The still-unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper killed his first known victim on this day in history, Aug. 31, 1888. On this day, a woman named Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols, 43, was found murdered in ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. The legendary mystery of Jack the Ripper’s true identity, an enigma that has endured for over a century, may come to an end thanks to the re-emergence ...

Serial killers tantalize, terrify and even entertain the public. Since at least the 1970s they have been frequent, diabolical actors on center stage in the news and entertainment media. Massive and ...

The notorious serial killer known as Jack the Ripper may finally have been identified more than 130 years after he terrorized Victorian era England. The story of Jack the Ripper has transfixed ...

In the autumn of 1888, a monster stalked the streets of London’s East End. The slashed and mutilated bodies of the killer’s victims struck terror into the city ...

On this day, Aug. 31, in 1888, London serial killer Jack the Ripper claimed his first victim. Prostitute Mary Ann Nichols was found murdered and mutilated in the teeming slum of Whitechapel. Her ...

A descendant of one of Jack the Ripper's victims has demanded a new inquest into one of history's most notorious serial killers, after DNA evidence suggested the murderer was a Polish barber. The true ...

One of a series of images from the Illustrated London News for Oct. 13, 1888, carrying the overall caption, "With the Vigilance Committee in the East End." This image is entitled "A Suspicious ...