Immortalise
Did you know that Jack the Ripper,
a London Murderer who killed at least five prostitutes in the East End between
Aug. 7 and Nov. 10, 1888, was never caught. Did you know that the name, Jack
the Ripper, was made public by the killer himself. Did you also know that
Queen Victoria's eldest grandson, the duke of Clarence, was a suspect . .
.
Well, if you do know all of that already, did you know that Jack the
Ripper was a cold blooded capitalist of death, and not a romantic villain
of jolly old England. Did you know that if he had lived in our century his
named would have been Charles Manson. Did you also know that there is really
nothing ridiculous about Jack the Ripper, not his crimes, nor his name. Why
then include him in a collection of stories about ridiculous criminals? The
answer is simple: because in this case it is not the criminal who is ridiculous
but the public who immortalise him.
