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Why were the police unable to catch Jack the Ripper? In the following essay I will attempt to portray an alternative answer to the above question. If the Whitechapel Murders table (above) is observed it can be seen that the Ripper murders followed a curious pattern of occurrence: 7th August 31st August 8th September 30th September 30th September 9th November These dates could be interpreted so as think that the murders occurred on every 7/8th of the month and every 30th/31st of the month. Interestingly these dates also coincide with the phases of the moon which existed in 1888, the first and last murders, Tabram and Kelly, were both committed on the exact full and half moon phases of their month. The