Jack The Ripper Persuasive Essay

Jack the Ripper is one of the most infamous names in the history of mass murderers. There are many other people who have killed far more people than this mysterious figure, but have been long forgotten. Jack the Ripper is only credited with the murder of five prostitutes but his legend still lives on almost one hundred thirty years later. But why? A few likely reasons have to do with the sheer heinousness of his crimes. His victims were not merely stabbed, shot, or even beaten to death. The title “Jack the Ripper” was earned in the most horrible of ways. Jack the Ripper did not just snuff out a life with a knife, he meant to humiliate the women that the ruthlessly mutilated. He seemed to have a deep hate for the entire female gender.
Another likely reason The Ripper lives in infamy is he was never apprehended by authorities, despite their greatest efforts. The closest that Whitechapel police ever came to catching this gruesome murderer …show more content…
It is not clear as to if the FBI suspects any mental illness of this heinous murderer but one would have to assume some mental defect would have to be present to motivate someone to commit such violent and gruesome crimes against these “ladies of the night”. There is no physical evidence of Jack the Ripper torturing his victims before he killed them. But crime fighting techniques were still in their very early stages at the time of Jack’s killings. The common hope is that these poor women were not still alive when he performed any of these mutilations on them. It appears that Jack did not have any interest in making these women suffer, but was very interested ripping them apart once they were dead. Some psychologists believe that Jack had a bad experience with one of these “working girls”. Perhaps one that resulted in a sexually transmitted disease, or even a robbery. Others seem to think there is a chance he had a