Jack the Ripper, also known as the Whitechapel Murderer, was credited with five murders in East End of London: Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelley. The murder victims were prostitutes. This serial killer was sensationalized by the media both in the past and now. The public became investing in the case because of the mass coverage. The public was in an uproar because the police had not found Jack the ripper. The polices did not identify the culprit in anyway including gender. In Oct 1888 an anonymous letter was sent to the police accusing Richard Mansfield, the actor who played Jekyll and Hyde, of being Jack the Ripper.

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