It’s a mystery that has caused intrigue for over a hundred years but now Jack the Ripper’s identity might have been revealed.

The Church of Torslanda. Gustafsdotter was confirmed at this church in 1859. Berner Street, seen here in 1909. The body of Stride was discovered in Dutfield's Yard (visible beneath the suspended ...

Jack the Ripper and Elizabeth Stride had an encounter on 30th Sep 1888. On the night before her murder, 29 September, Stride was wearing a black jacket and skirt, with a posy of a red rose in a spray ...

Their names were Mary Ann ‘Polly’ Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly. They were all desperately poor women who lived in the East End of London.