The great-uncle to the late Queen was a controversial figure. Once a key suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders, Prince ...

Why he may not be Jack the Ripper: Macnaghten referred to him as a doctor, suggesting he had the anatomical knowledge to disembowel someone. But Druitt wasn’t a doctor, he was the son of one. He ...

Serial killer Jack the Ripper killed the first of the so-called "canonical five" victims, Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols, on this day in history, August 31, 1888. The story still fascinates many.

The grisly case of Jack the Ripper could finally be closed by British cops more than 136 years after his murderous killing spree in London.. A descendant of one of the Ripper’s victims has ...

Serial killer Jack the Ripper has gone down in history as one of England's most notorious murderers. During his three-month killing spree, at least five women, all prostitutes, met their end at ...

The Brief. A historian says he has DNA evidence proving the identity of Jack the Ripper. The infamous serial killer murdered five women in London in 1888, sending shockwaves around the world.

Jack the Ripper was an infamous serial killer who murdered five women in the impoverished Whitechapel district of London in 1888. ... they didn’t have money for a lodging house.