Elizabeth Stride :Jack the Rippers Swedish victim part 1
In the autumn of 1888 London and especially the poorer Whitchapel of London was held captive by an unknown serial killer who killed 5 women. Despite being one of the most well known serial killers of all time and despite a big manhunt at the time by Scotland Yard, he was never caught. He is known by the name he supposedly gave himself JACK THE RIPPER and for the gruesome way in which he mutilated his victims, Much have been written about Jack the Ripper and his supposed identity.There exist over 100 theories about who he was and there has been hundreds of books written on the subject. The persons bhind the names of the 5 women commonly thought to be his victims are less wellknown. Most of them where poor women living a hard and miserable life in Whitechapel earning their living by taking odd jobs as cleaners and whole or part time time prostitution What is less known is that the third of his victims was Swedish. ELIZABETH STRIDE . She was born as Elisabeth Gustafsdotter w