05.15.06
Document 5 : The Ripper letters
The police and local press have received lots of letters during the horror ofJack the Ripper. Lots of experts think allof them are false but many of them have another opinion and believe three letters are authentic : the Dear Boss letter, the Saucy Jacky postcard and the From Hell letter. I would talk about just these three letters.
The first letter is received on September 27th, 1888 and was believed to be a joke. But several elements in the letters,as the choice to Jack the Ripper to cut off ear from her victims, make a reference to Jack the Ripper. We know that the name of Jack the Ripper appeared in the letter because the author want the people to call him Jack the Ripper and not Leather Apron.
The second letter was received on October 1st, 1888 and the handwriting is similar than the first one, the dear boss letter. There were lots of reference about the last letter and about the last crimes. But as th murders and the letters were publish on newspaper, the authenticity are not attest.
It is the last one, the from hell letter on October 16th. This letter is one of a scene in the fim "From Hell", directly inspired from this letter. George Lusk, the president of the Withechapel Vigilance Committee, received a cardboard box with a human kidney inside. The Dr. Openshaw thank that this kidney was perhaps one of Catherine Eddowes organs because the other is very similar.
Mancaster said,
October 15, 2008 at 4:17 am
Nice grammar, dumb fuck.
carole gerst said,
November 12, 2008 at 12:41 am
I think after reading JACK THE RIPPER that it was the
Prince of Wales, a good cover up by a doctor for the
royal family after all Prince Eddie was supose to marry,
May of Teck, he just gets real sick after a doctor’s visit think the higher ups had him murdered to cover up his shame that might exspose the royal family, for what they are a bunch of screw ups that keep growing!
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alice rose said,
July 19, 2009 at 2:36 pm
on the first letter jack the ripper sent
(i have studied it carfuly)
there i a hidden message when he goes on about red ink which is obeously blood
i am studing jack the ripper and i have mixed opinion on whether he was mentaly ill or not
i went to the london dungons yesterday and found out more but i think i am on the right track on finding out more myself
please contact me if you find enymore information that could help me with my findings
Paul E. Smith said,
September 10, 2009 at 2:34 am
Whatever happened to the “Dr. Tumblety” (SP?) supposition?
I had read about the “Dr.” who had an insane hatred of women and often showed off his Uterous Collection (in jars filled with Formaldehyde)
I read that at the same time he left London the murder’s stopped…