When people talk about serial killers, there are a few notorious ones that come to mind. Although there is a long list of serial killers, they were once rare, but reports on them date back to the fifteenth century (Methvin). They would soon become more common in everyday life. The oldest notorious serial killer is known as Jack the Ripper. Jack the Ripper became the mysterious serial killer in Whitechapel, London (Methvin). Everyone was curious, and they wanted to know more about the killer with the hidden identity. Although police looked everywhere, they never discovered Jack the Ripper’s identity, but many books were written about him and what he might look like (Methvin). Jack the Ripper became a huge sensation that never died out. More