Why did the Whitechapel murders attract so much attention in 1888?
There are a number of reasons that the Whitechapel murders attracted so much attention. One of them was the nature of the attacks. No one had ever seen or heard about such violent and gruesome attacks so everyone wanted to know more. The middle class had to take an interest because of the threat of disorder and a possible revolt by the poor. So for this reason they wanted to see the murderer caught as soon as possible for their own safety not the prostitutes. The interest in the murders grew with each attack. This was because of the regular continuation of the killings and the failure of the police catching him. Another reason interest grew with every attack was because of the amount of women that were killed, there had not really been any serial killers recorded before in history so this was all new to everyone. As well as the nature of the crimes, the nature of the victims caused a lot of people to give some attention. All the victims were prostitutes, this made other prostitutes sca
