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Prince Albert Victor
The Duke of Clarence and grandson of Queen Victoria, Prince
Albert Victor was believed to have suffered from syphilis of
the brain which drove him to commit the series of murders.
It is suggested that there was a cover-up to protect the image
of the royal family. |
Aaron Kosminski
Kosminski was a Polish-Jewish hairdresser who was probably
insane. He is reported to have hated prostitutes, he lived
in Whitechapel and is rumoured to have had homicidal tendancies.
He was committed to an asylum in 1890. |
William Grant Grainger
A well known East End drunk and Irish ships fireman, Grainger
was known to both associate with and have previously attacked
prostitutes. He had once trained as a medical student. |
Dr. Francis Tumblety
Irish doctor Tumblety, who spent most of his life in the US,
was a character shrouded in secrecy. He fled London in 1888
while awaiting trial for indecent assault against four men.
When he died in 1903 a collection of preserved uteruses was
found among his possessions. |
William Bury
A popular suspect, Bury was hanged for murdering his prostitute
wife in April 1889, five months after the final ripper murder.
At the time of the murders he was living in the East End and
the mutilations found on his wife's body were similiar to those
left by the ripper. |
Joseph Barnett
Barnett was the lover of Mary Jane Kelly, the ripper's fifth
and final victim. It is suggested that he killed the other
women to scare Mary Jane into leaving her life of prostitution
and killed her when she found out his horrific secret. Witness
reports suggest the couple had a furious row the night before
her murder. |
Montague Druitt
Even Druitt's own family suspected he might be the ripper.
His body was recovered from the Thames in December 1888 but
had been there for about a month. Supporters of this suspect
believe he may have committed suicide after the final murder
in November of that year. |
Walter Sickert
Sickert was an artist who expressed perhaps a little too much
interest in the ripper murders and could describe the injuries
in detail. Some people believe that the famous 'Dear Boss'
letter sent to police by the Ripper is in his disguised hand
writing. |
Sir William Gull
Royal physician and Freemason, Gull was suspected of carrying
out the murders to cover up the possibilty of Scandal against
the Duke of Clarence. It was reported that he was seen in Whitechapel
on the nights of the murders.
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