CW: Graphic descriptions of murder, sex work, and alcoholism.

It's our final #SpookySeason episode! Let's talk about Jack the Ripper, the notorious (and still unidentified) serial killer active in the impoverished districts in and around London's East End during the late 1880s.

11 separate murders, stretching from April 1888-February 1891, were included in a London Metropolitan Police Service investigation and known collectively as the "Whitechapel Murders." Opinions vary as to whether all of these murders can (or should) all be linked to the same culprit, but five of the victims - known as the Canonical Five - are widely believed to be the work of the Ripper: Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly.

Reminder: NO EPISODE next week! (November 2, 2022)

Sources:
Casebook.org - The Victims of Jack the Ripper
Wikipedia - Jack the Ripper
Wikipedia - Mary Ann Nichols
Wikipedia - Annie Chapman
Wikipedia - Elizabeth Stride
Wikipedia -  Catherine Eddowes
Wikipedia - Mary Jane Kelly