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”What was the catalyst for the murders? What momentous event or
series of events could have turned someone into a brutal, serial killer –
carrying out horrific murders, almost beyond comprehension.” (Excerpt from Jack
the Ripper: The hand of a woman).
”What made you come to the conclusion that Jack must have been a woman?” I ask as the waitress arrives to take our orders. A
smirk appears in the outer corner of his lips, I understand that this is a
topic he loves to discuss. ”You see, there are
numerous clues scattered throughout the crimes which, taken individually, may
mean little but when grouped together a strong case for a woman murderer begins
to emerge” he said. ”Firstly... none of
the five murdered prostitutes were sexually assaulted”. Morris explains all
the evidence to me and points out the one significant fact that the wombs were
removed on three of the victims and Lizzie Williams was unable to have
children. ”There's absolutely no doubt the Ripper was a woman. But, because
everyone believes that the murderer was a man, all the evidence that points to
a woman has been ignored.”
As the waitress arrives with our coffee I ask him ”What drives a
person to commit such gruesome murders?” Morris takes a sip of his coffee
and answers without any haste. He explains that murderers often act on personal
gain and revenge but most people do have a limit to how far they can go when it
comes to hurting another person. There's a missing spare in the mentality of killers and that's why they can accomplish these horrible quests.
”But I also think there's more to it, there certainly
must be” Morris says.
“If you are treated a certain way for a long time something breaks inside
you - if you never learn what's right you will end up doing wrong. Also, you
might want to take out revenge on life. Combined with the lack of a mental
spare... well, we've seen how that can turn out.”
I sip on my coffee, it tastes quite well and warms me from the inside
out. I'm sitting silent as I listen to Morris telling the story about how
Lizzie Williams became Jack the Ripper...
In the 19th century women were expected to marry and have
children. Once married she became a chattel of the man and while he enjoyed
himself with prostitutes and drinks each and every day, she was supposed to be
at home with the children. But Lizzie appeared to be different. She was unable
to bare children and therefor of no use to her husband. She was trapped in her
marriage with John and as she had recently lost her family fortune also dependent
upon him, without him she would be nothing – John knew it and he took
advantage of it. All Lizzie ever wanted was to be loved and have a child. Once
she realized none of it would ever happen, it made her slightly lose her mind.
I guess her subconscious somehow told her; ”you can do whatever you want because
no matter what you do, no matter whether it's right or wrong - you will never be
happy, no one will ever treat you right”.
”I can most certainly say that the circumstances
created the monster that Lizzie became” says Morris. ”Not only was she verbally and
physically abused by her husband, he also had a relationship with the last victim,
Mary Jane Kelly, behind Lizzie's back. That's probably why the murders ended
after Mary Kelly”.
Married women were not able to obtain a divorce even
though their husbands had been unfaithful, so if Lizzie wanted John's attention
she had to find another way.
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