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Mary Ann Nichols was found in Buck's Row, Whitechapel, at 3:40 in the morning on
1888 Event

August 31

Jack the Ripper's First Victim: Mary Ann Nichols Murdered in Whitechapel

Mary Ann Nichols was found in Buck's Row, Whitechapel, at 3:40 in the morning on August 31, 1888. A carter spotted the body. Police arrived and noted the throat had been cut, twice. The full extent of the mutilations wasn't apparent until the mortuary. She was the first. There would be four more attributed to the same killer, possibly more. The case was never solved. The name Jack the Ripper appeared in a letter that may have been a hoax. The Nichols murder made it a case.

August 31, 1888

138 years ago

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