Whitechapel 1888The evidence, and its limits

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The Whitechapel murders, case by case

Each case begins with the woman's life, then her last known movements, the inquest and the sources. The grouping of these five is a hypothesis to test, not a starting assumption.

  1. Mary Ann 'Polly' Nichols

    31 August 1888 · Buck's Row (now Durward Street), Whitechapel, outside the gateway to Brown's stable yard

    9 timeline entries · 19 inquest witnesses · Inquest

  2. Annie Chapman

    8 September 1888 · Back yard of 29 Hanbury Street, Spitalfields

    10 timeline entries · 22 inquest witnesses · Inquest

  3. Elizabeth Stride

    30 September 1888 · Dutfield's Yard, beside the International Working Men's Educational Club, 40 Berner Street

    11 timeline entries · 25 inquest witnesses · Inquest

  4. Catherine Eddowes

    30 September 1888 · South-west corner of Mitre Square, Aldgate (City of London)

    12 timeline entries · 22 inquest witnesses · Inquest

  5. Mary Jane Kelly

    9 November 1888 · Room 13, Miller's Court (rear of 26 Dorset Street), Spitalfields

    13 timeline entries · 14 inquest witnesses · Inquest

The Whitechapel Murders file

The Metropolitan Police kept one file, "the Whitechapel Murders", that runs from April 1888 to February 1891 and holds eleven deaths. These six are the others in it. Whether any of them belongs with the five above is disputed; each case page sets out the linkage debate rather than assuming an answer.

  1. Emma Elizabeth Smith

    4 April 1888 · Osborn Street (where Emma Smith said she was attacked)

    1 timeline entries · 3 claims · 3 sources

  2. Martha Tabram

    7 August 1888 · George Yard Buildings, George Yard

    2 timeline entries · 10 claims · 11 sources

  3. Rose Mylett

    20 December 1888 · Clarke's Yard, High Street, Poplar

    2 timeline entries · 2 claims · 5 sources

  4. Alice McKenzie

    17 July 1889 · Place not located on the map (no located site record)

    0 timeline entries · 7 claims · 6 sources

  5. Unidentified woman (Pinchin Street torso)

    1889 · Railway arch, Pinchin Street, St George's

    1 timeline entries · 2 claims · 3 sources

  6. Frances Coles

    13 February 1891 · Swallow Gardens railway arch (between Chamber Street and Royal Mint Street)

    2 timeline entries · 4 claims · 6 sources