The ripper murders attracted so much attention for several reasons. They included the violent nature of the crimes, the victims, the interference of the press (including the numerous letters they published), and the mystery of trying to catch him.

The gory violence of the murders and the apparent lack of motive shocked the public. Never before had anyone committed such brutal sickening crimes. The way the victims were mutilated intrigued the public, the press descried it to be ‘extraordinary’. Also he gained attention as he was the first recorded serial killer.

Such crimes were possible because of the murderer’s choice of victim. He had chosen only to murder prosti

tutes, who scraped bye living in doss houses, and who, no-one really new where they were at any one time. Meaning they were vulnerable and it was easy to kill one of them without anyone realizing. Because he had chosen to kill in this area of extreme poverty, along with help of the press the people attention was brought to the horrible conditions where they live. Many middle class members had already had concerns about how I was the perfect environment to get away with murder.

I believe the press played the biggest role in creating attention as if it weren’t for them not half the amount of people would have been involved.

The majority of this speculation was fuelled by the press, and was sensationalised by there coverage. They described th

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