Jack the Ripper Timeline of Events

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Jack the Ripper

"Jack the Ripper" is the best-known name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. The name originated in a letter, written by someone claiming to be the murderer, that was disseminated in the media...

Timeline of Events

1888

8.31.1888

Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.

9.8.1888

In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.

9.30.1888

Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

10.15.1888

The "From Hell" letter sent by Jack the Ripper is received by the investigators.

11.9.1888

Jack the Ripper kills Mary Jane Kelly, his last known victim.