Paranormal Investigator Magazine Issue I | Page 37

The Autumn of Terror if their souls still remain forever embedded in the East End of London, trapped by their brutal deaths. More recently it has been suggested that one of Jack the Ripper’s first victims could have been Martha Tabram, killed on the 7th of August 1888. I am not going to go into the details of each crime but suffice to say her murder was remarkably similar to the others, but with elements of a fledging kill. Very little is written about whether her spirit still remains at George Yard Buildings, it has only been recently that Martha has been added to Jack’s victims list. The first documented kill of Jack the Ripper was Mary Ann Nicholls, who was murdered on the 31st of August 1888. Mary’s body was found in Bucks Row at 3:40 to 3:45 am by Charles Cross and Robert Paul, they saw her body, and rushed to tend to her, they were certain she was still alive, but barely and rushed off to seek help. In the meantime PC John Neil 97J stumbled upon Mary. He summoned help and waited for the doctor to arrive. Dr. Llewellyn arrived, and pronounced her dead, but only by a few minutes. From this we can derive that even though many Ripperologists suggest the women were dead when the mutilations took place, in this case poor Mary was not. It has been reported in the area of where Bucks Row once stood that the tormented screams of Mary can still be heard, and a spectral headless figure been seen, slumped on the ground.  Psychics have also reported an eerie atmosphere and feelings of being shaken and disturbed. Bucks Row seems to have trapped the misery of the murder and the sinister persona of Jack the Ripper. The second murder occurred just over a week later on the 8th of September and the victim was Annie Chapman. Her body was discovered just before 6 am at 29 Hanbury Street by John Davis, again on his way to work. Unlike Mary, Annie was dead due to the horrific mutilations she suffered and the vast slash to her throat, which — 33 —