Ripper Records: An Archive of Jack the Ripper and the 1888 Whitechapel Murders

Items

• "Jack the Ripper's Bedroom"
  A painting by German impressionist artist Walter Sickert that depicts his interpretation of Whitechapel murders' killer Jack the Ripper. Some investigators suspected (and continue to suspect) that Sickert could have been Jack the Ripper, though no DNA evidence exists to prove his involvement in the case.
• "Jack the Ripper. Who is he? What is he? Where is he?"
  The front page of a weekly London magazine, "Puck", showcasing a cartoon of a man struggling to identify the culprit of the 1888 Whitechapel murders attributed to Jack the Ripper.
• "Blind-Man's Buff"
  A political cartoon in the British satirical magazine "Punch" that depicts a blindfolded policeman cluelessly surrounded by criminals in London's East End. A caption reads "Blind Mans' Buff. (As played by the Police.) 'Turn round three times, and catch whom you may!'" The cartoon also includes a poem reading "Lurking crime Haunts from of old these dens of darksome slime. There, where well-armed authority fears to tread, Murder and outrage rear audacious head, Unscanned, untracked."
• "Portrait Sketches of Supposed Whitechapel Monster and Incidents in the Case"
  The front page of one of the earliest British tabloids, "The Illustrated Police News", reporting on the killing of Mary Kelly and possible suspects in the case.