Jack the Ripper is the popular name of an unknown killer who terrorized London between August and November 1888. Jack the Ripper is one of the killers in most popular series known today. There are almost as many books and screenplays written about him as there are about Adolph Hitler. The mystery of this Whitechapel murderer continues to this day. Many people wonder why and how Jack the Ripper is still famous today for his murders. Jack the Ripper only had five victims and his killing spree only lasted about 12 weeks. So he wasn't the most prolific serial killer, so why is he so famous? Well when the murders were happening there was worldwide coverage on the murders committed by Jack the Ripper, the media was telling people everything he did so everyone would know. The Whitechapel area was also said to be what was called a 'nasty' area. The Whitechapel area was considered an evil place, full of murder, disease and other such things. Also, he became known as "Jack the Ripper" and sent letters to the media, horrible letters and the media forwarded them to people, which is the main reason why he became so famous , he was a media threat. The mystery of Jack the Ripper opened on August 31, 1888 with the discovery of the lifeless body of a woman in Buck's Row, in the heart of the Whitechapel slum in London. Jack the Ripper's five victims were Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Edowes and Mary Jane Kelley. All of his victims were women and all five were prostitutes, and all but one of the victims, Elizabeth Stride, were horribly mutilated. All the victims had been strangled and then had their throats cut, and all, except Stride, were horribly mutilated. Many "Ripperologists" said there was...... middle of paper ...... Macnaghten's second suspect's name was confirmed to be Aaron Kosminiski, his records show he was a docile and harmless fool. who heard voices in his head. Macnaghten's third suspect, Michael Ostrog, has been questioned and there is nothing else to prove that he was nothing more than a crook. Over the past decade, more evidence has been recovered, new information gathered through young criminal science, and serious research conducted into the mystery of Jack the Ripper than ever before since the case was officially closed in 1892. It's still a huge mystery and there are still so many people determined to find out who did it. I'm sure if we had all the technology we have today back then we could have caught The Ripper, but we didn't. It's sad to say, but the mystery of the Whitechapel murders continues to this day...