IN 1888, THE WORLD’S most famous serial killer stalked the dark, grimy streets of London’s East End. ‘Jack the Ripper’ was he original celebrity mass-murderer, and set a trend for homicidal maniacs which seems
to grow with each year. The fear surrounding the recent Washington sniper incidents, for example, has many similarities with the terror created by this forefather of death-dealing criminals. In these types of cases, the impact of the crime is heightened by the mystery surrounding the actual killer’s identity. Unlike many of his modern age copyists, Jack the Ripper was not caught or even named, and to this day it has never been conclusively proven who he really was. London’s Whitechapel district was knowns one of the poorest areas of the city, and at the time, was home to over a thousand prostitutes. It was also the area which would become the focus of theRipper’s attacks.
to grow with each year. The fear surrounding the recent Washington sniper incidents, for example, has many similarities with the terror created by this forefather of death-dealing criminals. In these types of cases, the impact of the crime is heightened by the mystery surrounding the actual killer’s identity. Unlike many of his modern age copyists, Jack the Ripper was not caught or even named, and to this day it has never been conclusively proven who he really was. London’s Whitechapel district was knowns one of the poorest areas of the city, and at the time, was home to over a thousand prostitutes. It was also the area which would become the focus of theRipper’s attacks.
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