Jack the Ripper Theories

Crime Countdown

Spotify Studios

True Crime, History

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Five women were brutally murdered in the streets of London in 1888, and their killer was never found. The case is now a staple of true crime lore. Ash and Alaina rank the list of suspects most likely to be… Jack the Ripper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It was 3.40am on August 31st, 1888, when the body of Mary Ann Nichols was discovered
0:11.7	dead in the White Chapel area in the east end of London.
0:15.6	By November of that same year, more victims would be found.
0:19.8	Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Edo's, and Mary Kelly.
0:24.9	All five women were brutally murdered, seemingly in the middle of the night.
0:28.8	Their throats were slashed, they had stab wounds all across their bodies, they were disfigured,
0:34.0	and three of them had their organs cut from their body.
0:37.4	The London Metropolitan Police had a serial killer on their hands.
0:41.9	A killer who allegedly sent the department letters taking credit for the crimes.
0:46.8	But it was also a killer without an identity.
0:49.7	And we still don't know, or do we?
0:52.3	This countdown is the suspect list.
0:55.0	These are the most probable men and women who could be the true identity of one of the
0:59.3	most famous killers in true crime history.
1:02.4	Jack the Ripper.
1:04.4	Hey, all you weirdos.
1:20.9	Welcome to Crime Countdown, Spotify original from Podcast.
1:23.9	I'm Ash, and I'm Elena.
1:26.2	Every week we'll highlight ten fascinating stories of history's most engaging and unsettling
1:31.7	crimes.
1:33.7	This episode we're counting down the top ten Jack the Ripper theories.
1:41.4	This countdown had me screaming when I saw it, because I am very interested in the Jack
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