IS G9 Finals - Ripper - Crime & Punishment

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Canonical Five 1888

Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly

Mary Ann Nichols (31 Aug)

1st the Ripper killed
Found: Buckus Row - Northeast of Whitechapel
- Throat was cut
- Abdomen wound was not seen until her examination at the mortuary

Annie Chapman (8 Sep)

Found: Near steps in George's Yard off Hanbury Street - Near Commercial Street - North of Whitechapel Road
- Signs she was strangled before her throat was cut
- Intestines were pulled out her body

Elizabeth Stride (Double) (30 Sep)

1st out of 2
Found: Dutfield's Yard - Outside theatre of Jewish socialists in Berner Street.
- Throat was cut & nothing else
- Possible killer was interrupted

Catherine Eddowes (Double) (30 Sep)

Found: Mitre Square - hours after Stride
- Badly mutilated & disembowelled
- Face was cut & part of nost & ear was gone
- Part of her apron was found at Goulson Street

Mary Jane Kelly (9 Nov)

Found: Insider her room at Miller's Court, Dorset Street
- Most badly ripped
- Parts of body were completely cut & around the room

Inspector Chandler's record of the blood patterns
Annie Chapman's crime scene

Determine killer's escape path

Artisans' Dwellings Act 1875

Law passed by Parliament that aimed to start clearing some of London's worst slum areas

Anthropometry

Scientific study of the measurements and proportions of the human body by Alphonse Bertillon

Common Lodging House

Low-cost, let out by the night, visited by the poor and "loose women"

Macnaghten Memoranda

1890s document naming 3 suspects (Druitt, Kosminski, and Ostrog)
The "discovery" of which, in the 1960s, sparked modern "Ripperology."

Long Depression

Period of economic stagnation that lasted from 1873 to 1879. It was a worldwide phenomenon reflecting the increasingly globalised economy of the Victorian Era.

Second Industrial Revolution

Steel, chemicals, electricity.
This is the name for the new wave of heavier industrialisation starting around the 1860s.

Population of Britain in 1880 compared to 19th Cen

Quadrupled - 1mil > 4mil

The "Great Wen"

Derogatory term for London used during the 19th Cen to describe its perceived overgrowth

Prostitutes in Whitechapel H Division

~1200

The 'Dear Boss' Letter, 1888

1st time "Jack the Ripper" appeared
Document sent to Central News Agency
Likely forged by a journalist to keep the Ripper story alive

"Silent Police Boots" 1888

Allowed constables to walk around cobblestones without alerting anyone
Caused severe foot soreness, "Drawn Feet"

Police Code 1880s

Howard Vincent wrote it
Detailing how officers should act

Victorian Ambulance

Wheeled Stretcher used to transport bodies to the mortuary

Why was the Bertillion system ineffective

Required criminals to have a record in the database
Ripper never had one

the Ripper in Public

Normal, Inoffensive, modest life

Whorephobia

Prejudice directed at sex workers
"Disposable" classes in the Ripper case

Rigor Mortis (Skin color & muscle stiffness)

Standard practice for estimating time of death before body temperature in 1888