Publisher's Synopsis
Jack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. In both the criminal case files and contemporary journalistic accounts, the killer was called the Whitechapel Murderer and Leather Apron.Jack the RipperChapter 1: Short Story of Jack the RipperChapter 2: Whitechapel murders2.1 Victims and investigation2.2 Emma Elizabeth Smith2.3 Martha Tabram2.4 Mary Ann Nichols2.5 Annie Chapman2.6 Double event: Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes2.7 Mary Jane Kelly2.8 Rose Mylett2.9 Alice McKenzie2.10 Pinchin Street torso2.11 Frances Coles2.12 LegacyChapter 3: Investigation3.1 Whitechapel Vigilance Committee3.2 Criminal profilingChapter 4: Jack the Ripper suspects4.1 Contemporaneous police opinion4.2 Montague John Druitt4.3 Seweryn Klosowski4.4 Aaron Kosminski4.5 Michael Ostrog4.6 John Pizer4.7 James Thomas Sadler4.8 Francis TumbletyChapter 5: Contemporaneous press and public opinionChapter 6: Proposed by later authorsChapter 7: Further theoriesChapter 8: LettersChapter 9: Media