Tag: Jack the Ripper
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Mary Jane Kelly, the Fifth and Final Victim of Victorian Serial Killer Jack the Ripper, Was Found Murdered on November 9, 1888.
Image: Police photograph of the murder scene of Mary Jane Kelly. (Public Domain) On this day in history, Mary Jane Kelly, the fifth and final victim of Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper, was found murdered on November 9, 1888. Mary Jane Kelly’s mutilated body was found on her bed in the room she rented…
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History Daily: August 31
JACK THE RIPPER KILLS FIRST VICTIM Image: “With the Vigilance Committee in the East End: A Suspicious Character” from The Illustrated London News, 13 October 1888. (Wikimedia Commons.) On August 31, 1888, prostitute Mary Ann Nichols, the first known victim of the English serial killer “Jack the Ripper,” was murdered and mutilated in the Whitechapel…