Whitechapel murders
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Eleven women were murdered in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London between 3 April 1888 and 13 February 1891. At various points, some or all of these unsolved murder
The "Nemesis of Neglect", an image of social destitution manifested as Jack the Ripper, stalks Whitechapel in a Punch cartoon of 1888 by John Tenniel.
Dorset Street, Spitalfields, seen here in 1902
Martha Tabram, 39, lived in a lodging-house at 19 George Street.
Mary Ann Nichols, 43, lived in a lodging-house at 18 Thrawl Street.
Mary Jane Kelly
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Mary Jane Kelly, also known as Marie Jeanette Kelly, Fair Emma, Ginger, Dark Mary and Black Mary, is widely believed by scholars to have been the final victim of the unidentified serial killer Jack th
Whitechapel murders
…if not all, of the eleven victims – Emma Elizabeth Smith, Martha Tabram, Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly, Rose Mylett, Alice McKenzie, Frances Coles, and an unidentified woman – were engaged in prostitution. Smith was sexually assaulted and robbed by a…
24 November 1888 Penny Illustrated Paper illustration of Kelly
17 November 1888 Illustrated Police News illustration of Mary Jane Kelly
The passageway leading to Miller's Court, Spitalfields
13 Miller's Court. The murder of Mary Jane Kelly occurred within this single room on 9 November 1888.