Did Jack the Ripper write taunting letters to the press and police?
Added: 2003-03-13 17:55:53 One of the interesting phenomena of this case is the copious correspondence received by the press, police and even private citizens, from authors claiming to be Jack the Ripper. The name Jack the Ripper itself was derived from the signature on a letter sent to the Central News Agency, in which the author threatened to clip the ladys ears off during his next murder. When part of a victims earlobe was sliced through only three days later, the police had no choice but to consider the possibility that the letter was from the true killer. Police officials later stated categorically that this letter termed the Dear Boss letter was a hoax perpetrated by an overzealous newspaper reporter, and most researchers tend to agree with that analysis. The letter was, however, published in every major newspaper in the early days of October 1888, and it began a veritable storm of hoax letters. In all, over six hundred letters were received by the press and police from people cl
