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Why did the Whitechapel murders attract so much attention in 1888?
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Why did the Whitechapel murders attract so much attention in 1888? Firstly, it was a serial murder, not a result of domestic problems, or drunkenness, etc. This gave it a bigger story, that noone was safe walking the streets. The tabloid press could use this idea, bad news sells. They exploited the idea to sell papers, the police were baffled and that left room for the papers to invent rumours, to exaggerated impose their own ideas. The victims, were all prostitutes: Polly Nicholls, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, Mary Kelly and another possible victim Martha Tabram. The gruesome nature of these murders was what mainly made the story. Prostitutes were murdered and abused all the time, however, nobody said anything in the papers, and the police force, even if present with suspects never really took any action. This is one of the hypocritical things that stands out in the public...
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