Their throats were cut before abdominal mutilations. In both the criminal case files and contemporary journalistic accounts, the killer was called the Whitechapel Murderer and Leather Apron.Īttacks ascribed to Jack the Ripper typically involved female prostitutes who lived and worked in the slums of the East End of London. This individual, better known as "Jack the Ripper" around the world, was an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished areas of London.
However, did you know there is another set of people who propose a different picture of Carroll altogether - a rather dark and grisly one? They identify him as a character that caused mayhem in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. So much so that, there are Lewis Carroll societies in many parts of the world dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works even today, 124 years after his death. Born in 1832, Carroll's stories have been loved by many generations of readers across the world. Initially known as Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Carroll was also a mathematician, photographer, and inventor.
Lewis Carroll, English writer of children's fiction, is best-known for his classics 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and its sequel 'Through the Looking-Glass'.