Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper was an unidentified Victorian era serial killer, whose victims were women who earned their income as prostitutes. Most of his victims throats were slit, and their bodies mutilated. He was never found or caught by anyone. His weapon of choice was a knife. Other names for him at the time were "The Whitechapel Murderer" and "Leather Apron".
Victims
The majority of the victims killed by Jack the Ripper were female prostitutes. He would take them away and the next morning the person would be cut apart into pieces and organized by organs. All the victims were found dead on the streets, except the last who were found in a shed.
Suspects
Nobody knows the identity of Jack the Ripper. And after more than one hundred and twenty years, it’s safe to say that we’ll almost certainly never know the identity of the infamous serial killer. Still, that hasn’t stopped police, authors and armchair detectives alike naming literally hundreds of suspects over the years. Many have said that he was a painter. Others say that he was a doctor, because he had knowledge of the human body and the organs contained. It could have been possible that he was a butcher.
In Popular Culture
- Jack the Ripper is an accomplice of Dio Brando in the anime and manga series Bizarre Adventure JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.