Unveiling Jack the Ripper
Explore the enduring mystery of Jack the Ripper, from historical theories to walking tours in London’s East End, and how it influenced Victorian London and modern culture.
Explore the enduring mystery of Jack the Ripper, from historical theories to walking tours in London’s East End, and how it influenced Victorian London and modern culture.
A more dreadful sight I never saw,’ uttered PC Edward Watkins, still reeling from the shock. A few hours earlier, at 1.44am on September 30, 1888, the officer on his beat in London‘s East End had turned on to Mitre Square and stumbled upon a corpse so mutilated that, as he later told reporters, ‘it was…
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Michaelmas is celebrated on 2 dates of the year. They are the dates that the Ripper went out to murder his victims. There were numerous newspaper reports stating that a garment was discovered that had ‘Michalemas daisies and golden lillies’ at the murder scene of Catherine Eddowes on the night of the ‘Double Event’.
His family probably shuttled him around between their homes. The date was 4 February 1891, and it appears that his mental health had now deteriorated to a state that the family, who had been sheltering and supporting him, could no longer cope. On his admission, the register of patients stated that he was suffering from ‘mania’ and he was examined by a doctor, Edmund Houchin, who wrote a report on his findings and declared Kosminski insane