was know as the Whitechapel Murder or "Leather Apron."

There is some dispute concerning how many victims Jack The Ripper claimed. Some believe that he killed only four prostitutes during his spree, while others think that he may have killed as many as nine. It is generally accepted that there were five victims.

We shall relive that terrifying time as reported by the New York Times. The reports were made available from casebook.org