They’re among the most famous unsolved murders in history, and
the mystery continues to deepen. Suspects for the shadowy figure
who came to be known as Jack The Ripper have ranged from an
itinerant Polish labourer to the eminent Victorian doctor Sir
William Gull, and even the painter Walter Sickert. But another
theory has emerged – that is the chilling suspicion the person
who carried out the 1888 murders was actually a woman. Author
John Morris puts forward his suspicions in the book Jack The
Ripper: The Hand Of A Woman. As a result of extensive research
by Morris (and his late father, who was equally fascinated by
the riddle) he believes the only satisfactory conclusion is that
Jack was, in reality, a woman. Scroll down for a gallery of
evidence and sketches made from scenes of the murders In a well-
argued case, Morris names the key suspect as Lizzie Williams,
wife of Royal gynaecologist Sir John Williams - later considered
a suspect himself. Trapped in an unhappy and childless marriage,
Lizzie’s only route