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Hugo Strange was the head of Arkham Asylum and Gotham City's foremost expert on psychology.

Hugo Strange was the head of Arkham Asylum, where the criminally insane were sent for treatment. He theorized that insane people could be treated with a surgery to the brain. He was also considered the city's foremost expert on psychology and was also skilled in medical science, with the Gotham City Police Department regularly taking his help.

During the funeral of Sister Leslie, who had been killed by Jack the Ripper, he approached Bruce Wayne and told him to send the Batman to meet him at Arkham, since he could tell him who the murderer was. Despite Wayne trying to insist he didn't know him, Hugo smugly walked away.

Later when a shadowy figure arrived before the scheduled time in his office, Strange assumed it was Batman. To his surprise, he discovered that it was Jack himself and stated he couldn't murder him since he had explicitly said in his letter that he will kill prostitutes and their supporters. Strange's theory however soon proved wrong as Jack tossed him into a pit containing the violent mental patients, who beat him to death.


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