Is Jack the Ripper real or fake?

Following the brutal Whitechapel murders of 1888, London police and media outlets were deluged with letters claiming to have been written by Jack the Ripper. read more

Yes, Jack the Ripper was very real. He killed at least 5 people in the Whitechapel district of London in the late 1880s. Now, obviously Jack the Ripper is not still alive, and his identity is likely to remain a mystery forever, but those people really were killed. read more

Jack the Ripper is the best-known name for an unidentified serial killer generally believed to have been 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. read more

He now has to be a prime suspect.' Five women were killed in Whitechapel in 1888; Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly. read more