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Jan 18, 2025 · One reason I liked the recent "The Trial of Jack the Ripper" was that the mock jury heard arguments against three suspects and chose the one they found most likely. Of course …

Dec 14, 2024 · Jack the Ripper Forums some years ago demonstrated a Times (I think) article from about 1888 in which 'top myself' was clarified to mean "hang oneself". The fact that …

Dec 26, 2024 · No, the letter was not worth a second look (in my opinion) but I also knew from bitter observation that even bad Ripper hoaxes tend to have longevity, so I thought it would be …

Jun 5, 2008 · During Jack's day, IQ mattered little in terms of educational equality but certainly counted if you had to survive on the streets. At the time, little was known about what we call …

Oct 11, 2024 · Yes, this isn't a question of how likely it is that Aaron Kosminski is Jack the Ripper; the question is how likely Kosminski is Jack the Ripper IF he killed Stride. It's a conditional …

Oct 23, 2023 · That said, I don't think Buckley was the Ripper. He was horribly violent with a domestic partner and violently resisted arrest, but it doesn't feel like the right kind of violence …

Jan 21, 2025 · Hi all Of all the many assumptions that have been made about the Ripper over the many years that have passed since the autumn of 1888; there is one aspect in particular that I …

Mar 3, 2010 · Yep, most of the descriptions have the Ripper as youngish but mature, age 30-40. Of course, a moustache and such can age a young man, so 23 year old Chapman might …

Oct 24, 2008 · The fact that the killer mutilated his victims post-mortem, killed his victims where he found them (more or less), left the bodies in the open and killed in such a small area within …