Chapters 5-11

So another week has gone and more reading has been done, so far I have read up to chapter 11. So far the book seems interesting especial when the further talks about the victims of Jack the Ripper. From what I can tell from this book is that if you don’t have a keen interest in the Jack the Ripper Murders, then book may not seem that interesting to you.

So I will quickly re-cap you on the chapters I’m up to so far;

Chapter 5
This chapter is about the police force and the role which they played in the 18^th century. This was a very long chapter, which went on about the Government security sector, like who was working under the Home Secretary.

Chapter 6
The death of Mary Ann Nichols another prostitute that Jack the Ripper killed. She was found with bruises and cuts to throat. The alleged Jack the ripper was believed to be someone called “Leather Aproan” from the polices investigation at this time.

Chapter 7
This chapter is about prostitution and the sexual activities and how it affected Britain. The population of Britain which prostitution had effected had become really bad that men started to get disease’s therefore started to have sex with underage prostitutes.

Chapter 8
This is about the economics of Britain and how many people became unemployed leading to a savage protest. It also mentioned one of the suspected whom may have been Jack the Ripper.

Chapter 9
This chapter is about the murder of Annie Chapman a prostitute; who had no money for her lodging, so she went out to earn some on the streets. Annie was spotted talking to a strange man; later on she was found dead.

Chapter 10
The murder of Elizabeth Stride the day which Jack the Ripper killed to victims in one night. This was not as brutal murders as the others, may be because he might have suspected someone was there.

Chapter 11
The second murder of the day was Catherine Eddowes, who had just been released by police do due her being very drunk. She was then later found dead believed to been murdered by Jack the Ripper.

The book to me so far is interesting but there are still some points where the Author still does drag on. The chapter that really did surprise me was the population of prostitutes and how much it affected people back then. I never did think back then there were that many prostitutes and specially a lot being forced abroad.