Jack the Ripper” is the name which …..to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district o

Jack the Ripper” is the name which …..to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. The name originated in a letter which ….. by someone claiming to be the murderer. The letter is believed to be a hoax and may have been written by a journalist in an attempt to heighten interest in the story. The “Ripper” attacked female prostitutes from the slums whose throats ….. prior to abdominal mutilations. Rumours that the murders were connected intensified in September and October 1888 and letters from people purporting to be the murderer---X--- received by media outlets and Scotland Yard. There are now over one hundred theories about the Ripper’s identity and the murders have inspired multiple works of fiction.