Bizarre Mysteries That Remain Unsolved to This Day

Jack the Ripper

Between August and November of 1888, at least five prostitutes were mutilated and violently murdered in London. These crimes introduced the mystery of Jack the Ripper, who sent an anonymous letter to a London news agency confessing to the murders. Although it has been over a century, the identity of the killer is still under wraps.

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