ASHEBORO --In the fall of 1888, the East End of London was terrorized by a string of brutal murders. The murders were attributed to “Jack the Ripper,” a serial killer who was never identified.
Join UNC-Greensboro history professor Dr. Jill C. Bender to explore “‘Jack the Ripper’ and Late-Victorian Crime,” 6:30 p.m. Thursday, October 17, at the Asheboro Public Library.
Jack’s victims were all impoverished women who lived on the margins of accepted society. The murders occurred at night, and there were no witnesses, no clues and no perceivable motive.
The police were at a loss and the murderer never caught.
Bender will place the crimes and the proposed suspects into historical context and consider what the unsolved case of “Jack the Ripper” tells us about late-Victorian society.
Bender is an associate professor of History at UNCG, and author of the book The 1857 Indian Uprising and the British Empire, among numerous article and book chapters. She is currently working on a second book project in which she examines the famine era migration of women from Ireland’s workhouses to colonies in Australia, Canada and southern Africa.
The library is located at 201 Worth Street. For further information, call 336-318-6803.
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