Aaron Kosminski - Jack the Ripper

Aaron Kosminski and Colney Hatch Asylum

A week before the 7th February 1891, Aaron Kosminski was sent to Mile End Workhouse shortly after the attack on his own sister with a knife. He was then sent to Colney Hatch Asylum suffering with a form of disorder diagnosed at the time known as mania. No member of his family challenged this decision…

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