Suspects

Montague John Druitt: is said to  be the number one suspect in the Ripper, but there is almost no evidence pointing to him. The only things that people have on him are that he looked similar to what witnesses said the Ripper looked like and he was age was apporiate. Other then that, there is no evidence. In December of 1888 he committed suicide so no one will ever know the truth.

Joseph Barnett: Loved Mary Kelly and was living with her until a few weeks before her death. Theories suggest that he wasnted to support her and when he lost his fishing license and Mary had to go out onto the streets and sell herself he became angry. He killed other prositutes in order to scare Mary into not doing it anymore. They argued the night of her murder and a window was broken in the quarrel and that is how the door was locked when the police arrived…he already knew how to lock it.

James Maybrick: He is only suspected because a diary surfaced many years later and he is supposed to be written by him. The author of the diary never signed it, but the details point to Maybrick. The diary is believed to be a hoax so he is not a true suspect and he was killed (or died) several months after the killings.

Thomas Neill Cream: Lived in Canada and the U.S. before going to London for work. He was convicted of poisoning several women and was sentenced to be hanged. At the hanging, right before he died he was said to have uttered the words “I am Jack…” Obviously, many people considered this to a be a confession. It is a little shady though because he was in prison from 1881 to 1891 and it is believed that he had a body double who murdered the five while he was in prison in Ill.

Michael Ostrog: He was mentioned for the first time in the Macnaghten Memoranda which said: “Michael Ostrog, a mad Russian doctor and a convict and unquestionably a homicidal maniac. This man was said to have been habitually cruel to women, and for a long time was known to have carried about with him surgical knives and other instruments; his antecedents were of the very worst and his whereabouts at the time of the Whitechapel murders could never be satisfactorily accounted for. He is still alive.” Many people don’t fully agree with this because of his petty criminal record.

James Kenneth Stephen: He was first suspected in 1972 in a biography about Prince Albert. He is a suspect because he is a known misogynist and maniac and had connections with Prince Albert. There is no record of violence from him and no connections to the East End.

Rosyln D’Onston Stephenson: First suspected in 1889 and again later in 1987. He was known to have been very interested in the Ripper murders and wrote many articles about the case. He also dabbled in black magic and lived in the East End. He did not have a history of violence with women.

Prince Albert Victor: One of the most famous suspects in the murders and is in three of the theories. According to Stowell, Eddy contracted syphilis and it drove him insane and he commited the murders. His family apparently knew about the murders and took him away after the double murder but he escaped and killed Mary Kelly as his last. He was again sent away and died of “softing of the brain”. Although records say that Eddy was not even in London during the time of the murders. He is also cause of debate in two other conspiracy theories.

Victims

Mary Ann Nichols: born Aug. 26 1845 in London and she is believed to be the first victim of Jack the Ripper. She was brutally murdered on Aug. 33 1888 in Whitechapel. She was reportedly a heavy drinker and her husband left her after having an affair with a nurse. She was last seen an hour before her death, very drunk, and trying to earn some money for the week.

Annie Chapman: born in Sept. 1841 in London and was nicknamed “Dark Annie”. She was in poor health and destitute at the time of her death on Sept. 8 1888. Annie was married but later split from her husband after the death of her child. She took to heavy drinking and was without money. She was also last seen trying to earn some money to support herself before being killed.

Catherine Eddowes: born April 14, 1842 in London. She was mudered the same night as Elizabeth Stride just a few hours later on the night of Sept. 30 1888. She was married twice and was living with one of them at the time of her death. She was taken into custody the night of her murder for being too drunk and was last seen on her way home after being released. Three men saw her talking to a man who could have very well been the murder and she died about 10 minutes later.

Elizabeth Stride: born on Nov. 27 1843 in Sweden. She was very young when she started her work as a registerd prositute and later married. Her husband died several years later after they had split up. Elizabeth was admitted into a work house and still worked the streets for money. She was seen drunk and disorderly on many different occasions and was killed just before Catherine Eddowes in the early morning of September 30, 1888.

Mary Jane Kelly: born in 1863 and is believed to be the fifth and final victim of Jack the Ripper. Mary Kelly’s background is a little distorted and no one really knows for sure where she grew up or her complete whereabouts. She was only 25 years old when she was killed and was considered attractive. She was found killed in her bed by her landlord who was looking for late rent on the morning on Nov. 9, 1888.