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The name 'Jack the Ripper' has become the most infamous in the annals of
murder. Yet, the amazing fact is that his identity remains unproven today. In
the years 1888-1891 the name was regarded with terror by the residents of
London's East End, and was known the world over. So shrouded in myth and mystery
is this story that the facts are hard to identify at this remove in time. And it
was the officers of Scotland Yard to whom the task of apprehending the fearsome
killer was entrusted.
In the months of August and November, 1888, the Whitechapel area of East
London played witness to a series of horrific murders, which remain to this day
unsolved. The unknown assailant, formerly known as "Leather Apron", later to be called
Jack the Ripper, stalked the dimly lit, fog blanketed streets of the East End of
London.
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