The Truth About Jack The Ripper: An Unparalleled Mystery Solved Over A Century Later

Jason Morton
ILLUMINATION
Published in
8 min readApr 21, 2023

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For over 100 years, the mystery has kept people’s interest as clues have been reexamined, again and again. Now, Jack the Ripper’s real name is known to authorities.

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People today may feel comfortable going and enjoying street art and different culinary delights in the famous Whitechapel district of London, but that wasn’t always the case. In 1888, London’s Whitechapel district rivaled New York’s infamous Hell’s Kitchen, an area rife with poverty and considered a slum-riddled and neglected part of town.

During that era, the famed Jack the Ripper came to be as he brought terror and carnage to the impoverished 19th-century Whitechapel area.

The Unsolved Mystery Of Jack the Rippers Crimes

Jack the Ripper was linked to many murders in the Whitechapel area. People have believed that five particular cases are without question the work of the Ripper.

  • Mary Ann Nichols
  • Annie Chapman
  • Elizabeth Stride
  • Catherine Eddowes
  • Mary Jane Kelly

All five of these women were brutalized. The Ripper liked to cut their throats and abdomens, opening them up in grotesque…

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Jason Morton
ILLUMINATION

Currently, I'm a telecom tech, a grandfather, and fighting cancer. I enjoy writing and sharing opinions. I stumbled into some knowledge along my journey.