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1889: A fanciful engraving showing 'Jack The Ripper', the east end Murderer of prostitutes in the nineteenth century, being caught red-handed, grasping one of his victims by the hair and holding a knife. The caption reads : 'The Whitechapel murder, The cry is Jack The Ripper !!'. Illustrated Police News - pub. 1889 Vict 0371 21 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)