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Jack the Ripper

Between August and November 1888, the Whitechapel area of London


(be) the scene of five brutal murders. The killer (be)
dubbed 'Jack the Ripper'. All the women murdered (be)
horribly mutilated. Their throats (be) ..
cut and internal organs removed from at least 3 of the victims.

The first murder, of Mary Ann Nicholls, (take) place on


31 August. Annie Chapman (be) . killed on 8
September. Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddoweson (be)
murdered 30 September and Mary Jane Kelly on 9
November.

There has been much speculation as to the identity of the killer. It has
been suggested that he or she (be) . a doctor or
butcher, based on the evidence of weapons and the mutilations, which
(show) .. a knowledge of human anatomy. Jack the
Ripper (be) never caught and he is not thought to have
killed again after November 1888.

'Jack the Ripper's knife'


Londons Scariest Mysteries (Jack the Ripper)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyl3JisK8Kk)

1. Put the names of the suspects in the right order. Then match the names
with the correct descriptions:

James Maybrick artist

Aaron Kosminski cotton merchant

Walter Sickert physician

Sir William Gull Polish Jew

2. Write the suspects name next to the correct motif:

sexual disorder ..

drug addict ..

insane

royal conspiracy

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