The Jack the Ripper Case - SOLVED (apparently)

[Paddingtonwolf]

Sutcliffe was absolutely insane by the McNaghten rules. Only a tabloid campaign that no jury could avoid got him convicted. The red tops couldn't stomach not guilty by reason of insanity so went out of their way to try and influence the outcome even though the final result was always going to be Broadmoor.

 

[lemonjelly]

Patricia Cornwell publishes a follow up to her case closed book:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jack-the-ripper-patricia-cornwell-proves-walter-sickert-was-the-killer-in-second-book_uk_58ac2d07e4b0a855d1d97c0c

As an aside, it is £25 new, or under £4 on kindle.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Patricia Cornwell publishes a follow up to her case closed book:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jack-the-ripper-patricia-cornwell-proves-walter-sickert-was-the-killer-in-second-book_uk_58ac2d07e4b0a855d1d97c0c

As an aside, it is £25 new, or under £4 on kindle.

Thanks for that LJ. Purchased it on my kindle.

 

[lemonjelly]

Thanks for that LJ. Purchased it on my kindle.

Be interested to know what you think about it Frank.
I have her 1st book (case closed - it really isn't). I find a lot of her claims to be spurious, and over-stated. I wonder the extent to which she has learned from her previous book.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Be interested to know what you think about it Frank.
I have her 1st book (case closed - it really isn't). I find a lot of her claims to be spurious, and over-stated. I wonder the extent to which she has learned from her previous book.

Looking forward to reading it, these World War One books getting in the way though...

I hope she has more substantive evidence to put forward than in her first book.

 

[lemonjelly]

As I understand, she doesn't...
Rumour is she does have some previously unseen photo's though.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

As I understand, she doesn't...
Rumour is she does have some previously unseen photo's though.

A lot will depend on what the photographs show. A photo of Tumblety holding a blood splattered knife would be useful...

 

[Lupo]

Was reading a newspaper article about this yesterday. The art world are furious with her claims about Sickaert and she claims to hold information which she dare not make public for fear of reprisals.

There are some paintings by Sickaert shows which are eerily similar to the mortuary pictures but then they were in the public domain anyway

 

[lemonjelly]

There was a big backlash after her last book too.
The art world believe she destroyed a sickert painting to prove her theory (she didn't, but does own some paintings and one was damaged by a removals company).
What does appear to be interesting is she has some strong circumstantial evidence linking sickert to a couple of the ripper letters. She also appears to have evidence of sickerts so called love child (joseph gorman) who til now has been dismissed as an attention seeker. If tru, she's certainly opened up some new avenues, and has some good evidence.

 

[Lupo]

There were some Sickert letters which carried doodlings very similar to doodles on the Ripper letters. It did also mention the love child telling tales of things his father told him about the Ripper which weren't in the public domain

 

[FrankMunro-371]

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/...=social&utm_campaign=fbpdjackripperidentified

Thoughts.

Has Jack been identified?

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I doubt it. The whole Maybrick diary story stinks of fake. Perhaps they have a new edition to promote.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

I doubt it. The whole Maybrick diary story stinks of fake. Perhaps they have a new edition to promote.

Agreed, but Maybrick is a name that just won't go away. Personally I don't think he was Jack, but we will probably never know the identity of the murderer.

 

[lemonjelly]

I've got that book. It's a good book, however it doesn't (really) claim to solve who did the murders. What it does do however, is make a very good case that the diary is not a recent forgery.

Tom Wescotts Ripper Confidential was also read not so long ago. Phenomenal book. For people who have a general understanding of the case, and don't want to read re-hashes of the same old stuff, or have to read skewed stuff to fit in a particular theory, you can't go wrong with both of Toms books. Both Ripper Confidential, and The Bank Holiday Murders look at much wider issues around the whitechapel murders. They're refreshing reads, and add huge volumes of context.

 

[Lupo]

Thanks for the recommendations, never tire of reading Ripper books. Having read the Maybrick diary books a few years back, they certainly make tasty food for thought and offer a lot more substance than some 'candidates'.

He even looks the part!

 

[lemonjelly]

What've you read/got mate? I may be able to make a few suggestions of decent books. I have more ripper books than a sane person should have...

 

[Lupo]

Haha I've got a few too! Not at home to look at the moment but there was one about a Welsh doctor called Williams who sometimes went to London on business, the links in that one were tenuous to say the least, some general ones about the case in general rather than one specific suspect, the Maybrick books though I borrowed those

 

[lemonjelly]

I'll have a skim of my bookshelves one day this week and post up a few suggestions.
Both Tom Wescotts books are really good though. Guaranteed you'll read stuff you didn't know. Also, it'll widen some of your thinking. Both are excellent.

 

[Lupo]

Excellent, would like to read them, never tire of the Ripper!

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Excellent, would like to read them, never tire of the Ripper!

Nor me. It is so compelling. I still wonder if one day that vital bit of evidence will turn up so the identity of the Ripper is revealed. Though after all the years it is doubtful if anything will emerge. Which leaves people guessing who the ripper was.