Jack the Ripper killed twice in one night, in an event which has become known as ‘The Double Event’. The Double Event occurred during the early morning hours of the 30th of September 1888 within Whitechapel and within the City of London.
Both of these murders occurred in less than an hour of one another. The Double Event started that night with the murder of Elizabeth Stride. She was Jack the Ripper’s first victim that night, but she was the third or forth Jack the Ripper victim by the time of her murder. Elizabeth Stride was seen alive not long before she was found killed. She was seen alive in Berner Street in Whitechapel just before midnight. At 1am that morning, Elizabeth Stride’s body was found in Dutfield’s Yard by a man named Louis Diemschutz.
When Louis Diemschutz found Elizabeth Stride it was apparent that she had just been murdered by Jack the Ripper, as her body and face were still warm when Louis found her. This suggests that Jack the Ripper was interrupted during his murder of Elizabeth Stride, what further suggests that Jack the Ripper was interrupted during that first murder in the Double Event was that she didn’t have mutilations to her body, whereas, all of Jack the Ripper’s other victims did have mutilations to their body.
There is one final interesting thing about the murder of Elizabeth Stride during Jack the Ripper’s Double Event, and that is that Louis Diemshutz believed that Jack the Ripper was still in the yard when he entered it - with Louis going to seek help over Elizabeth’s murder, it allowed the Ripper to escape, however, had Louis Dimeshutz entered the yard he may have caught Jack the Ripper, and we would therefore, know today the idenity of Jack the Ripper.
The Second Murder Of Jack the Ripper’s Double Event
With Jack the Rippers murder of Elizabeth Stride not going to plan for him - in other words, by him being unsuccessful in mutilating Elizabeth Stride, he set on a quest to murder another victim. Sadly, that next victim would be murdered about an hour from the time that he murdered Elizabeth, his next victim was Catherine Eddowes. The Ripper could have been furious after he was interrupted, which possibly led him to seek out another victim. The Ripper seeking another victim on the night of the Double Event suggests that Jack the Ripper was out of control that night. The police were already on high alert for Jack the Ripper before Elizabeth’s death, as Jack by that point had already murdered two, possibly three victims so far that Autumn. But the murder of Elizabeth Stride on the night of the Double Event and Louis Diemshutz alerting the police to the killer just after 1am would have resulted in swarms of police all around Whitechapel looking for Jack the Ripper.
Therefore, it shows he was out of control as the police where all over Whitechapel by that point and he chose to struck again that night. His next victim was Catherine Eddowes.
Coincidentally, Catherine Eddowes was released from jail around the same time that Elizabeth Stride was murder during the Double Event. Catherine Eddowes murder in Jack the Ripper’s Double Event suggests to us that Jack the Ripper was being opportunistic in choosing his victims to kill - he couldn’t have possibly known that Catherine Eddowes was being released at that time, and her murder doesn’t seem planned - it seems like opportunism on behalf of Jack the Ripper when he murdered Catherine Eddowes that night. Catherine Eddowes was the second victim in Jack the Ripper’s Double Event that night. At around 8PM on the 29th of September, Catherine Eddowes was arrested for being drunk and disorderly on the street. By about 1am on the 30th of September 1888 Catherine Eddowes was sober and released from jail to go home. Shortly after that, Catherine Eddowes was murdered in Mitre Square by Jack the Ripper between 1.35am and 1.45am. This time, Jack the Ripper did mutilate Catherine Eddowes, and it was much more brutal than his previous mutilations.
As Catherine Eddowes was murdered in Mitre Square, it resulted in the City of London police being dragged into the Jack the Ripper case. From this point onwards, there became two police branches in London looking for Jack the Ripper - the City of London police and the Whitechapel police. Despite this, and despite Jack the Ripper being out of control on the night of the Double Event, he was never caught and his identity remains a mystery to this day.
Sources: http://www.rippervision.com/elizabeth-stride-the-body-in-the-yard/ https://www.casebook.org/dissertations/elizabeths-last-stride.html https://www.casebook.org/victims/stride.html https://www.casebook.org/victims/eddowes.html
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The Dear Boss Jack the Ripper Letter Was Published In The Daily News On The 1st of October 18881/10/2019
The Dear Boss letter was published in the newspaper the Daily News on the 1st of October 1888, but it was dated the 29th of September 1888, therefore, whoever wrote the Dear Boss letter must have written it on the 29th of September 1888.
