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Jack the Ripper
Unidentified serial killer in London in 1888
This article is about the serial killer. For other uses, see Jack the Ripper (disambiguation).For the murders in or near Whitechapel usually attributed to Jack the Ripper, see Whitechapel murders.
Jack the Ripper | |
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"With the Vigilance Committee in the East End: A Suspicious Character" from The Illustrated London News, 13 October 1888 | |
Born | Unknown |
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Motive | Unknown |
Victims | Unknown (5 canonical) |
Date | 1888–1891 (1888: 5 canonical) |
Location(s) | Whitechapel and Spitalfields, London, England (5 canonical) |
Jack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer who was active in and around the impoverished Whitechapel district of London, England, in 1888.
In both criminal case files and the contemporaneous journalistic accounts, the killer was also called the Whitechapel Murderer and Leather Apron.
Attacks ascribed to