The real name of Jack the Ripper, famous English serial killer, could soon be known with these new theories.
The famous case of the English serial killer known under the pseudonym Jack the Ripper remains unsolved, 130 years after his terrible murders. The story continues to fascinate fans of investigations, still searching for the identity of the famous London serial killer. Jack the Ripper killed at least five women in the Whitechapel area between August and November 1888, probably many more. His victims were often the most marginal and poor in the London neighborhood, where violence and crime were rampant. Their throats were slit and their abdomens mutilated. Crimes so heinous that a climate of terror would take hold at the end of the 19th century in the east of the English capital.
If the identity of Jack the Ripper is not known, there are nevertheless leads. The first names are those of Montague Druitt, a lawyer from the English region of Dorset, and Aaron Kosminski, a Polish barber. The two men were known for their aggression towards women, which earned them among the first suspects according to investigators at the time. Of the analysis results carried out in 2019 from a shawl present at one of the crime scenes established a link with a member of Aaron Kosminski’s family, even making him the number one suspect.
But very recently, “eventrologists” identified two new suspects, as indicated in the magazine Discover. And this time science makes it possible to identify clues and tangible elements so precise that the veil should quickly be lifted on the identity of the assassin! The first suspect, Hyam Hyams, was a cigar manufacturer based in Whitechapel. In 1889, he was interned after attacking his mother and wife with a knife. Some experts are convinced of his guilt because of his resemblance to a man seen by witnesses in the company of certain victims, who were later found murdered. The latter was described as a man in his thirties with a shuffling gait and a stiff arm. A description confirmed by consulting medical records from the time.
According to another theory, it was the American serial killer HH Holmes who was actually behind the crimes of Jack the Ripper. This serial killer is known for his crimes committed against wealthy people in order to steal their wealth in the Chicago of 1886. Author Jeff Mudgett made him the real Jack the Ripper in a theory published in 2011 in a book entitled Bloodstains. In addition to a physical resemblance to contemporary descriptions, another key clue has been revealed: it is estimated that the writing found in a message supposedly sent by Jack the Ripper to the press in 1888 looks as similar as two drops of water to that of Holmes. Jack the Ripper could therefore be unmasked by medicine or graphology.