Jack the Ripper: 5 Women, 10 Weeks, and a Killer No Court Ever Named

2026-10-07 · True Mysteries Editorial Desk · Unsolved Crimes · 15 min read

In the autumn of 1888, the poorest district of London was afraid of the dark.

Whitechapel lies in the East End of London, about 3 km east of St Paul's Cathedral. In 1888 around 80,000 people lived crowded into its streets. About 8,500 of them slept each night in cheap lodging houses, where a bed cost 4 pence and a place on a rope to lean against cost 2 pence. Those who did not have the money slept in doorways.

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