Much is known about Jack the Ripper’s murder, but despite of these things there are various facts that remain unquestioned and unknown. Jack is best known name given as unidentified serial killer and he has murdered the human history. He created one of the greatest murder mysteries that still captivates today, and make the world go speechless. Here we have mentioned you some unknown facts about Jack the ripper.
1. Jack the Ripper is the best known name given to an unidentified serial killer generally believed to have been active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888.
2. The name “Jack the Ripper” originated in a letter written by someone claiming to be the murderer that was disseminated in the media. The letter is widely believed to have been a hoax, and may have been written by journalists in an attempt to heighten interest in the story and increase their newspapers’ circulation.
3. Because of the extraordinarily brutal character of the murders, and because of media treatment of the events, the public came increasingly to believe in a single serial killer known as “Jack the Ripper”.
4. Jack the Ripper, suffered from incurable mental disorders and many psychologists assume that he hated women extremely. The extent of this hatred was beyond limits and this is the reason why he distorted their faces in an effort to destroy their identities.
5. Because, Jack the Ripper defrosted the bodies of his victims very neatly and cleanly it was believed that he came from a very strong medical background. He would also remove the internal body organs of the victims.
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6. Only five of the 11 cases in Scotland Yard’s “Whitechapel Murders” file are generally agreed to have been done by the same man. Emma Smith’s murder is not among them.
7. There was also a French rock group called by the same name.
8. Jack the Ripper’s last murder is thought to have been in November 1888 and he was never caught.
9. The harsh reality of that era was that countless “ladies of the night” were subjected to violent attacks, and most of them were killed.
10. Even though no one is sure, most historians believe Jack the Ripper was probably between twenty-five to thirty-five years old when he committed the murders.
11. Although not the first serial killer, but he was the man who left media frenzy by leaving no evidence behind. There were no eyewitnesses to his crimes, only the dead bodies.
12. It has been suspected that Jack the Ripper was single and suffered from insomnia.
13. In 2006 his sketch was prepared and till 2012, it is said that the detectives were still reporting to be researching of his exact identity.
14. Over the course of the Ripper murders, the police, newspapers and others received hundreds of letters regarding the case. Hundreds of letters claimed to have been written by the killer himself.
15. In 2006, BBC History magazine and its readers selected Jack the Ripper as the worst Briton in history.
