Where were Jack the Ripper’s victims from?

All five victims lived in the area of Whitechapel when they were murdered, but they came from different areas. Polly was born on Fleet Street, near St Bride’s Church in central London. Annie Chapman was born in Paddington, also in London. Elizabeth Stride grew up in a Swedish village named Torslanda, just to the west of Gothenburg. Catherine Eddowes was born in Wolverhampton in the English Midlands. Mary Jane Kelly’s background is more uncertain – she may well have been from Limerick in Ireland.

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