"Jack The Ripper"

The investigation was quickly put in the hands of Scotland Yard where the most experienced police officers went to investigate this heinous crime.

The post mortem revealed many of the women had been dis-embowelled with kidney or heart or uterus being removed and never found.

There were suspects, but only a few, and all were not charged with the womens murders as there was no hard evidence to convict any of them. With the enormous resources at the disposal of Scotland Yard, as also the polital pressure to get results, they failed miserably to find the culprit and to this day the case against anyone is unproven.

The area of Whitechapel in East London was a crime riddled suburb where pickpockets roamed free during the day and muggers, prostitutes, burglars roamed free at night.The area was poorly lit with gas lamp posts, with many areas in deep shadow. No eyewitnesses came forward as it was likely there was no one to see down the back alleyways where the murders were committed.

The name "Jack The Ripper" coined quite quickly by the media was obtained from a postcard sent to a news agency written in red ink and signed by "Jack The Ripper". Very likely this was a hoax as there were a few at the time.

There have been many hundreds of books written, and still being written, about these murders and there will still be even more written in the future. There seems to be no finality about the subject they write about.