Jack the Ripper
Victorian serial killer
Jack the Ripper is the name given to an unidentified serial killer who murdered at least five women in the Whitechapel district of London in 1888.
The victims were prostitutes whose bodies were mutilated, and the killer was never caught.
The name, possibly from a letter sent to police, has become synonymous with mysterious, brutal murder: The press dubbed him the Jack the Ripper of the modern age.
East London district
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- cobblestoneRiver-smoothed paving stone
- East EndLondon district beyond the City
workhouse · lodging house · Charles Dickens · gin palace · slum · prostitution · poorhouse · industrialization
Recurring lone murderer
- murdererOne who unlawfully kills
- slasherKnife-wielding horror villain
- butcherOne who sells cuts
- mutilationDamaging a body severely
victim · prostitute · knife · disembowelment · predator · stalker · psychopath · sociopath
Famous for negativity
- infamousHaving a terrible reputation
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- iconPictorial screen symbol
sensationalism · tabloid · headline · penny dreadful · tourism · museum · film · fiction
Not yet figured out
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- whodunitCrime fiction identifying perpetrator
- cold caseUnsolved crime, investigation suspended
- suspectsThinks someone's guilty
clues · evidence · investigation · detective · sleuth · theories · speculation · red herring
Emotional response to threat
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
scream · haunt · menace · stalking · shadow · darkness · alleyway · night
Fraternal lodge member
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
- slaughtermanOne who kills livestock
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
Whitechapel
East London district
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- cobblestoneRiver-smoothed paving stone
East End · workhouse · lodging house · Charles Dickens · gin palace · slum · prostitution · poorhouse · industrialization · Scotland Yard
serial killer
Recurring lone murderer
mutilation · victim · prostitute · knife · disembowelment · predator · stalker · psychopath · sociopath · homicide
notorious
Famous for negativity
- infamousHaving a terrible reputation
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
icon · sensationalism · tabloid · headline · penny dreadful · tourism · museum · film · fiction · cultural legacy
unsolved
Not yet figured out
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- whodunitCrime fiction identifying perpetrator
- cold caseUnsolved crime, investigation suspended
suspects · clues · evidence · investigation · detective · sleuth · theories · speculation · red herring · alibi
fear
Emotional response to threat
nightmare · scream · haunt · menace · stalking · shadow · darkness · alleyway · night · curfew
Freemason
Fraternal lodge member
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
- slaughtermanOne who kills livestock
- British CrimeScotland Yard, Old Bailey, Met Police, Burke and Hare, Charles Bronson
- Victorian HistoryGreat Exhibition, Crystal Palace, Indian Mutiny, Crimean War, Boer War
- RipperologyWhitechapel, leather apron, Scotland Yard, police investigation, witness accounts
- crime historyorganized crime, trial records, criminal records, Al Capone, Bonnie and Clyde
- historical crimehighway robbery, pickpocketing, burglary, arson, piracy
- Victorian supernaturalghosts, seance, spiritualism, mediums, haunted house
Jack the RipperFlorence Nightingale
Mother Teresa · savior · Albert Schweitzer · saint · protector
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