There are eleven possible victims of the notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper. Perhaps there are even more victims than that, that were murdered by Jack the Ripper, or less. It is debated among Ripperologists and historians how many victimsJack the Ripper actually had.
If you want to see some of this debate, you can go to the website Casebook.org where you will see that people have different opinions on how many victims Jack the Ripper had. The general consensus is that Jack the Ripper killed five women in the Autumn of 1888. These five women are known as theCanonical Five. Their names follow in the order they were murdered (1) Mary Ann Nichols, murdered on the 31st of August 1888, (2) Annie Chapman, murdered on the 8th of September 1888, (3) Elizabeth Stride, murdered on the 30th of September 1888, (4) Catherine Eddowes, murdered on the 30th of September 1888 and Mary Jane Kelly murdered on the 9th of November 1888. It is thought that these five women were all victims of Jack the Ripper. Not everyone agrees though if you observe the debate on a website such as Casebook.org, it gives you an insight into the difference of opinion; that not everyone agrees that all of these women were a victim of Jacks. The two women which seem to be contested and refuted as victims of Jack the Ripper, mostly are Elizabeth Stride and Mary Jane Kelly. Although Mary Jane Kelly and Elizabeth Stride are debated victims of Jack the Ripper, most experts believe that they were the victims of the Ripper. Most experts contest that the Canonical Five were murdered by the same hand; Jack the Ripper. But, there are another six victims who have been linked to the case known as the Whitechapel Murders. Who Are The Other Six Victims? The other six victims linked to the Whitechapel Murders, are as follows (1) Emma Elizabeth Smith, attacked on the 3rd of April 1888, (2) Martha Tabram, murdered on the 7th of August 1888, (3) Rose Mylett, strangled (or accidentally strangled herself) on the 20th of December 1888, (4) Alice McKenzie, murdered on the 17th of July 1889, (5) Frances Coles, murdered on the 13th of February 1891. Finally, (6) a woman's torso was found in Pinchin Street, Whitechapel in the early morning hours of the 10th of September 1889. Are Any Of These Likely To Be The Work Of Jack? (1) Emma Smith Reasons for: Emma was a prostitute like the other Canonical Five victims. She was also attacked in the early morning hours like the other victims. And Detective Walter Dew thought that Emma Smith was the first victim of Jack the Ripper. Reasons against: Emma Smith was attacked by a gang, who she wouldn't name or tell who they were. However, Jack the Ripper didn't function as part of a gang, he was alone during his crimes. Although Walter Dew thought that this action of Jack the Ripper, his colleagues disagreed with him. (2) Martha Tabram Reasons for: Martha Tabram was a prostitute who was murdered in the early morning hours, both things were similar to the Canonical Five victims. The police at the time didn't connect Martha Tabrams killing to the attack on Emma Smith. However, they did relate it to the other killings. Reasons against: Although police at the time connected Tabram's killing to that of the other ripper victims, most contemporaries today do not. The way she was killed was also different from that of the Jack the Ripper victims. (3) Rose Mylett Reasons for: Her death occurred close to the Ripper killings. Other than that, there appear to be no similarities with her death and that of the deaths of Jack the Rippers victims. But, Rose Mylett was a prostitute. Reasons against: It appears that her death was an accident, or possibly suicide. The modus operandi would have been different if it was an attack. (4) Alice McKenzie Reasons for: Alice McKenzie was murdered in the early hours of the morning and was probably a prostitute, both similar to the Jack the Ripper victims. She was attacked in a similar way to the Ripper victims, but, it was possibly a copycat killing. Reasons against: Although her death was similar to that of the Ripper victims, it wasn't identical. The police at the time, including Inspector Abberline, didn't think that Alice McKenzie was murdered by Jack the Ripper. (5) Frances Cole Reasons for: Frances Cole was murdered in a similar way to the other Jack the Ripper victims, she was also murdered in the early morning hours. She might have been the last victim of Jack the Rippers. France Cole was the last victim on the Whitechapel Murder files. Reasons against: There were no mutilations on Frances Cole. There were mutilations on the other Ripper victims, apart from Elizabeth Stride. Though it's thought that Jack the Ripper was disturbed when he was attacking Elizabeth Stride, and that is why there were no mutilations to her body. (6) The Torso Reasons for: There doesn't seem to be any reasons for suggesting that this was Jack the Ripper, other than the timeframe that the torso was found. Reasons against: Everything, it seems like a completely different killing, than the other Jack the Ripper victims.
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