| Since the series of gruesome murders were
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| | special interest groups used the personal
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| committed in London, England, 118 years
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| | circumstances of the victims -- having to
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| ago, the identity of the murderer, world
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| | work as prostitutes, because of lack of
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| famous as "Jack the Ripper", has baffled
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| | respectable employment -- to highlight
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| police.During that time, more than 170
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| | the deprivation and squalor in that part
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| people came under suspicion. These even
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| | of east London, where the murders were
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| included the author of "Alice In
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| | all committed.Others jumped on the
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| Wonderland", Lewis Caroll and the Duke Of
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| | bandwagon of notoriety and the police
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| Clarence, a close relative of the then
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| | received hundreds of letters from people,
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| monarch, Queen Victoria. But a recent
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| | claiming to be the Ripper. They even took
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| review of the original police material
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| | the unusual step of publishing
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| may finally put the mystery to bed.Only
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| | photographs of some of the more promising
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| the Ripper knows exactly how many women
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| | ones in the vain hope the handwriting
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| he killed, but five murders, committed
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| | would be recognized.Among all the
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| between August 31 and November 9 1888,
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| | hysteria, the handwritten notes of the
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| are officially attributed to him.
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| | detective leading the hunt for the killer
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| However, many other unsolved murders have
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| | were largely ignored. But recently, they
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| been loosely and unofficially linked to
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| | have been re-examined and cast fresh
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| the Ripper. Some of the wilder estimates
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| | light on this enduring mystery.The notes
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| put the number as high as 13, whilst some
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| | of Chief Inspector Donald Swanson, the
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| of the police officers at the time put
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| | man in charge of the investigation 118
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| the unofficial figure at nine.Common
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| | years ago, show he, at least, was
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| threads linking the five official murders
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| | convinced he knew the true identity of
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| are the facts they were all women
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| | Jack The Ripper.Swanson named the killer
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| (probably prostitutes) and appeared to
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| | as Aaron Kosminski, a Polish immigrant
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| have been murdered when drunk.When the
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| | barber, living close to the murder
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| murders were announced the question on
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| | scenes. Due to the nature of the killing,
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| everyone's lips was: "How did Jack the
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| | the police attributed some surgical skill
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| Ripper murder his victims?".The savagery
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| | to the murderer and it's interesting to
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| of the killings was extreme: the victims
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| | note barbers used to also conduct
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| were probably strangled first (to remove
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| | surgical operations, although this part
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| the risk of screaming), their throats
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| | of their job was growing into the
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| cut, their stomachs cut open and their
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| | separate, more prestigious, profession of
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| entrails removed. Due to the surgical
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| | surgeon.Kosminski first came to police
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| skill shown, suspicion fell on butchers
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| | attention because of his violent
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| and even surgeons.The most celebrated
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| | behaviour in threatening his sister with
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| suspect was Prince Albert, Duke of
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| | a knife. His occupation lent further
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| Clarence. He was the son of the future
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| | weight to the suspicion, but he could not
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| King Edward VII and grandson of Queen
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| | be questioned, as he was deemed to be
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| Victoria. Prince Albert had a reputation
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| | insane. So he was taken to a seaside
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| as a bit of a "ladies man", with a
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| | nursing home, where he was subjected to
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| history of scandals, and he had forfeited
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| | an unofficial identity parade, being
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| a great deal of public sympathy. Because
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| | viewed secretly by the only witness to
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| of this his wife, Princess Alexander, was
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| | one of the murders.Although the witness
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| regarded -- for similar reasons -- with
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| | positively identified Kosminski as the
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| the same affection as Princess Diana, 110
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| | person they saw committing the murder,
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| years later.This, coupled with the
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| | they refused to testify in court, because
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| rumours he was suffering from syphilis
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| | it would almost certainly mean death by
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| (reputed to turn the sufferer mad) put
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| | hanging for the suspect. Without that
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| him squarely "in the frame", at least as
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| | crucial piece of evidence, the police did
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| far as the public and press were
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| | not have a strong enough case against the
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| concerned. However, this theory
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| | suspect and he was allowed to return to
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| conveniently ignores the undisputed fact
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| | his brother's house, close to the scene
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| that, at the time of the first murder,
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| | of the murders.Needless to say, his every
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| Prince Albert was some 200 miles to the
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| | movement was monitored by the police, but
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| north of London, in Yorkshire. In
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| | nothing further was seen and Kosminski
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| addition, he was absent from London at
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| | died soon after in Colney Hatch, to the
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| the times of other murders. This, plus
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| | north of London.For such a spectacularly
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| his obvious lack of surgical skill,
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| | brutal series of infamous murders, with
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| should have been sufficient to rule him
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| | such illustrious suspects, the probable
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| out from the very start.Probably the
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| | truth is disappointingly
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| reason such a wild theory was given so
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| | prosaic.Copyright 2006 Jon Michael and
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| much weight was due to the nature and
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| | London Vacation SecretsJon Michael is a
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| location of this crime.Although there had
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| | lifelong resident of London, England and
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| been serial killings in the past, there
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| | his hobby is discovering the hidden
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| had been nothing like this in the very
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| | stories about this fascinating world
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| metropolitan heart of the world's first
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| | class city. Add to all that the daily
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| superpower -- as Britain was at the time.
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| | honing of his knowledge of London as a
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| Consequently, these events caused a
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| | taxi cab driver and you need look no
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| unprecedented furore in the national
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| | further for information on the real
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| press, with the police coming under daily
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| | London.
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| criticism. At the same time, other
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