Mystery Killer

It all started in the East End of London in 1888, from August 7 till November 10.

All killings occurred within one mile area and involved the districts of Whitechapel,

Spitalfields, Aldgate, and the city of London proper. The man I am referring to is no

other then the notorious Jack the Ripper, the Whitechapel, or the Leather Apron.

Jack the Ripper is significant and popular, not just because he was a serial killer,

but because he was the first to appear in a large metropolis at the time when the general

puplic had become literate and the press was a force for social change. The Ripper

appeared when there was a tremendous political turmoil and both liberals and social

reformers, also the Irish Home rule partisans tried to use the crimes for their own ends.

Its hard to believe that this has only happened twelve years ago. Everyday there would

be an editorial or a chronicle in the newspaper about the activities of the Ripper or......

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