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Good Or Evil: What Was The Motivation Behind The Ripper Slayings?

Jack the Ripper is a name that brings to the mind brutal and grotesque killings, and the romantic legend of a cloaked menace with a tall hat in the dark English alleys of Whitechapel. The image of him has been very greatly stereotyped by films and books alike, and only a true enthusiast has the right mindset to accept the less well-known possibilities. Indeed, the enigma of the murders have given rise to breed of enthusiasts who call themselves "ripperologists", determined to discover the real identity of the Ripper himself. The mystery has not had any new light shed on it since the actual investigations. Jack the Ripper is still the same name without a face; the one that has both struck fear and interest amongst those who know it.

The primary point from which ripperologists began was the murders themselves – the situation of the bodies, the witness accounts etc. They were forced to work with hard-to-access evidence that were sparse due to years of destruction and mishandling.......


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