Jack The Ripper Thesis

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Jack the ripper killed five women between the 31st of August 1888 and the 9th of November 1888. They were murdered in Whitechapel and Spitalfields in the East End areas of London, England. The killer was never caught and because of this there are hundreds looking into his identity and motives for killing No other killer in the British history compares that of the gruesome, mocking, utterly superior Jack the Ripper, a multiple murderer whose ingenious arrogance and boldness confused and defiled the entire police department of London and held in terror a great city for as long as he cared to roam its streets and kill at will. However despite his double life as a serial killer Jack the ripper was no more than a human being he also had to carry …show more content…
Aaron Kosminski was a polish immigrant born in Klodawa in congress Poland on September 11th,1865. Aaron emigrated to England and started a life as a barber in white chapel. Aaron worked in the white chapel around the times of these murders making him an easy target for suspicion.Aaron on two occasions in July 1890 and February 1891 was placed in Mile End Old Town workhouse because of his insane behaviour. On the second occasion, he was discharged to Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, where he remained for the next three years until he was admitted on 19 April 1894 to Leavesden Asylum. Aaron has been ill since 1885 due to certain readings of case notes.His Insanity consisted of auditory hallucinations, and had a paranoid fear of being fed by other people forcing himself to eat leftovers on the ground, he also had a refusal to wash or …show more content…
Her throat had been cut from ear to ear to the back of the spine, but she had not been mutilated. Aaron fourth victim Catherine Eddowes her nickname was Kate by all who knew her she also drank but was never a prostitute she actually was very intelligent scholarly female and temperament however all though she never was into prostitution at the time, under the influence of alcohol it led her to prostitute herself. Her body was discovered by Edward Watkins at 1:35 am in Mitre square.Again the trend of throat slitting and abdomen exposing was shown on her body.The last victim was Mary Jane Kelly. She was about 25 years old, five feet two inches tall, stout, with blond hair and blues eyes, and a fair complexion. She lived with her cousin in Cardiff and worked as a prostitute. On of her acquaintances said she was abusive when drunk, but one of the most decent and nice girls you could meet when sober. On Friday, November 9, 1888, she was found with the skin peeled back from her face and her ears and nose cut off. There was a deep gash on her neck that went from ear to ear. Her abdomen had been cut across and downward with most of the internal organs removed. Both breasts had been cut off and her left arm was hanging by skin only. Her thighs down to her feet