Who Was Jack The Ripper?
5. Mary Pearcey
The very name “Jack the Ripper” suggests that the killer was a man, and this is widely thought to be the case. We can’t really be sure either way, however, and it has been proposed that Jack the Ripper might actually have been Jill the Ripper. Some have even gone as far as suggesting a name: Mary Pearcey.
Mary was a midwife, so she would have had some anatomical knowledge and access to her victims. In 1890, Mary was hanged for the murder of Phoebe Hogg and her 18-month-old baby. She even carried out the deed in a manner similar to how the Ripper dispatched their victims.
