JACK THE RIPPER: and the Whitechapel Murders

The greatest unsolved mystery told for the first time through use of contemporary police and government records.

Between the months of August and November 1888 six prostitutes were found murdered in London’s East End. The killer, who became known as “Jack the Ripper” was never found, and the story remains an enduring source of fascination over a hundred years later.

This pack tells the story through exact facsimiles of key documents from the Metropolitan Police and Home Office files held at the Public Record Office. An eight page illustrated introduction by two of the world’s leading experts on the case provides a full explanation of the documents and sets them in their historical context.