The still-unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper killed his first known victim on this day in history, Aug. 31, 1888. On this day, a woman named Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols, 43, was found murdered in ...

The notorious serial killer known as Jack the Ripper may finally have been identified more than 130 years after he terrorized Victorian era England. The story of Jack the Ripper has transfixed ...

You’ll have no doubt heard about and possibly even learned about Jack the Ripper during your years of education but do you know who he is and what happened back in 1888? Jack the Ripper murdered five ...

A former police volunteer claims to have discovered the identity of the figure behind some of the most shocking crimes in British history, unmasking the 19th-century murderer who terrorised the nation ...

On the morning of May 11, 1887, lighterman Edward Hughes made a gruesome discovery when he fished a sack containing a human ...

On this day, Aug. 31, in 1888, London serial killer Jack the Ripper claimed his first victim. Prostitute Mary Ann Nichols was found murdered and mutilated in the teeming slum of Whitechapel. Her ...

Serial killers tantalize, terrify and even entertain the public. Since at least the 1970s they have been frequent, diabolical actors on center stage in the news and entertainment media. Massive and ...

After 137 years, one of history’s most famous murder mysteries is back in the spotlight. The killings that shook Whitechapel in 1888 created the legend of Jack the Ripper, a figure who has inspired ...

Sedgley Library is the venue for a deep dive into Jack the Ripper territory on Saturday, January 24 at 1pm when Damian Carter ...