The serial killer, dubbed Jack the Stripper, was never found, but now a journalist claims he has compelling evidence it was British world champion boxer-turned-actor Freddie Mills, who was a Freemason.
He believes that Mills admitted his guilt to the Scotland Yard detective - and fellow Freemason - in charge of the investigation.
Former Sun crime reporter Michael Litchfield advances his theory in a compelling new book. Below is a preview of The Secret Life Of Freddie Mills.
Litchfield's sensational claim is that Mills admitted his guilt to the detective in charge of the probe before having himself assassinated by the Kray twins to escape justice.
Bournemouth-born Mills had been a suspect in the Metropolitan Police investigation into the so-called Hammersmith Nude Murders, but his guilt was never proved.
Any hope of gaining a confession for the killings appeared to disappear when he was found shot dead by the wheel of his car in an apparent suicide.
