The Horror of 1888

Jack the Ripper? Who was he? What was his profession? How did he plan the murders and evade detection and what was going on in his sick head. Why did he stop? Some say maybe he discovered god, or someone killed him before he killed again. Who knows as it still to this day remains a mystery.

Their I was walking down the dark streets of Whitechapel London on a tour of Jack the Ripper, I must admit the atmosphere of the walk felt eerie as I walk down the dimly lit darken pathways and alleyways where he killed his innocent victims. At the time there would have been very little or no street lamps.

These murders are infamous even today because of the way he used to kill his victims, most was killed on the streets in a horrifying way and he was so secret nobody even really noticed or heard anything happening. Could he have been a ghost?

Many people were scared of reporting suspicious activities and believed in not thinking about the Ripper, police didn't have any proper technology unlike today; they would rely on witness statements. The police were also known to push or hide evidence collected about the Ripper. Could he have been a very important person? Did the government know more than we thought? Who knows.

This event must have been a frightening time for prostitutes who were unfortunately easy targets for the ripper. He was known to appear and disappear at an alarming rate through the dirty smoggy smokey fog of the backstreets of London. This story has always fascinated me to this day.

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Posted by: Marcus Curtis