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.

Jack the Ripper: Read all about it! Clip: Season 2 Episode 1 | 3m 6s Video has Closed Captions | CC In the Summer of 1888, the world was gripped by one case, a serial killer was on the loose in ...

Jack the Ripper: DNA evidence strong but not ironclad 02:42. A descendant of one of Jack the Ripper's victims has demanded a new inquest into one of history's most notorious serial killers, after ...

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.