Jack the Ripper suspects

Cartoon of a man holding a bloody knife looking contemptuously at a display of half-a-dozen supposed and dissimilar likenesses — The cover of the 21 September 1889 issue of *Puck* magazine, featuring cartoonist Tom Merry's depiction of the unidentified Whitechapel murderer Jack the Ripper.

A series of murders that took place in the East End of London from August to November 1888 have been attributed to an unidentified assailant nicknamed Jack the Ripper. Since then, the identity of the killer has been widely debated, with over 100 suspects named.^[1]^[2] Though many theories have been advanced, experts find none widely persuasive, and some are hardly taken seriously at all.^[3]

^ Whiteway, Ken (2004). "A Guide to the Literature of Jack the Ripper". Canadian Law Library Review. 29. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Association of Law Libraries: 219–229.
^ Eddleston, pp. 195–244
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[whiteway-1] Whiteway, Ken (2004). "A Guide to the Literature of Jack the Ripper". Canadian Law Library Review. 29. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Association of Law Libraries: 219–229.

[2] Eddleston, pp. 195–244

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