Jack the Ripper

British  

noun

1. an unidentified murderer who killed at least seven prostitutes in London's East End between August and November 1888

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Jack the Ripper Cultural  

1. A criminal in London in the late nineteenth century apparently responsible for several ghastly murders by slashing. His identity is unknown.

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Jack the Ripper

If Jack the Ripper had been identified and the case explained, would Jack be a source of fascination now?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

He was Jack the Ripper in “Time After Time” in 1979; two years later, in “Time Bandits,” his character was named simply Evil Genius.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2022

I also enjoyed a fair amount of history-focused nonfiction, starting with Richard Altick’s witty survey of 19th-century murder, “Victorian Studies in Scarlet,” followed by several document-based accounts of Jack the Ripper.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2021

A Whitechapel museum dedicated to the notorious Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper is to be sold at auction.

From BBC ● May 1, 2021

“No one even knows who Jack the Ripper really was.”

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

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