Kelly skull linked to Jack the Ripper suspect

thewest.com.au ^ | September 2, 2011 | Malcolm Quekett

[Beowulf9]

The skull that sparked a hunt for Ned Kelly's skeleton may belong to a serial killer once arrested in WA and suspected of being Jack the Ripper. An investigation into the identity of the skull began after former Derby farmer Tom Baxter handed it over in 2009, claiming it belonged to Kelly. It has never been revealed how he got the skull, which was stolen from a glass cabinet in the Old Melbourne Gaol in 1978. Heritage Victoria senior archaeologist Jeremy Smith said yesterday that Mr Baxter had claimed the skull came into his possession about a week after it was taken, but he had not explained how. WA-based documentary makers Prospero Productions followed the investigation and saw how comparisons of executed prisoners' death masks with the skull indicated it was likely to be either Kelly or murderer Frederick Deeming.

[Beowulf9]

[Perdogg]

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[Beowulf9]

I’m putting this up here because only a few days ago was another column on FR about Ned Kelly and I’m guessing it was related to this same find?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2771740/posts

[JoeDetweiler]

You can always count on the words “Jack the Ripper” to sell a few papers on a slow news day.....

[reaganaut]

blfr

[SunkenCiv]

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Thanks Beowulf9 & Perdogg. Bushranger Ned Kelly's remains found after search by investigators Is this the face of Jack the Ripper? Is This the Face of Jack The Ripper? To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.

[Lazamataz]

I may have used Kelly's body, but I, Zatamazal, still live. I have been Pennywise the Clown, Jack the Ripper, and Erwin Rommel....

.... but now I choose to take the form of Lady Gaga. From this form I will create my most evil legacy EVER: Weird fashion and undanceable music.

[wideawake]

Ned Kelly’s letter from prison is a fascinating historical document.

[katana]

Laz, Hitler actually was as lazy as Obama. He slept till around noontime the day of the Normandy invasion (first call about paratroop landings, by an incredible coincidence, came in at 3:00 AM sharp). The amphetamine shots in the morning made him appear active for the newsreels but basically, he was as much a pampered slug as the current occupant of the Weiß Haus.

[Lazamataz]

Although [Hitler] loved the opportunity to speak before crowds of supporters, he cared little for the day to day administration of the government. Therefore, he returned to indolence shortly after talking on the massive responsibility of running the German state.

Yer right.

We're screwed.

[Sherman Logan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF5P0kaeSbM&feature=relmfu

[bgill]

Ned's Head screens on SBS at 7.30pm on Sunday.

Hey, no reason to change the show's title except that it isn't Ned's head. Why do they think it's Demming's? It could be anyone's. And since it was stolen, why haven't they arrested the guy who owned the head.

[Beowulf9]

“It could be anyone’s. And since it was stolen, why haven’t they arrested the guy who owned the head.”

I thought the same thing. The article is woefully lacking in specifics, and I wonder if the program is going to provide them.

I also wonder if we will ever see it over here.

Maybe in Australia stealing skulls is okay? Lol.

[Beowulf9]

http://www.casebook.org/suspects/deeming.html

[Beowulf9]

Wait a min...they just transported that guy into deep space? Wow!

[bgill]

Interesting read, thanks.

Note to self - floorboards are bad hiding places.

[Beowulf9]

“Note to self - floorboards are bad hiding places.”

LOL.