Jack the Ripper Quotes

“Even today, experts cannot agree on the number of victims killed by Jack the Ripper. The police investigation file on the Whitechapel murders includes 11 possible victims, and as the murderer was never caught, it’s impossible to know whether he went on to commit more murders outside of London. That said, most historians stick to the theory of the “canonical five,” including the four murders already covered and a fifth and last, that of Mary Jane Kelly.”
― Hourly History, Jack the Ripper: The Story of the Whitechapel Murderer

“In fact, the procedures followed by police in their pursuit of the Whitechapel murderer formed the basis of modern police work and set a precedent for how to deal with serial killers long before that term came into use.”
― Hourly History, Jack the Ripper: The Story of the Whitechapel Murderer