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EPISODE · Nov 24, 2025 · 57 MIN

Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes & Mary Jane Kelly - More than Victims of Jack the Ripper

from Matilda’s Top Women In History

Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly were all women who had fallen on hard times. Victims of the poverty and violence endemic in London’s East End, they were all vulnerable to the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. However before they died, they all lived eventful lives and had people who loved them and greatly mourned their deaths.Sources/Further Reading:Rubenhold, Hallie: The Five - the Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the RipperCornwall, Patricia: Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case ClosedCasebook: Jack the Ripper https://www.casebook.org/intro.htmlWikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_StrideWikipedia; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_EddowesWikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jane_KellyJack The Ripper. Org https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/victims-of-jack-the-ripper.htm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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