Rippermania

Regardless of whether the Ripper’s true identity is ever discovered, his legacy has lasted to the present day, acting as a symbol for the social ills of any modern society. At the time, his crimes shocked the Western world, which had never seen or had to comprehend such gruesome crimes with no obvious motive. In this way he is generally regarded as the first serial killer in the modern sense. It was the rarity of his grotesque crimes and the various reactions to them that have added to the Ripper’s infamy, and the fact that this mystery has remained unsolved, has created a legend around the name "Jack the Ripper".