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The History of Mystery
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As long as there has been crime, there has been mystery
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.The very first mystery was published in 1841 by Edgar Allan Poe. The title of his book
was The Murders in the Rue Morgue. He inspired many others to write mysteries,
including the famous Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote about Sherlock Holmes.
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In 1903, the first mystery movie was made based on a train robbery, called The Great
Train Robbery.
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The 1920's brought books including Agatha Christie's novels and The Hardy Boys.
Three years later, Nancy Drew embarked on her numerous mystery adventures .
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Comic books were soon showcasing Batman and Robin.
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In the 1950's, more people became exposed to mystery and detective stories when they
aired as television shows. Hitchcock, Perry Mason and Dragnet, were among the first.
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The first interactive mystery series called Unsolved Mysteries, provides viewers with
scenarios about true life cases. People are encouraged to help by giving authorities any
information they have about the mysteries.
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The only type of book that was more popular than the mystery was romance.
Mysterious Words
 alibi
detective
sleuth
 Breakthrough
purloin
suspect
 clue
hunch
red herring
victim
 crime
motive witness
deduce
 Who am I?
 serial killer
 killed a number of prostitutes in the East End of
London
 1888.
 Nicknamed ‘the ripper’
The Victims:
 It is unclear just how many women the Ripper killed.
 The public, press, and even many junior police officers
believed that the Ripper was responsible for nine slayings.
 All five of these listed plus Tabram were prostitutes and
were killed between early August and early November 1888.
All but Tabram and Kelly were killed outdoors and there is
no evidence to suggest that any of them knew each other.
They varied in both age and appearance. Most were drunk
or thought to be drunk at the time they were killed.
M.O.- modus operandi
 The Whitechapel murderer and his victim stood facing each
other. The Ripper seized the women by their throats and
strangled them until they were unconscious if not dead.
 Ripper then lowered his victims to the ground, their heads
to his left. No bruising on the back of the heads shows that
he lowered the bodies to the ground rather than throwing or
letting them fall.
 He cut the throats when the women were on the ground. Splatter
stains show that the blood pooled beside or under the neck and
head of the victim rather than the front which is where the blood
would flow if they had been standing up.
 In one case blood was found on the fence some 14 inches or so
from the ground and opposite the neck wound and this shows that
the blood spurted from the body while in the prone position on
the ground. This method also prevented the killer from being
unduly blood stained.
 The Ripper then made his other mutilations, still from the victim's
right side, or possibly while straddling over the body at or near the
feet.
 Usually he took a piece of the victim's viscera. The taking of a
"trophy" is a common practice by modern sexual serial killers.
 In the opinion of most of the surgeons who examined the bodies,
most believed that the killer had to have some degree of
anatomical knowledge to do what he did. In one case he removed
a kidney from the front rather than from the side, and did not
damage any of the surrounding organs while doing so.
 Given the time circumstances of the crimes (outside, often in near
total darkness, keeping one eye out for the approach of others,
and under extremely tight time constraints), the Ripper almost
certainly would have had some experience in using his knife.
 The Whitechapel Murders and those of Jack the Ripper are not the
same. Over a period of three years towards the end of the nineteenth
century a number of prostitutes were murdered- the murder of
prostitutes was not a unique occurrence but several of the murders
drew particular attention on account of the savagery with which the
victim’s bodies were mutilated. Within the Whitechapel Murders
there was a group that demonstrated sufficient similarities to suggest
that they were committed by the same person- ‘Jack the Ripper’.
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Jack the Ripper was never apprehended nor convincingly identified.
 The Ripper murders were conducted against a backdrop of appalling
deprivation and unimaginable poverty among the poor of East
London.
Michael Ostrog, a
Russian doctor, and
convict, who was
held in a lunatic
asylum as a
homicidal maniac.
Hiis whereabouts at
the time of the
murders could never
be discovered.
A Mr. Druitt, was
a doctor in a good
family, who
disappeared at the
time of the
Miller's Court
murder, & whose
body was found in
the Thames on
31st December.
In 1992 Michael
Barrett, from
Liverpool, found a
diary reputedly
written by James
Maybrick who died
in 1889. In this
diary, Maybrick
confessed to being
Jack the Ripper.
A well known
theory is that
Prince Edward
was the Ripper
because he liked
to slum it in the
East End and he
had the influence
to cover up
murders
Investigate:
 Using the following website, deduce
whether Mary Jane Kelly was another victim
of 'Jack the Ripper'?
 Refer to other websites to support your view
http://www.karyom.com/WhitechapelMJKELLY.htm
Anatomy of a Mystery
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Create characters with good physical descriptions for a good mental picture. The main character is
the one that will determine which way the plot turns. The main character(s) should get to the bottom
of the mystery. The main character may make a mistake and get tangled into the plot. Other
characters such as a perpetrator, a victim, a detective, and/or an assistant are important to the
success of the story. They should be believable characters and each of their roles should be carefully
planned out.
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Provide a vivid description of the surroundings in your story. Make the readers feel as if they can
close their eyes and picture just where the scene is taking place. Create interest and excitement by
providing unusual settings for the events of the story. The setting should have a suspicious feel to it,
like a dark character is lurking around the corner.
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Begin your mystery with action and suspense. Something exciting should occur. You need to create a
plot or a storyline telling what the mystery is about right away.
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Every mystery has a problem to solve, like who committed a crime or where something is
hidden. The fun part is leaving clues for the reader so he or she can put the pieces of the story
together like a puzzle. You can be tricky and put "red herrings" into your plots that will put a little
more mystery into your story by throwing the readers off track. This forces them to sift through the
clues and decide which ones pertain to the solution of the problem and which do not. It also makes it
more interesting if more than one person is the suspect.
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The solution should be believable. In order for the story to work, all of the clues have to be included
in the story. You cannot have unknown surprises that no one would know about.
Old Melbourne Gaol
 Infamous criminals hanged in this institution include
Francis Knorr, a notorious baby serial killer dubbed as
the "baby farmer" who was executed in the 19th
century and Elizabeth Scott, who was the first female
criminal ever to be executed in Melbourne. With a total
of more than a 130 hangings, visitors passing through
its ghostly corridors can't help but feel an eerie
sensation.
Mystery Writing
 Are you inspired?
 Yes- Start planning a short mystery story based on your
Jack the Ripper’s everyday life and how he covered his
trail
 Nearly- Further investigate the setting for the Jack the
Ripper murders or) http://listverse.com/bizarre/top10-unsolved-mysteries/
 http://www.revver.com/video/433773/gummi-beardeath-attack-of-the-50ft-woman/
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Inspiration for mystery Writing
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Images
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True crime stories: according to former FBI profiler John Douglas, many serial killers are motivated
by a "desire to create and sustain their own mythology." One of the most complicated cases along
those lines, in which the geography of a series of murders seemed to play a part, was that of the
Zodiac killer…
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Quotes: "It was an urge. ... A strong urge, and the longer I let it go the stronger it got, to where I was
taking risks to go out and kill people risks that normally, according to my little rules of operation, I
wouldn't take because they could lead to arrest." —Edmund Kemper.
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Websites; Angels of Death -- The Doctor sDr. Katherine Ramsland explores cases of doctors who kill
and why they do it including a new case file on Dr. Robert Bierenbaum
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Unsolved mysteries