This is the most obscure, complex, and intriguing crime in history. Is there anyone who is not shocked but also fascinated by the story of Jack the Ripper? Thousands of newspaper articles, television programs, books and movies have been talking about him for over a century. Now in 2014, well after 126 years, it seems that the biggest mystery of English history has been resolved.

The modern investigation techniques allowed the isolation of DNA of one of the suspects on the old shawl of one of the serial killer’s victims. The prostitute Catherine Eddowes was murdered on 30 September 1888 in Whitechapel. It seems that Jack the Ripper has finally a face and a name: Aaron Kominski. He was a twenty-three years old barber of humble origins. For the investigators, the young man had strong homicidal tendencies and a great hatred of women, but they could not incriminate Kominski, who died unpunished in a mental hospital in 1899 due to an illness.

Actually, there are those who continue to argue that the identity of the sadistic murderer is still a mystery due to the fact that over a century later such evidence cannot be considered fully reliable. What is certain is that around the sinister figure of Jack the Ripper various people have proposed numerous hypotheses. Even the names of Duke Albert Victor, grandson of Queen Victoria, and that of the personal doctor of the sovereign, Sir William Gull, were singled out.

Even if you are not convinced of the solution of the case and you would like to find out more you can take on the role of a detective on a number of tours for further investigation. You will relive the dark and decadent charm of Victorian London in the heart of White chapel, a neighborhood that has always represented the working-class soul of the City.