Jack the Ripper
Drawing of a man with a pulled-up collar and pulled-down hat walking alone on a street watched by a group of well-dressed men behind him
"With the Vigilance Committee in the East End: A Suspicious Character" from The Illustrated London News, 13 October 1888
Born
Unknown
Other names"The Whitechapel Murderer"
"Leather Apron"
MotiveUnknown. Possible sexual sadism and/or rage
Details
VictimsUnknown (5 canonical)
Date1888–1891(?)
(1888: 5 canonical)
Location(s)Whitechapel and Spitalfields, London, England (5 canonical)