JACK THE RIPPER TIMELINE
Updated 13 Mar 2019
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Created byLaura Sweeney
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31 AUGUST
The body of Mary (or Polly) Ann Nichols, who is commonly held to be Jack the Ripper's first victim, was found at 3.40am in Buck's Row Whitechapel8 SEPTEMBER
The second Jack the Ripper victim, Annie Chapman, is found in the back yard of 29 Hanbury Street at 5:55am. According to a witness, at 5:30am she was seen talking to a 'dark man'27 SEPTEMBER
A missive addressed to 'The Boss' arrives at the Central News Agency.
It is signed JACK THE RIPPER, a name which will turn the unknown miscreant into a world famous legend.30 SEPTEMBER
The body of Elizabeth (Lizzy) Stride was found in Berner Street, off Commercial Road at 1:00am.
The body of Catherine Eddowes is discovered in Mitre Square, Whitechapel. Jack the Ripper took away her left kidney and uterus.1 OCTOBER
The police make the "Jack the Ripper" letter public.16 OCTOBER
Mr George Lusk
receives a letter that is addressed "FROM HELL."
It contains half a kidney. There is press speculation that it belonged to Catherine Eddowes.9 NOVEMBER
25 year old Mary Kelly is found dead by her landlord at about 10:45am in her room, 13 Miller's Court, Dorset Street, Spitalfields. She is believed by many to have been Jack the Ripper's last victim.
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