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.
Emma Elizabeth Smith
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Emma Elizabeth Smith was a woman of uncertain origins who was murdered in late‑19th-century London. Her killing was the first of the Whitechapel murders. Although it has been suggested that she may ha
Jack the Ripper 1888
