After 137 Years, DNA May Have Finally Revealed Jack the Ripper
What Whitechapel Looked Like Then
Whitechapel in the late 1800s was packed, impoverished, and chaotic. Immigrants crowded into small living spaces, streets were poorly lit, and crime was a daily reality. It was the perfect environment for someone to disappear without a trace.
It also explains the conflicting witness accounts and confusion that plagued the investigation. Solving a murder in Whitechapel was like trying to solve a puzzle in the dark, while the pieces kept moving.
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