A presentation on The Victorian Era and Jack the Ripper

1. TRAVELLING BACK IN TIME
THE VICTORIAN ERA AND AN
UNSOLVED MISTERY

2. The Victorian era takes its
name from Queen Victoria.

3. Queen Victoria
was queen of
the United
Kingdom of
Great Britain
and Ireland
from 1837 to
1901.

4. A time when Britain was the most
powerful nation in the world.

5. A time of change

6. The population in Britain more than doubled from 16
million to 37 million in this period

7. Factories and
machines
were built to
meet all these
people’s
demands for
food, clothes,
housing…
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

8. Railways meant people and goods
could travel easily around the
country for the first time in History.

9. During the
19th century,
London was
transformed
into the
world's largest
city and capital
of the British
Empire.

10. While the city
grew wealthy,
London was also
a city of poverty,
where millions
lived in
overcrowded and
unsanitary
slums.

11. LONDON SLUMS
The most notorious slum areas were situated in East
London, which was often called “darkest London”

12. Whitechapel and
Spitalfields were
two famous
slums in East
London

13. Slums became
known for
overcrowding,
unsanitary
and squalid
living
conditions.

14. The population
fought a daily battle
against poverty and
starvation.

15. Dead animals littered the streets.
Excrement and rubbish often
blocked the drains.

16. Diseases such as diphtheria,
cholera and measles flourished.

17. Crime was
one of the
main
concerns in
slums

18. In the late 1880s
several women
were killed by
the anonymous
serial killer,
called Jack the
Ripper, in
Whitechapel

20. The murders had a huge
impact in society due to
the extreme cruelty with
which they were
committed

21. Within just a few short weeks, the Ripper slashed and
mutilated 5 prostitutes in London’s East End

22. THE VICTIMS
Elizabeth Stride
Mary Kelly
Mary Ann Nichols
Annie Chapman
Catherine
Eddowes

23. All his victims
were prostitutes
who lived a
deeply
impoverished
existence in the
slums of
Victorian
Whitechapel.

24. Police conducted
house-to-house
inquiries
throughout
Whitechapel.
Forensic
material was
collected and
examined.

25. SOME OF THE MANY SUSPECTS
Suspects were identified, traced, and either examined
more closely or eliminated from the inquiry.

26. But… Who was Jack the Ripper?

27. His
identity
has never
been
established

28. And the mistery remains unsolved