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    Jack the RipperJack the Ripper was a notorious serial killer‚ whom some believe never even existed at all. From August to November 1888‚ Jack the Ripper terrorized the East End of London by being responsible for the death and mutilation of at least seven female prostitutes. The destitute East End is also known as the White Chapel district of London‚ England. A few of the prostitutes were targeted as they were leaving brothels in and around the White Chapel district. Jack the Ripper seemed

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    OUTLINE SKELETON Title: Informative Speech Topic: Murders Specific Topic: Jack The Ripper General Purpose: Inform the audience about Jack the Ripper Specific Purpose: Scare the audience with my speech Thesis: INTRODUCTION Attention-getter: The days were gloomy and the nights were cold and dark. White chapel‚ London during the year 1888 was the perfect place for serial killer to come out of the shadows and meet there victims. Thesis Statement: And today is a perfect day

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    Stacie Wyatt Professor Gave Composition 121 26th‚ July 2012 Jack the Ripper On a late evening over a hundred years ago‚ a serial killer started his spree of slayings‚ which would end up being one of the most talked about unsolved killings to this date. By typical philosophies‚ the eerie slayer who terrified the gloomy streets of London’s East End was nothing compared to serial killers of the present time. How could this one person fascinate a large number of individuals‚ since there have

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    Jack the Ripper is an unsolved mystery that for centuries has kept everybody trembling. He has become one of the most infamous serial killers of all human history‚ slaughtering at least five victims‚ all of whom were female prostitutes. His identity is unknown‚ which is a large fear factor to the surrounding parts of London; the setting of where the murders took place. I have chosen Jack the Ripper as my topic as it is an impelling mystery that I would love to explore and ponder of all the theories

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    national hero. We heard the “father of Hitler” legend from one of Ambeth’s earlier books; the Jack the Ripper theory is more recent. Textbook history states that Rizal was in London from May 1888 to January 1889‚ spending time in the British Museum Library copying Antonio de Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (1609) by hand because there were no photocopying machines at the time. Jack the Ripper was active around this time and‚ since we do not know what Rizal did at night or on the days he

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    Why Was Jack able to get away with murder? Living in London was very hard at the time of Jack the Ripper. For example‚ houses were often over crowded‚ streets were mazelike and the streets were very noisy because of the trains which meant that the noisiness could cover the sounds of the victims screams. Also‚ it was always dark and foggy because of the smoke from fires and factories. This meant that the smoke and stinking gas fumes choked the streets so badly that at times it was not even possible

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    The Whitechapel Murders and those of Jack the Ripper are not generally one and the same. Over a period of three years towards the end of the nineteenth century a number of prostitutes were murdered under different circumstances – the murder of prostitutes was not an especially unique occurrence during those times but several of the murders drew particular attention on account of the savagery with which the victim’s bodies were mutilated. Within the Whitechapel Murders was a cluster of murders that

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    Jack the Ripper: Turning a Modern Eye Toward an Old Investigation Daryl R. Cozart http://www.casebook.org/dissertations/dst-cozart.html Of the volumes that have been written about Jack the Ripper and the literal death grip he held over the City of London‚ very little has focused on the efforts of the police and investigators who were obligated to capture the villain and end the reign of terror. With the exception of some short biographies of the primary police personnel and the constant attention

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    of which happened in or near the Whitechapel district of London’s East End. These heinous crimes were suspected to be committed by one person‚ Jack the Ripper. He or she disemboweled and mutilated the bodies of Annie Chapman‚ Mary Ann Nichols‚ Elizabeth Stride‚ Catherine Eddowes‚ and Mary Kelly. To this day Jack the Ripper’s identity is a mystery.     Jack the Ripper’s first and second victims were Mary Ann Nichols and Annie Chapman. Both ladies turned to prostitution as a result of losing the funding

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    Jack the Ripper Murder is because of bullying which cause suicide. Hitler was evil so when the Jews were free from him which was good for Jews because of his death. Hitler and Jack the ripper share only killing and torture. Jack the Ripper is to believe that when he killed he new his victims. Jack the ripper is the best known un masked serial killer.Jack killed only five people.He wasn’t a particularly prolific murderer compared to many who have come since and the fact that his so called reign

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