Loud sensations: hairdresser Aaron Kosminsky and is the legendary Jack the Ripper?

Jack the Ripper is a serial killer who committedHis crimes in London in the late XIX century. The villain's nickname became a common name in the world of forensics. Despite the presence of witnesses and physical evidence, the killer was never caught. The case of the maniac remained unsolved for a century. Quite recently, with the help of modern technologies, it was possible to prove that the legendary criminal was Aaron Kosminsky.

Biographical information

Kosminsky was on the case of Jack the Ripper inas a suspect and was released because of insufficient evidence of involvement. Aaron was born September 11, 1865 in Poland (the city of Klodawa). The boy was born in a large Jewish family. At that time, Poland was a part of the Russian Empire. Aaron Kosminsky grew up in a poor provincial town, enveloped in anti-Semitic sentiments. This situation forced the family to immigrate to the UK.

Kosminsky, along with his relatives, settled inLondon area of ​​immigrants - Whitechape. This place is difficult to call safe. In the second half of the XIX century, there was a high level of unemployment and crime. He was distinguished by Whitechapel's poverty and an abundance of women of easy virtue. At the beginning of the series of brutal murders, the twenty-three-year-old Kosminsky Aaron, whose biography is ordinary and uninteresting, worked as a hairdresser.

The Mysterious Assassin

Under the name Jack the Ripper in World Historycame not an established killer, the victims of which were 5 women. The crimes were committed between August 31 and November 9, 1888. Some sources attribute to this maniac another 5-6 murders committed during the years 1888-1891.

All the established victims of Jack the Ripper arewomen of easy virtue. Massive resonance around these murders caused incredible cruelty with which they were committed. At first the murderer strangled the victim or cut her throat. Then I opened the abdominal cavity. In some cases, he extracted organs from the body and placed them next to the corpse. Several times the maniac even took the body parts of the victims with him. The investigators did not manage to come to a common opinion as to whether Jack the Ripper had a medical education. According to some experts familiar with the case materials, the criminal is a professional surgeon or at least a butcher. Other forensicists claimed that the man is in charge, who understands nothing in anatomy.

Kosminsky Aaron is a suspect in a series of horrible murders

The case of Jack the Ripper passed dozensresidents of London. The main suspects were six. Kosminsky was questioned by the police, but he had to be released because of a lack of evidence. During the investigation it was possible to establish that Aaron really lived and worked in the area where the crimes were committed. The investigation also had one witness who allegedly saw the killer, but he refused to testify.

Another indirect proof that AaronKosmino maniac - a strange inscription. From one of the disfigured bodies a bloody trace followed the building's facade, on which it was written: "Jews are not people who can be blamed for anything." This fact was heavily concealed from the public to prevent anti-Semitic sentiments. In this case, Aaron himself was a Jew and did not hide his origin.

The fate of a hairdresser from London

Kosminsky, from which all charges were droppedinvolvement in a series of terrible killings, continued to live and work in London. In 1891, a young man tried to slaughter his own sister. After that, he was sent to a hospital for mentally ill patients for compulsory treatment. The doctors diagnosed schizophrenia. It is believed that the patient heard voices and suffered other forms of hallucinations. In the history of the disease there is a mark, according to which the first signs of the disease manifested itself in 1885.

Theoretically brutal murders could have beenAvoiding by sending a potential criminal on time for treatment. Of course, in the event that the killer is indeed Kosminsky Aaron. The family of the suspect quickly immigrated from London after the events that occurred. The stories of witnesses personally acquainted with Aaron, about his personality are contradictory. Some people claim that he was always hot-tempered and aggressive, others say that no one expected an attempt on his own sister from a quiet person. Kosminsky himself spent his entire life in psychiatric hospitals. He died in one of the medical institutions in 1919.

The Person of Jack the Ripper is uncovered!

Prove that Jack the Ripper is AaronKosminsky, managed very recently, more than a century after the crimes committed. The history of this serial killer continues to excite the public even nowadays. Hundreds of people around the world - professional police and ordinary lovers of detective stories - continue to study all known facts.

One such researcher - Russell Edwards -bought an auction shawl, which, according to legend, was found near one of the corpses. There were several spots on this thing. Russell Edwards tracked down the direct descendants of Aaron Kosminsky and his victim Catherine Eddous, near the body of which was found a shawl. Studies have shown that the blood stains and the alleged killer coincide with the suspect's DNA. This proof can be considered irrefutable.

A Letter from Hell

With the name of Jack the Ripper is connected a lot of secrets andof legends. Many are wondering where the ominous pseudonym of the criminal came from. His murderer chose for himself. On September 25, 1888, the police received a letter, on which the hell was indicated as the return address. An unknown person signed as "Jack the Ripper", not forgetting to mention that the name is fictional. A fragment of the kidney of the last victim was attached to the letter.

Such messages, more often anonymous, the police and the mediareceived at that time constantly. "Letter from Hell" was also officially recognized as a hoax. However, doubting its authenticity is difficult, since the author of the message promised to cut off the next victim's ears. This promise was fulfilled.

Will it be possible to reveal all the secrets of the legendary maniac?

The case of Jack the Ripper carries a lot of riddlesand secrets. It is still unknown how exactly Aaron Kosminsky looked. Photo of the murderer is not preserved, in the archives there are only pictures of his sister and brother. It was not possible to establish the true motives of the criminal. The cruelty with which crimes were committed suggests that Jack the Ripper was killed solely for the sake of enjoying the process.

Could commit all these crimes, acting in thesingle young Kosminsky Aaron? Victims of a maniac are only women of medium build. Physically 23-year-old Aaron could do with them physically. And yet some researchers argue that Kosminsky was only one of the members of an organized criminal group.