Jack the Ripper was the most famous serial killer of the Victorian era. Because he was never caught, Scotland Yard came under public scrutiny, and someone wanted to invite the then-famous detective novelist Arthur Conan Doyle to help solve the case.
Of course, that could never have happened, but Conan Doyle did use Sherlock Holmes's style of deduction to speculate about Jack the Ripper's identity. In truth, many people wanted to see Jack and Holmes face off in London, much like Hollywood filmed a movie plot about catching Zodiac—though the detective used not deduction, but very Hollywood-style car chases and gunfights.
But Sherlock Holmes was only a fictional character, while "Jack" was a real demon hiding in the fog. As London's mayoral election approached, panic gripped the streets. To prevent another incident of witch persecution—such as someone accusing "wizards of sacrificing human organs"—the Ministry of Magic's Department for Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures hunted down a vampire that frequently attacked women.
A butterfly's wings could stir up a storm, and danger had to be contained while it was still in the bud. In short, the Ministry of Magic handed over a "murderer," and the matter ended there.
Rule through terror was highly effective. Even mothers knew that if a child kept crying, all they had to do was frighten them with the names of monsters, and the child would soon stop.
A symbol of fear could not win popular support like fame, fortune, fairness, or justice, but it could keep ambitious subjects silent.
Everyone knew how mad a jealous woman could become.
But jealous men were not much better.
Beneath silence, there might be raging waves. That state was indeed very dangerous.
But having a government was better than having no government at all.
If you lived long enough