Jack the Ripper is the name given to an unknown murderer who terrorized London’s Whitechapel district in the autumn of 1888, killing at least five women in a series of brutally precise attacks. Operating in the shadows of gaslit streets and narrow alleys, the killer was never seen clearly, never caught, and left behind only fear, speculation, and a handful of gruesome crime scenes that baffled Victorian police. Newspapers amplified the mystery, turning the crimes into a public obsession and the