The Dear Boss Letter was the first prominent letter of the Jack the Ripper case. It is the first time that we come across the name 'Jack the Ripper.' As the author of the letter signs the letter off with 'Jack the Ripper.' The second letter (or postcard), was sent around a week later. The second prominent Jack the Ripper letter is what is known as 'The Saucy Jack Postcard.' The Saucy Jack Postcard is shorter in length than the Dear Boss Letter. There is also another noticeable difference from The Saucy Jack Postcard and the Dear Boss Letter, and that is the writing on each of them. It looks like we are perhaps dealing with two different authors in these letters.
Therefore, both of these letters may not be written by the same author. They don't appear to be written by the same author. If that is the case and these two letters have different authors, then at least one of them must be a hoax. Like other Jack the Ripper letters, the authenticity of The Saucy Jack Postcard is debated. Some argue that the letter is a hoax, while others argue that the letter is authentic.
Let us look at what The Saucy Jack Postcard says. It was sent to the Central News Agency, just like the Dear Boss Letter, on the 1st of October 1888. It was sent to the agency just after the Double Event. The Double Event happened in the early hours of the morning on the 30th of September 1888. The event saw Jack the Ripper murder two women that night, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes. The letter reads: ''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'' The writing on this letter looks messy, indicating that the letter could have been rushed. The similarity with this letter and the boss letter is that both of the authors talk about clipping ears. But, the postcard says that the killer did not have time to clip his victims ears off. On Elizabeth Stride though, her left earlobe was torn or cut. This indicates that it wasn't the killer who had written the Saucy Jack Postcard. However, if the killer did write the postcard, there could be an explanation as to why the killer didn't realise that Stride's ear had been cut. It's believed that the Ripper was interrupted when he was murdering Stride. It has been argued that the Ripper went on to kill again that night, because of that interruption. He was unsatisfied with the killing. Whatever the truth, three things remain clear about the Double Event. It seems that Jack lost control that night. He seems to have been erratic and not in control. He also left us a clue, the only clue we have of him. But another thing, it's also the night theJack the Ripper was nearly caught. Almost being caught perhaps startled him. Throughout the next month, in October 1888, no murders happened that we know about. The Double Event seems to have silenced the Ripper for over a month. Or did it? The next letter we are going to be looking at, is the From Hell letter. The From Hell letter seems to be the only letter which is authentic.
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