Could Jack the Ripper have been a woman?

But after a witness said she saw the fifth Ripper victim, Mary Kelly, hours after she was murdered, the chief inspector in the case suggested it might have been the female killer escaping in Kelly's clothing. read more

However, the Ripper letters (the only source that promulgated the presence of a "Jack the Ripper") have clearly been demonstrated to have been fakes making it unclear if there was a single "Ripper" killer or multiple ones. read more

Morris is convinced Jack the Ripper was a woman. One hell of a good cover. If so, it would be one hell of a good cover. The police were searching for a man, so a woman would have escaped their notice entirely. And back then, as now, people had a difficult time believing women capable of brutality and evil, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary. read more

Jill the Ripper. The notion that Jack the Ripper might not in fact be a man at all, but rather a woman, was one postulated by Inspector Abberline himself at the time of the killings. read more