A reader suggested today’s subject so I must say thank you to Si Meaden for the idea. We’ll be looking at the guy who had ‘help wanted’ signs going up in the brothels of London with his philosophy of sluts get cuts. It’s Jack the Ripper. Jack ‘the throat gripper’ Ripper was a horrific murderer of women (prostitutes) active in London around 1888, and the name originated from a letter received by local media claiming to be him.
Although the letter was thought to be a hoax it saw an increase in newspaper sales and led to the infamous reputation Jack holds. The belief that the murders were all being perpetrated by the same guy came from the particularly fucking brutal state he would leave the bodies. Jack was no typical slash and run chap, when he attacked someone he was sure as hell they weren’t turning up for work the next day. The bodies would have their throats cut, and when I say cut, I’m talking deep! In the case of Mary Jane Kelly he went all the way to the fucking spine. After damn near cutting their fucking head off, he really went to work on them. The women would have their abdomens jaggedly ripped open and often a few bits and pieces would be missing. It’s not known why he took the organs but I certainly wouldn’t be looking in his fucking memory box.
Well at least now they’ve had their throats cut and souvenirs taken from their guts it’s all over. Oh wait there’s more. So then the dirty bastard adds insult to injury by absolutely mutilating their face! If I was the woman’s ghost stood next to this, I’d be like “Cheers Jack you fucking cunt, I hope my kidney leaves a stain in your pocket. Prick”. I couldn’t bring myself to post any of the pictures of the victims as they’re fucking haunting, but if you fancy sleeping with the lights on for a month you can give it a Google.
The exact number of victims is questionable due to the high number of attacks on females at the time. But there were five that would be hard to argue as the handiwork of anyone else.
So what did to police do? Freaked the fuck out of course! They were knocking on doors, did over 2000 interviews and even detained 80 people on suspicion. But old ‘guts in his sack’ Jack, was a sneaky bugger. A letter was received by the head of a vigilante group marked as coming ‘from hell’ and signed Jack the ripper. This wouldn’t be that scary except it came with half a human kidney preserved in ethanol. Once examined it was found to be a human kidney and from the left hand side, which just so happened to be an item taken from one of the victims. I especially like how he signed off in it with “Catch me when you can”. The cheeky cunt!
Despite all this Jack was never found and it is still a mystery as to who he really was. I bet Scotland Yard were as gutted as an 1880’s London prostitute.
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Leonardo Gavinci 