Everyone has heard by now about Jack the Ripper. Although Jack the Ripper is not a positive character or someone who has managed to achieve worldwide recognition, the man has become known all over the world due to the way he managed to terrify London, but actually the entire world. And the stories linked to the life and actions of Jack the Ripper have surely been able to shock and also frighten all of us.

Although the identity of the murderer has never been exposed, the name Jack the Ripper has become largely used after being established due to a letter that someone wrote claiming to be the murderer. Jack the Ripper managed to draw fear on the streets of London in 1888. How did Jack the Ripper committed those murders? Well, his victims commonly were prostitutes, or simply women, who were killed by cutting their throats. And that was not all. After murdering them, Jack the Ripper cut their abdomens and removed organs from their bodies. Due to the fact that he made horrific mutilations to the body of his victims, detectives always believed that Jack the Ripper possessed medical knowledge. 

Numerous murders, horrific mutilations and some of the most brutal actions, made 1880s London name the serial killer, Jack the Ripper. However, the real murder was never caught and so, the true identity of Jack the Ripper has never been exposed to the public. And, of course, Jack the Ripper has never paid for his crimes. Although the murderer was not convicted, more than 100 suspects and theories linked to his identity have been made public during the years. And since Jack the Ripper achieved such an impressive popularity, after the events that happened in the 1890s, many other series killers tried to follow his steps, killing their victims in similar ways. Jack the Ripper has inspired numerous movies and various speculations have been made about the nature and the story of the killer. However, the reality is that no one knows who Jack the Ripper really was and everything, besides the nature of his killings, are only speculations. The hideous crimes of the murderer, will however always shock and frighten us, as the level of cruelty a man is capable of reaches its highest points in the actions of Jack the Ripper.