Stranger than Fiction is a Holly Hapless Brand by Stephen Walker
Elizabeth Stride, an educated woman, originally, from Sweden, was to become the fifth alleged victim of the notorious Jack the Ripper.
With four women murdered, the police no nearer an arrest and the public’s mounting panic, fuelled by press speculation, the discovery of a fifth murdered woman discovered in Berner Street was met with disbelief.
Catherine Eddowes would become the second killing on 30 Sept 1888. What would become known, in the press, as the ‘Double Event’ of Jack the Ripper.
Dr Lars Davidsson “You could say that they were opportunistic killings, that he took a huge amount of chances, and I think that’s true. I don’t think he was bothered about the possibility of being caught”
Annie Chapman was recently married, to a husband with a good job. But, drink would be her downfall. Returning home to Whitechapel, she would meet her doom.
Annie Chapman was another victim of wilful murder by a person or persons unknown, but assumed to be Jack the Ripper.
