Jack the Ripper: the murderer who challenged London –

Yes ok Jack the Ripper It has been the product of numerous legends, stories and cinematographic products that have always terrified all societies, this character was a real murderer who unleashed a great mystery in everything Londonbeing the result of numerous suspicions about known characters.

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His story begins on August 8, 1888. The London police discover a completely mutilated body in a neighborhood in the suburbs of London: whitechapel. The identity of this body was that of an old prostitute, called Martha Turner. As a possible revenge or product of a love conflict related to the prostitute, the case was left aside, going almost unnoticed.

But it was almost a month later that a second body was found, also belonging to a prostitute. This is how vigilance committees were created, and the police began to patrol those areas more frequently.

This is how the murderer began to taunt the authorities, sending enigmatic letters, calling himself Jack the Ripper. This helped make the case known throughout Scotland Yardbeing the result of public opinion.

It is said that even Queen Victory He drew his own conclusions about who the real murderer could be, suspecting a large handful of well-known characters in the environment, given that many argued that the murderer could be a kind of social reformer. Even within the suspects, there was even the grandson of VictoryAlbert Victor, Duke of Clarence.

After three subsequent murders, London did not know more about the fearsome Jack the Ripperbecoming a true mystery his true identity and later becoming an urban legend.