Jack the Ripper

English Etymology September 1888, en Jack the ripper, from the Dear Boss letter. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Jack the Ripper.wav US Proper noun Jack the Ripper A supposed individual who was an unidentified 19th century serial killer in Whitechapel, London, England, UK; who has become part of folklore. en 25 September 1888 Jack the Ripper Dear Boss letter Dear Boss Letter London 2 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Dear_Boss_pt2.jpg Keep this letter back till Ido a bit more work. then giveit out straight. My knife's so niceand sharp I want to get to workright away if I get a chance.Good luck.Yours truly⁠Jack the RipperDont mind me giving the trade name en 2 October 1888 w:The Times https://web.archive.org/web/20040810235642/https://www.casebook.org/press_reports/times/18881002.html https://www.casebook.org/press_reports/times/18881002.html August 10, 2004 0140-0460 181820531 Two communications of an extraordinary nature, both signed "Jack the Ripper," have been received by the Central News Agency, the one on Thursday last and the other yesterday morning. The first - the original of which has been seen by Major Smith, the Assistant Commissioner of the City Police - was a letter, bearing the E.C. postmark, in which reference was made to the atrocious murders previously committed in the East-end, which the writer confessed, in a brutally jocular vein, to have committed; stating that in the "next job" he did he would "clip the lady's ears off" and send them to the police, and also asking that the letter might be kept back until he had done "a bit more work." The second communication was a postcard, and as above stated, it was received yesterday morning. It bore the date, "London, E., October 1," and was as follows: - "I was not codding, dear old Boss, when I gave you the tip. You'll hear about Saucy Jacky's work to-morrow. Double event this time. Number One squealed a bit; couldn't finish straight off. Had not time to get ears for police. Thanks for keeping the last letter back till I got to work again." The postcard was sent to Scotland Yard. No doubt is entertained that the writer of both communications, whoever he may be, is the same person. en October 13, 1888 NEWS OF THE WEEK. w:The Spectator 3,146 https://archive.org/details/sim_spectator-uk_1888-10-13_61_3146/ 0038-6952 1766325 1379 https://archive.org/details/sim_spectator-uk_1888-10-13_61_3146/page/1379/ 1 Nothing whatever has been discovered during the week to throw light upon the Whitechapel murders. The police entertain the belief, as we gather from the remarks of Mr. Crawford, the City Coroner, who is inquiring into the murder in Mitre Square, that they possess a fairly accurate description of the person of the murderer. He has, however, for the present, disappeared into space, unless it is he who writes certain letters signed "Jack the Ripper." The police think this is the case, and if so, he is an educated or partly educated man, of extreme audacity, intoxicated with the evil pride of crime, and resolute to commit more murders. en September 14, 2018 Derek Coleman Old superstition comes true with tragic consequences w:AP News https://web.archive.org/web/20231203000222/https://apnews.com/article/europe-1bd30b8062794d21ab0f81247c23c4b1 https://apnews.com/article/europe-1bd30b8062794d21ab0f81247c23c4b1 December 03, 2023 Many of the dead were never identified simply because whole families died together and there was no one left to say who they were. One woman, named Elizabeth Stride, claimed to have been one of the survivors of the sinking, although there was no proof of this. She would later go down in history as the third victim of Jack the Ripper. en November 18, 2021 Luc Cohen w:William Kuntz Ghislaine Maxwell sex crimes trial highlights conditions at Brooklyn jail Noeleen Walder; Aurora Ellis w:Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20211118113446/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ghislaine-maxwell-sex-crimes-trial-highlights-conditions-brooklyn-jail-2021-11-18/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ghislaine-maxwell-sex-crimes-trial-highlights-conditions-brooklyn-jail-2021-11-18/ November 18, 2021 United States Six weeks after Maxwell reported the sewage seepage this summer, an MDC inmate charged with robbing a bank said the toilet in his cell had been broken for three days."I do not care if the defendant is Jack the Ripper, we treat people under our care with respect and decency," U.S. District Judge William Kuntz said in a July 27 hearing about the toilet, which a prosecutor said was fixed ahead of the hearing. "This is an ongoing disgrace." Synonyms en Red Jack Redjack Jack the Ripper Whitechapel Fiend Derived terms en ripper Ripper Ripperabilia Rippermania Ripperology Ripperologist Translations 19th century murderer Arabic: ar جَاك اَلسَّفَّاح m jak as-saffāḥ Azerbaijani: az İçalatçı Cek Basque: eu Jack Tripa-ateratzailea Catalan: ca Jack l'Esbudellador m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 開膛手傑克 kāitángshǒu Jiékè Czech: cs Jack Rozparovač m Danish: da Jack the Ripper Dutch: nl Jack the Ripper m Esperanto: eo Ĵakvo la Buĉisto Estonian: et Rappija Jack Finnish: fi Viiltäjä-Jack French: fr Jack l’Éventreur m Georgian: ka ჯეკ მფატრავი German: de Jack der Aufschlitzer m Greek: el Τζακ ο Αντεροβγάλτης m Hindi: hi Hungarian: hu Hasfelmetsző Jack Icelandic: is Kviðristu Kobbi m Irish: ga Seac an Réabthóir m Italian: it Jack lo squartatore m Japanese: ja 切り裂きジャック kirisagi Jakku Latvian: lv Džeks Uzšķērdējs m Macedonian: mk Џек Ме́восек m Norman: nrf Jacques l'Êbieilleux m Polish: pl Kuba Rozpruwacz m Portuguese: pt Jack, o Estripador m Romanian: ro Jack Spintecătorul m Russian: ru Джек-Потроши́тель m Scottish Gaelic: gd Seoc an Reubainnear m Serbo-Croatian: Latin: sh Jack Trbosjek Spanish: es Jack el Destripador m Thai: th แจ็กเดอะริปเปอร์ Jàek-dùh-rípper Turkish: tr Karındeşen Jack Vietnamese: vi Jack Phanh Thây Further reading pn en Historical events Individuals London Murder Nicknames for individuals