Who Was Jack The Ripper?
7. Walter Sickert
Born in Munich in 1860, Walter Sickert moved to London with his family in 1869. He has long been one of the leading contenders for being Jack the Ripper, although he was never charged for the murder before his death in 1942. There are various factors that point to him being the killer. Walter was a painter, and his specialty was painting prostitutes.
Many experts claim that Sickert left behind clues in his paintings, and that the clues he left could not have been known by anybody but Jack the Ripper himself. It is also believed the Sickert was impotent, and this fact would fit with the profile of somebody that would carry out such brutal attacks against women.
