Candidates for Jack the Ripper

 
Walter Sickert
British Impressionist painter accused by Patricia Cornwall
 
George Chapman
He had poisoned his wives in the past
 
Dr. Cream
(not to be confused with Dr. Feelgood)
 
Mr. Deeming
 
Montague John Druitt
schoolteacher who commited suicide around the time the murders ended
 
Jill the Ripper
Either a jealous woman or a man disguised as a midwife
 
James Maybrick
His journal surfaced in the 1990's, exciting Ripperologists
 
Michael Ostrog
Russian con-man with aliases and some medical knowledge
 
Prince Albert Victor
The queen's grandson
Just look at those shifty eyes!
 
Francis Tumblety
American but traveled, had hatred of women
 
Unidentified degenerate
 
Another Unknown
But gee, he looks awfully familiar, don't he?

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