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Ripper Letters

Letters, postcards and graffiti attributed — genuinely or otherwise — to the Whitechapel murderer, together with correspondence about the case. Almost all are now considered hoaxes; they are catalogued here as historical documents.

49 documents
DateTypeSignedSent to
3 October 1888LetterGeorge of the High Rip GangCentral Press, London
5 October 1888LetterJohn RipperMessrs. Bryant and May, London
5 October 1888LetterJack the RipperCharles Warren, London
5 October 1888LetterJack the RipperOffices of the Hackney Standard, Hackney, London
6 October 1888LetterJack the RipperCommercial Street Police Station, London
9 October 1888LetterH.L.P.C.M. Goron, Prefect of Police, Paris
11 October 1888LetterJack the RipperEditor, Evening Telegraph, Belfast
11 October 1888LetterPolice, Dublin, Ireland
12 October 1888LetterJack the RipperGeorge Lusk, London
13 October 1888LetterJack the Ripper / Leather ApronAnchor street, Rotherhithe, London
14 October 1888LetterGeorge Lusk, London
16 October 1888LetterJack the RipperCity Police, London
19 October 1888GraffitoJack the RipperIslington
27 October 1888LetterJack the RipperLord Sheffield
9 November 1888LetterJack the RipperDirected to Police, Corner of Northumberland street and Marylebone
12 November 1888LetterJack Sheridan, the RipperMrs. McCarthy, Dorset Street, Spitalfields
13 November 1888LetterLeman-street station, London
14 November 1888LetterJ.R.
15 November 1888Letter
19 November 1888GraffitoJack the RipperResidence of Albert Bachert, Whitechapel
21 November 1888LetterJack the RipperMr. Saunders (Head Magistrate), Thames Police Court, Whitechapel, London
22 November 1888LetterJack the RipperParrott, Dunstable, UK
25 November 1888LetterJack the Ripper's PalUnnamed Individual, Nottingham
27 November 1888LetterJack the RipperMr. Saunders, Head Magistrate, Thames Police Court, London
30 November 1888LetterUnnamed clergyman, London
30 November 1888LetterVarious High-Level Recipients, Brussels, Belgium
8 December 1888LetterChief City Marshal Cotton, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
17 December 1888LetterJack the RipperPolice, Berlin, Germany
17 December 1888LetterJack the RipperChief of Police, Montreal, Canada
31 December 1888LetterThe SeerVarious high-society figures, St. Louis, Missouri - USA
22 January 1889LetterJack the RipperCapt. Ryan, 21st Precinct, New York City, NY - USA
29 January 1889LetterJack the RipperMarshal Dart, Brunswick, Georgia - USA
3 February 1889LetterJack the RipperFor the City, Atlanta, Georgia - USA
5 February 1889LetterJack the RipperChief Magruder, Atlanta, Georgia - USA
5 March 1889LetterJack the Ripper No. 2.Mr. Sheriff, Plummerville, Conway county, Arkansas - USA
31 March 1889LetterJacques LeventreinThe Misses Moreau, St. Catherine Street, Winnipeg, Canada
15 August 1889GraffitoJack the RipperLiverpool-street Station, Whitechapel
18 September 1889LetterJack the RipperCentral News, London
6 October 1889LetterJack the RipperPress Association, London
12 October 1889LetterJack the RAlbert Bachert, Whitechapel Vigilance Committee
31 October 1889LetterJack the RipperDr. Forbes Winslow, London
30 November 1889LetterJack the RipperChief of Security, Lyons, France
26 September 1890LetterJack the RipperUnnamed individual, South Hackney, London
1 October 1890LetterLondon
29 October 1890LetterJack the RipperLattintown, Ulster County, New York - USA
7 March 1891LetterMaj. Moore, Supt. of Police, Washington, D.C.
29 June 1891LetterChairman of the Vigilance Committee, Whitechapel
30 November 1891LetterJack the RipperFannie Warden, Hanover, New Hampshire - USA
1 May 1893LetterJack the RipperMr. Mead, Magistrate, Thames Police Court, London

Letter Histories

Background articles on the most famous letters and related evidence, from the Casebook Wiki.