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LJRGUserName OP t1_ix5b8c3 wrote

Reply to comment by cannotfoolowls in Completely hooked by the writing style and research into "the Five" by Hallie Rubenhold. "There are two version of the events of 1887. One is very well known, the other is not." The five are the victims of Jack the Ripper and had always been labelled prostitutes, but they were not. by LJRGUserName

No. 4 of them were sleeping on the street because lodging houses charged money.

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LiliWenFach t1_ix5vn8i wrote

  1. Only Marie Jeanette was found in her bed. The others all died outside. Liz was in a covered alleyway, but it was still in the street. Kate, Polly and Annie were all trying to sleep outdoors.
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