He said his name was Jack...

Jack the Ripper! Few names in history are as instantly recognizable. Fewer still evoke such vivid images: noisome courts and alleys, hansom cabs and gaslights, swirling fog, prostitutes decked out in the tawdriest of finery, the shrill cry of newsboys - and silent, cruel death personified in the cape-shrouded figure of a faceless prowler of the night, armed with a long knife and carrying a black Gladstone bag.
— Philip Sugden, The Complete History of Jack the Ripper

As most of you may know, 'Jack' the Ripper was never caught. Yes, there are speculations to whom it might have been, but no one was ever truly named to be him. One thing that always struck me as interesting about the case is how, while there are the five mostly commonly named victims, there were multiple other crimes committed in the same area that weren't as violent but shared similarities to those who were named as the Ripper's victims. Could these also be the work of the Ripper, or merely someone else acting out on the impulses of a deranged and/or violent mindset...

As always, thanks are in order, so here goes:

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'Jack' [link]

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