#11 - Jack the Ripper Part 1 - The Victims

<p><strong>The Victims of Jack the Ripper - #11 Not Another Conspiracy Podcast</strong></p><p>Make sure you join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mUcsuV7</p><p>and if you're interested join our Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/notanotherconspiracy</p><br><p>In 1888 a string of murders occurred on the grim streets of Whitechapel in East London that would give birth to one of the world's most notorious serial killers and one of crimes greatest mysteries to ever be left unsolved. Jack The Ripper stalked the streets of White Chapel, London. Attacks ascribed to Jack the Ripper typically involved female prostitutes who lived and worked in the slums of the East End of London whose throats were cut prior to abdominal mutilations. The removal of internal organs from at least three of the victims led to proposals that their killer had some anatomical or surgical knowledge. Rumours that the murders were connected intensified in September and October 1888, and numerous letters were received by media outlets and Scotland Yard from individuals purporting to be the murderer. The name "Jack the Ripper" originated in a letter written by an individual claiming to be the murderer that was disseminated in the media. The letter is widely believed to have been a hoax and may have been written by journalists in an attempt to heighten interest in the story and increase their newspapers' circulation. The "From Hell" letter received by George Lusk of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee came with half of a preserved human kidney, purportedly taken from one of the victims. The public came increasingly to believe in a single serial killer known as "Jack the Ripper", mainly because of both the extraordinarily brutal nature of the murders, and media coverage of the crimes.</p><br><p>Extensive newspaper coverage bestowed widespread and enduring international notoriety on the Ripper, and the legend solidified. A police investigation into a series of eleven brutal murders committed in Whitechapel and Spitalfields between 1888 and 1891 was unable to