Case 1 of the world's top ten strange cases

1. Jack the Ripper

Time: 1888 AD

On August 7, 1888, the Whitechapel (Whitechapel) outbreak occurred in the East End of London, England. In the Whitechapel murder case, a prostitute had her throat cut with a sharp knife and died from thirty-nine stab wounds all over her body. In the next two months, a number of consecutive murders targeting prostitutes and using the same brutal methods continued to occur in the East End, causing panic among local residents and shocking the Scotland Yard in London.

The East End of London at that time was actually a mixed bag, where poor people, gangsters and prostitutes gathered. The public security situation was poor for a long time. The London police were also frustrated because they had no clue about this series of murders. be blamed.

The key to the sudden turn of the case came at the end of September of the same year, when a newspaper received a letter signed "Jack the Ripper" (Jack the Ripper). The content was written in red ink. The letter clearly stated that he He is the real murderer of the serial murders since Whitechapel, and his fingerprints are stamped at the end of the letter. I received the second letter in early October. Judging from the wording used in the letter, it appears that it was written by the same person and is full of provocation.

As a result, after extensive disclosure by the media, Jack the Ripper became a mysterious lurker feared by all British people. In the foggy London, there is an elusive and bloodthirsty murderer hidden.

Jack the Ripper's murderous activities did not stop, and then he committed the last tragic case - Mary. Mary Kelly murder. Mary. Kaili was found dismembered and dead in a rental house by her landlord on November 9. Not only was her uterus removed by caesarean section, the murderer also cut off her ears and nose, removed her breasts, and arranged these organs into a human face. appearance.

The police determined that Mary was brutally tortured for more than three hours before her death. However, just when the police believed that Jack the Ripper would carry out a more brutal and larger-scale murder plan, Jack's actions were halted and he disappeared forever, leaving the world with unending suspicion. However, the most consistent statement is that Jack is a doctor.

According to the British "Daily Mail" report on September 6 (2014), world-renowned DNA experts collected relevant samples from the shawl of one victim, Catherine Eddowes, and compared them to determine whether Highly reliable DNA evidence points to Aaron Kosminski, a Polish immigrant who has been named as a suspect. According to reports, 48-year-old businessman Russell Edwards bought the shawl of the victim Catherine Eddowes at an auction, and then invited Dr. Jerry, a world-renowned expert in studying genetic evidence at crime scenes. Dr. Jari Louhelainen, managed to collect the DNA of the victim's relatives and the suspect, and compared it with the samples on the victim's shawl, and came to this conclusion. In addition, Aaron Kosminski, who was identified as the Ripper, and his victims all lived in the slums of London's East End or were prostitutes nearby. They have deep geographical connections. It is believed that this evidence is highly credible. After Jack the Ripper found his target, he brutally murdered at least five prostitutes by sealing their throats and disemboweling them. After these brutal murders occurred, hundreds of people were included in the list of suspects. Some people suspected that a woman was responsible. Even Prince Albert, the grandson of Queen Victoria of England, was also suspected. However, for more than a hundred years, it has not been possible to determine who was responsible. The real Jack the Ripper. During the crime, the murderer repeatedly wrote letters to relevant units to provoke him, but he was never brought to justice. His bold crime methods, which were repeatedly exaggerated by the media, caused panic in British society at that time. Aaron Kosminski was sent to a mental sanatorium in 1891. His symptoms included auditory hallucinations, fear of being eaten, and a refusal to groom. He lived a very hard life and died in 1919.