George Bernard Shaw. Following is a list of writings by George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) concerning the Whitechapel Murders of 1888. Sources are credited whenever possible. "Blood Money To Whitechapel" (The Star, 24 Sep 1888)

A tall, thin man, with a very pale and very gentle face, read a paper which calmly denounced as robbers some of the men the world is accustomed to regard as the ornaments of society, the patterns of morality, and the pillars of the church. This was Mr. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW.

Less than a year ago the West-end press, headed by the St. James's Gazette, the Times, and the Saturday Review, were literally clamering for the blood of the people--hounding on Sir Charles Warren to thrash and muzzle the scum who dared to complain that they were starving--heaping insult and reckless calumny on those who interceded for the victi...

On September, 24th, 1888, The Star newspaper published George Bernard Shaw's letter, Blood Money To Whitechapel. It also opined on the points in his letter.

On 24th September 1888, George Bernard Shaw wrote a letter to The Star applauding the success of the Murders at exposing the East End social conditions.

The playwright George Bernard Shaw pointed out that the gruesome murders succeeded where social reformers failed by managing to attract widespread attention to the area's conditions [source: Grose]. Perhaps the most obvious legacy of Jack the Ripper is the lasting interest in the case, which has never really waned.

Following the murder of Annie Chapman, the prominent writer George Bernard Shaw felt moved to comment on how the often complacent press became incensed by revelations of how the poor in Whitechapel were living.

May 20, 2008 · Playwright George Bernard Shaw once remarked that Jack the Ripper did more than any social reformer to draw attention to the intolerable conditions of Whitechapel’s slums.

Mar 6, 2020 · George Bernard Shaw was not alone in 1888 in noticing how these grim murders generated an overdue amount of attention in press coverage and public attitudes towards the poor. The victims were at last considered not as sex-obsessed, moral failures but as people already ruined by scandalous social neglect.

Nov 27, 2012 · George Bernard Shaw came up with the intriguing idea that Jack the Ripper may well have been a force for good and his motive was to bring about social reform.