The Dear Boss letter arrived on the following day on the 29th of September 1888 at Scotland Yard, claiming to be the serial killer - Jack the Ripper. The Dear Boss letter is the first time that the name Jack the Ripper was used. Prior to that, the name Jack the Ripper had never been used. The letter read:
''Dear Boss,
I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they wont fix me just yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk about being on the right track. That joke about Leather Apron gave me real fits. I am down on whores and I shant quit ripping them till I do get buckled. Grand work the last job was. I gave the lady no time to squeal. How can they catch me now. I love my work and want to start again. You will soon hear of me with my funny little games. I saved some of the proper red stuff in a ginger beer bottle over the last job to write with but it went thick like glue and I cant use it. Red ink is fit enough I hope ha. ha. The next job I do I shall clip the ladys ears off and send to the police officers just for jolly wouldn't you. Keep this letter back till I do a bit more work, then give it out straight. My knife's so nice and sharp I want to get to work right away if I get a chance. Good Luck. Yours truly Jack the Ripper Dont mind me giving the trade name PS Wasnt good enough to post this before I got all the red ink off my hands curse it No luck yet. They say I'm a doctor now. ha ha''
The Saucy Jack postcard arrived at Central News Agency on this day in history in 1888. It was postmarked the 1st of October 1888 and arrived on the same day.
The author claimed to be Jack the Ripper. However, there has been speculation and debate about the author's true identity ever since the Saucy Jack postcard was created. It's thought today that the Saucy Jack postcard was a hoax, and therefore, it's likely that the author of the Saucy Jack postcard wasn't Jack the Ripper. This is what the Saucy Jack postcard said:
''I was not codding dear old Boss when I gave you the tip, you'll hear about Saucy Jacky's work tomorrow double event this time number one squealed a bit couldn't finish straight off. ha not the time to get ears for police. thanks for keeping last letter back till I got to work again.
Jack the Ripper'' You can read more about the Saucy Jack postcard here.
Mary I of England is crowned monarch on this day in history, on the 1st of October 1553. The coronation of Mary I took place on October 1st 1553 at Westminster Abbey, were she was crowned Queen of England, Wales and Ireland.
The coronation was like all royal coronations and events - it was lavish and a spectacle to be seen. Mary wore a striking purple velvet gown to her coronation, with ermines. Her procession to Westminster Abbey to be crowned Queen was just as lavish - her procession throughout London to Westminster Abbey was led by six horse and carts, all of which had important and high profile figures inside of them, including Mary’s half sister - the future Elizabeth I, and Henry VIII’s fourth wife - Anne of Cleeves. Both Mary I and Elizabeth I were the daughters of Henry VIII.
Mary Tudor’s Accession To The Throne
Mary Tudor’s (Mary I’s) accession to the throne was a messy and bloody affair. Mary took over as ruling monarch after her brother Edward died in 1553. Edward was the successor of Henry VIII. However, he wasn’t a long King, due to the fact that he became ill in his life, it also didn’t help him that he was only a child as monarch. Edward became Edward VI as King Henry VIII died. He then died himself on the 6th of July 1553 of tuberculosis. Mary’s accession to the throne became a messy and bloody affair due to Edward VI actions - he stated that he did not want the line of succession to be passed on to Mary. Edward was a protestant, and Mary was a catholic, Edward feared that by Mary succeeding him she would restore Catholicism to be England’s dominant religion - his fears weren’t unfounded, for Mary Tudor’s future reign showed a woman who went to brutal lengths to punish those who were protestant, for nothing more than their faith - it gave her the notorious title ‘Bloody Mary’. Before that, however, Mary was still to be crowned Queen. Upon the death of her half brother, the crown didn’t go straight to Mary’s head. Although Edward did say that he did not want Mary to become Queen, the Third Succession Act created by Henry VIII in 1543 restored both Mary and Elizabeth in the line of succession to the throne. Therefore, legally Mary was the successor of Edward VI. It didn’t prove that simple for Mary though, due to Edward’s statements about not wanting Mary to succeed him, he opened the door to a messy fight for the crown.
Lady Jane Grey was named Queen upon the death of Edward, on the 10th of July 1553. Edward had died four days earlier on the 6th of July 1553. Lady Jane Grey was never crowned Queen and her threat to the throne didn’t last long - she is known as the nine-day-Queen, for she was imprisoned in the Tower of London on the 19th of July 1553 on Mary’s commands due to Lady Jane Grey attempting to take the throne from Mary.
Just a few months later, on October 1st 1553, Mary was crowned the rightful Queen, while Lady Jane Grey was executed the following year on the 12th of February 1554 at Tower Green. Mary I Made History Mary I made history by being crowned Queen. Although there were Queens before her, they were only Queen consorts. Whereas, Mary became the first Queen regent of England, Wales and Ireland. By becoming Queen regent, she became the first female monarch to have the status and power of a King and reign in her own right as Queen. The coronation of Mary I took place on the 1st of October 1553. Sources: https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/tudor-england/marys-coronation/ https://www.historyofroyalwomen.com/anne-of-cleves/the-year-of-mary-i-the-coronation2/ https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/1st-october-1553-coronation-of-mary-i/ https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/mary-i http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/actsuccession3.htm https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/lady-jane-grey/ |
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