Why has Jack The Ripper never been identified?

Simpson's horrified wife stashed the seven-foot-long fabric found next to Jack the Ripper's fourth victim in a box. It was never worn or washed as the search for one of the world's most notorious killers grew colder and colder. read more

Jack the Ripper did not leave any evidence or clues behind; at least, the police wasn’t able to investigate it as they lacked modern forensic techniques. As for witnesses, the victims were prostitiues, most of them having several customers at a night. read more

Jack the Ripper, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the Zodiac killer — what remains compelling about these stories is what they tell us about ineffability. We don't know because we can never know, because the chaos of the world, the universe, can assert itself at any time. read more

For starters, the claimant behind this big reveal, Russell Edwards, is the latest in a long line of authors hawking books in which they claim to have definitively identified the “real” Jack the Ripper, and so Edwards’ announcement was timed to publicize his forthcoming book Naming Jack The Ripper. read more