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Jack the Ripper, a mysterious figure who lurks in the shadows of Whitechapel, London, even to this day. He terrifies us. He fascinates us. The mysterious figure of Jack the Ripper will forever be a mystery to us. Who was he? Was Jack the Ripper a he, or was he, actually a she? Or was it those Freemasons? So many questions.
Jack the Ripper gives us more than just a Victorian mystery, it also expresses the reality of the poor and vulnerable of Victorian Britain. Specifically London. Through modern media, we often get a glamorised version of what Victorian Britain was like. Jack the Ripper has helped keep the reality of the era alive. The reality being that for many, if not most, people in Victorian Britain, life was anything but glamorous. Life was tough for the average Victorian. If you were poor, you had the unfortunate reality of ending up in a workhouse (poorhouse). Or, if you were a poor woman, you ended up being a prostitute (like Jack the Rippers victims). Or, if you were mentally unwell, you ended up with the horrible fate of being committed to an asylum. These were just some of the main injustices of Victorian Britain, they are not the only ones. Through reading primary sources about Jack the Ripper, we also learn that there was prejudice towards Jewish people and immigrants. The mob violence during the Ripper murders shows that many people at the time were convinced that Jack the Ripper was a Jew. It seems that this assumption was based on bigotry and hate, rather than having convincing evidence. Surprisingly, the case of the Ripper has a lot of evidence. Given that Jack himself remains a mystery. And his reason for the murders remains a mystery. It is surprising that there is a lot to go on. The only exception to that is the Ripper suspects themselves. The reason why many of the Ripper suspects, in my opinion, don't seem to be convincingly named as Jack, is because there isn't any concrete evidence to suggest that any of these candidates are Jack. For me, I have my own theories about Jack. My own favoured suspects as to who the Ripper was. I'm going to keep my suspect theories to a small group of people and myself. I will say that my suspect theories and favoured suspects are not outlandish...therefore...I will say that Jack the Ripper was nothing to do with the Royal Family or the Freemasons. I'm not convinced of either of those theories. A member of the Royal Family wondering about the most destitute part of London would have attracted attention. Many people would have probably known what the Royals looked like too, with the birth of photography and mass media happening at around this time. Neither am I convinced with the Freemason theory, a theory which seems more like a Dan Brown novel, than a theory with historical conviction. That's as much as I'm saying about my theories on Jack the Ripper... Over the Summer, I'm going to finish my Jack the Ripper book, which I aim to finish next month. Then, prepare for Jack the Ripper real time, which I'm starting on August. Though I haven't come up with a date for that, yet. It will either start at the very beginning of August, as that is when Martha Tabram was murdered in 1888. Some think she was the Rippers first victim. Or, it will start in the last week of August.
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