HALL OF HORROR: Jack the Ripper

Back in the 1800's it was Jack Doe, while now it's John Doe. So, when no one knew who was the killer these prostitutes, the named him Jack the Ripper. His first murder was Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols on August 31st, 1888. He was named "Ripper" because all of his victims abdomens were slashed and ripped, some were even missing an organ or two. Annie Chapman's body was found on September 8th, 1888 near the doorway in a backyard on Hanbury Street, Spitalfields. Her throat had been severed by two cuts and her abdomen was completely ripped open. Doctors later realized that her uterus had been removed. His next victims were found only minutes apart. Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes were found in two different areas in the city of London. Stride's body was the least mutilated, and some thought that Jack was interrupted while he was killing her. Her throat was slashed but her abdomen had not been touched. Some even doubted that the Ripper had killed her. Eddowes' body was found about an hour after Stride's. Her throat was severed and her abdomen was ripped open by several deep wounds. Her left kidney and a major part of her uterus had been removed. A few witnesses were able to describe a man that was with the victims before they were killed, but none of them matched. His last murder was his most gruesome. Mary Kelly's body was found in a single room in an inn the she lived in on November 9th, 1888. Her throat had been severed all the way down to her spine, and her abdomen had been emptied of all of her organs. Even her heart was missing. Kelly's organs were found all around the room and her heart was the only organ missing from the scene. Her body had been hacked at and her face was missing.

Jack the Ripper sent letters to the press, taunting the police. There were three letter, "Dear Boss" "Saucy Jack" and "From Hell". The "From Hell" letter, though, was most likely NOT from Jack, but from a man only "claiming" to be Jack the Ripper. Most of the words had been misspelled and was sent to George Lusk who was head of the "White Chapel Vigilance Committee" while the rest had been sent been sent to the press. The "Dear Boss" letter was the first letter sent to the press. At first the police thought that the letter was a hoax, but when they found Catherine Eddowes' body with one of the ears severed they looked at it again. In the letter it said that "Jack" had saved some blood from his last victim(Annie Chapman) but it had gone bad so he had to use red ink. "Saucy Jack" was on the back of a postcard and was sent 24 hours after the "double event" of Eddowes and Stride. He stated that "number one squealed a bit" so he couldn't finish. It also mentioned that he didn't get the ears that he had promised to send to the police.
No one had discovered who Jack the Ripper was, so his identity is still a mystery.(i would like to thank wikipedia for giving me the info:))

The next Hall of Infamy killer will be Countess Elizabeth Báthory. Come back for info on her next week!
<3 Kalyn