Jack the Ripper is remembered as one of history's most famous, daring, and
heinous serial killers. His technique of getting his victims to lay down before he slashed
their throats, then disemboweling them in a matter of a minute or two with as little blood
flow as possible distinguishes him as one of the most methodical, ruthless killers to
ever live. He even performed some of his gruesome murders right in the street
and left his victims to be found minutes later by people or policemen passing by. This
demonstrates what extremes he would actually go to to fulfill his desire for killing.
Through my report I will attempt to create a brief profile of his victims as well as explore
the methodical and horrendous ways they were murdered.
1.Mary Anne "Polly" Nichols
Mary Anne Nichols was found dead on Aug. 31, 1888 between 3:30 and 4:00
A.M. by a porter on his way to work. At a first glance, it appeared to the porter that the
woman was just laying down in the street merely unconscious. Police officer John Neil
was summoned to the scene minutes after the body was found. The light from his
lamp revealed that the woman was in fact dead with a slashed throat. Dr. Rees Ralph
Llewellyn was performing a surgery when he was called to make an official examination
of the body. After the examination was complete he pronounced the woman dead by
means of a slashed throat. He also took special note that the body was still warm,
indicating that the victim had been dead perhaps only minutes before being discovered.
The body was removed to the mortuary shed at the Old Montague Street Workhouse
Infirmary to be autopsied. Only then was the unusually large puddle of blood that had
collected beneath the body seen. Once at the mortuary, Dr. Llewellyn performed a full
autopsy which revealed more about the manner of the murder that was not acknowledged
during the stre...