Was This the Ripper’s Comeback? The 1889 Whitechapel Murder

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Was This the Ripper’s Comeback? The 1889 Whitechapel Murder
News of the Times | Episode 508 | 1889
Welcome to News of the Times — where sinister shadows of history refuse to stay buried.
In this chilling episode, we return to the gaslit alleys of Victorian London. It’s July 1889, and another woman is found brutally slain in Castle Alley — her throat cut, her body mutilated. The location? Just streets away from Jack the Ripper’s infamous killing grounds.
Was this the return of the Ripper himself?
Or a cunning copycat exploiting London’s darkest fears?
Meet Alice McKenzie — a hard-working washerwoman, not the typical “unfortunate” cast by the press. Her quiet life and sudden, savage death stoked panic among police and public alike. With suspects ranging from madmen to maritime butchers, and a new letter ominously signed “Jack the Ripper”, the streets of Whitechapel descended once more into dread.
Was the killer interrupted mid-mutilation?
Did a foreign cattle-boat butcher slip back into the fog?
And what chilling "further particulars" did The Pall Mall Gazette reveal about Whitechapel’s women?
Featuring the tragic letter of Annie Chapman’s sister — this episode pieces together the forgotten horror of the Ripper’s suspected return.
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