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 Jack The Ripper
London. In London's East End - at the time poorest and roughest district of London.
| 'Jack the Ripper' was not the original name given to this {case;} what was the original name? | Jack The Ripper
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The Whitechapel Murders. 'Jack the Ripper' was the name signed on a letter sent to police after a number of murders had already been committed.
slit throats and removed body parts. This is why it was thought Jack was a doctor. He would, with surgical perfection, cut open the abdomen and carefully remove organs, especially the intestines,and fling them over the victims shoulder ... and without much loss of blood.
Only prostitutes. Because he killed prostitutes this lead to much speculation on who the killer was. Either a woman scorned by her husband's debauchery, a man who contracted a sexual disease from a prostitute, a man of society who thought prostitutes should be eliminated from society, a man whose wife had left him and become a prostitute. This man was one of the principal suspects. They say he killed his wife's prostitute friends to scare her into stopping this profesion and come back to him. The wife of this man was the last to be killed. It was thought when 'Jack' saw he wasn't going to persuade his ex, he killed her ... ending his motive and these horrific crimes.
| What was the name of the pub at the corner of Commercial Street and Dorset Street? | Jack The Ripper
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| The murder of Catharine Eddowes fell within which police department's jurisdiction? | Jack The Ripper
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City of London. Eddowes' murder was the only one of the canonical five to fall outside the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police, better known as Scotland Yard.
| What journalist is identified in the Littlechild Letter as having written the 'Dear Boss' letter? | Jack The Ripper
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Thomas J. Bulling. James K. Stephen was a Ripper suspect in his own {right;} Peter J. Harpick is an anagram of Jack the Ripper.
| Which victim was born Eliza Ann Smith in Paddington in 1841? | Jack The Ripper
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| Who was the Commissioner of the City of London Police in 1888? | Jack The Ripper
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Sir James Fraser. Cutbush, Macnaghten and Anderson were all employed by the Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard).
Louis Diemschutz. Diemschutz is thought to have interrupted the murderer, although there is now some question as to whether Stride was really a victim of the Ripper.
| Montague John Druitt's body was found floating in the Thames River in Chiswick on what date? | Jack The Ripper
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December 31, 1888. The body was supposed to have been in the water for about a month.
Mitre Square. Mitre Square falls within the jurisdiction of the City of London Police.
| Which two victims were killed during the so-called 'double event'? | Jack The Ripper
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Stride and Eddowes. Both were killed on the morning of September 30, 1888 although there is now some question as to whether Stride was actually a true Ripper victim.
| What is the date on the 'Dear Boss' letter sent to the Central News Agency? | Jack The Ripper
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| Choose the best answer. What is the only alleged clue left behind by the Ripper? | Jack The Ripper
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Piece of Catharine Eddowes' apron. A piece of blood-stained apron, positively identified as belonging to Eddowes, was found below the Goulston Street Graffito. The Graffito was never positively identified as having been written by the Ripper. A clay pipe was found in Mary Jane Kelly's room, which probably belonged to her lover, Joseph Barnett (although if you believe Barnett was the Ripper, give yourself credit for this question). A ginger beer bottle was referred to in the 'Dear Boss' letter, and there were also ginger beer bottles found in Kelly's room.
The Lusk Letter. It was sent to George Akin Lusk, head of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee.
| Which victim at one time lived with a man named Michael Kidney? | Jack The Ripper
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| The Ripper allegedly sent a body part through the mail along with the Lusk letter. What was the body part? | Jack The Ripper
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Francis Tumblety. Tumblety is variously described as an American quack and herbalist. He signed his name 'Dr. Tumblety' or 'Dr. Francis Tumblety'.
| A laundry mark on the clothes of Mary Ann Nichols helped authorities identify her body. Where was that laundry mark from? | Jack The Ripper
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| In 1888, the Whitechapel Division of the Metropolitan Police was also known as what? | Jack The Ripper
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'H' Division. 'A' Division was in Westminster, 'J' Division was in neighboring Bethnal Green. Division 13 did not exist.
Mary Jane Kelly. Kelly was disembowelled in her own room.
Severin Klosowski. Severin Klosowski was the birth name of suspect George Chapman. The Annie Chapman he was married to had no relation to the Ripper victim of the same name.
| The Goulston Street Graffito was a chalked message written on the fascia of a doorway, supposedly by the Ripper. What was the name of the buildings the message was written on? | Jack The Ripper
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Wentworth Model Dwellings.
| What was the name of the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police who resigned during the Ripper murders? | Jack The Ripper
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Robert Anderson. Anderson made this statement in his official memoirs. Smith vehemently responded to the quote, calling it a "reckless accusation."
| Sir Charles Warren, along with George Lusk of the Mile End/Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, urged the Home Office to offer a pardon to any accomplice of the murderer who would betray him to the police. What was the main objection to this idea? | The Ripper Murders - Official Perspective
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There was no credible evidence that Jack The Ripper had an accomplice.. Warren's belief that the murderer had an accomplice was based solely on the arrival of an anonymous letter to Scotland Yard. The writer claimed to be an accomplice demanding a free pardon in exchange for handing over The Ripper.
| Five surgeons were involved in the autopsies of the Whitechapel victims. Doctors Llewellyn, Phillips, Blackwell, Brown, and Bond. Which man was involved in the most cases? | The Ripper Murders - Official Perspective
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Dr. Phillips . Dr. George Bagster Phillips, the divisional police surgeon, was in charge of the Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, and Mary Kelly cases. He was also present at the Catharine Eddowes crime scene and subsequent inquest, although it was Dr. Brown who oversaw that particular case.
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