Jack the stripper

Jack the Stripper was the nickname of a serial killer who became known in the years 1964 to 1965 through the so-called London nude murders or Hammersmith murders .

The choice of his victims was similar to that of his namesake, Jack the Ripper . He killed eight prostitutes whose naked bodies he hid somewhere in London or sunk in the Thames . According to British journalist Anthony Summers , two of the victims - Hannah Tailford and Frances Brown, the second and seventh victims of the stripper - were involved in the Profumo affair . Some of the victims had acted together in porn films and probably all knew each other from parties.

In 1965, the serial killings suddenly stopped . Since the police had too little evidence, the investigation was closed. The stripper's identity was never clarified.

Cultural reception

The thriller "Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square" published by Arthur LeBern in 1969 is loosely based on Jack the Stripper , the book was adapted by Alfred Hitchcock in Frenzy .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cathi Unsworth's Notting Hill blues , metro.co.uk, December 3, 2009. Retrieved August 15, 2014.