UK UK - Jack the Ripper, London 1888, East End, in and around Whitechapel District UNSOLVED

[STANDREID]

Like I said, I'm doubtful but this theory is more intriguing to me than anything else that's come along in the last few decades.

Probably since Fido's Kosminski/Cohen theory.

 

[wfgodot]

H.W. Mudgett/"H.H. Holmes" via philly.com:

Was Phila. killer Jack the Ripper?

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reason.com:

A Century Later, People Still Want to Unmask Jack the Ripper
Pair of documentaries give their best efforts

 

[mrsward]

I recently took my daughter on a London day trip ,we decided to attend one of the many Jack the Ripper tours , I was slightly sceptical but so glad I went , the guide was a fantastic guy who really knew his stuff, and not because he was getting paid to know his stuff , he had studied the ripper for years and got highly offended when people in the group didn't take the tour serious,

If any of you ever visit London, please consider joining the tour, it was actually very interesting , I feel a little more insightful now .
Though was extremely eary to be in the dark standing where these women had been found murdered..but to stand outside the bar where these women would spend the start of there nights was just fascinating .

 

[STANDREID]

I recently took my daughter on a London day trip ,we decided to attend one of the many Jack the Ripper tours , I was slightly sceptical but so glad I went , the guide was a fantastic guy who really knew his stuff, and not because he was getting paid to know his stuff , he had studied the ripper for years and got highly offended when people in the group didn't take the tour serious,

If any of you ever visit London, please consider joining the tour, it was actually very interesting , I feel a little more insightful now .
Though was extremely eary to be in the dark standing where these women had been found murdered..but to stand outside the bar where these women would spend the start of there nights was just fascinating .

Do you remember the guide's name? There are several famous ones.

 

[mrsward]

Do you remember the guide's name? There are several famous ones.

John ! , it was the tour with the "ripper vision"he even dressed for the occasion.

It's really not the sort of thing I'd usually encourage as there is so many of them about and you don't know if your getting half truths but he really was fantastic , I'd go again.

 

[STANDREID]

John Pope-de-Locksley? He is one of the 3 or 4 more famous ones.

 

[STANDREID]

I believe there is only one site left that is still like it was on the night of the murder and that's the death scene of non-canonical victim Frances Coles.

 

[mrsward]

No idea what his surname was

And yes you are correct ! So he used the projector on the new buildings where the murders would have taken place ,

 

[wfgodot]

I believe the author Martin Fido served for years as a Ripper guide. He's a good read.

 

[wfgodot]

Mirror:

Cereal Killer cafe protesters to target Jack the Ripper
museum as it 'glorifies sexual violence against women'

 

[STANDREID]

Mirror:

Cereal Killer cafe protesters to target Jack the Ripper
museum as it 'glorifies sexual violence against women'

I remember when this place was opening. Most Ripperologists actually have a lot of sympathy and even love for these victims so it's the exact opposite of glorifying violence against women. No surprise that some old busybodies would get their panties in a twist though.

 

[wfgodot]

Lengthy.

Telegraph:

Jack the Ripper: has Bruce Robinson solved the world's most famous crime?

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Michael Maybrick was a hugely popular singer and composer in the Victorian era, who is virtually forgotten today – for reasons that Robinson believes are no accident. He was particularly well known for his sentimental seafaring songs, written under the pen name Stephen Adams, among them Nancy Lee, the sheet music of which sold more than 100,000 copies in two years, and – ironically – They All Love Jack, which was written in 1887, the year before the Ripper killings began.
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[wfgodot]

Mail's take on the above:

Jack The Ripper was a singer songwriter who was protected
by the Freemasons, claims Withnail and I author in new book

Requires one to believe in veracity of Ripper letters. 'Juwes' appear writ large again as well.

Because, Freemasons. Obviously *cough.

 

[wfgodot]

And Mirror also:

Withnail and I writer 'identifies' Jack the Ripper after 15-year crusade to solve mystery

Guardian review:

They All Love Jack: Busting the Ripper by Bruce Robinson – a huge establishment cover-up

....plus Independent feature:

Bruce Robinson: Creator of Withnail and I on his new book about Jack the Ripper

and Express too:

Jack the Ripper identity revealed? Killer was Victorian MUSICIAN 'protected by Freemasons'

 

[STANDREID]

I don't see this as very likely. Apparently this guy was somewhat famous so wouldn't he have been recognized and remembered if out, on multiple occasions, prowling the East End?

 

[wfgodot]

Guardian review above well worth reading (as are the others really; Robinson is an interesting figure). The review ends thusly:

If he’s right, it’s the biggest cover-up in British history. If he’s wrong – well, it’s still a bloody good read.

Ask Santa; sounds worth a spot on your Christmas want-list!

 

[wfgodot]

debrief.uk.com:

Murder, screaming, and autopsies: Inside the Jack the Ripper Museum

 

[wfgodot]

L-o-n-g British GQ piece on Robinson book:

How one man revealed Jack the Ripper's identity: the full story

 

[wfgodot]

OK, succumbed to temptation, book pre-ordered; will report in.

 

[wfgodot]

OK, succumbed to temptation, book pre-ordered; will report in.

First sentence:

Reactionary nostalgia for the proprieties of Victorian England is unfortunate, like a *advertiser censored* looking under the bed for her virginity.