Posted on 09/04/2011 10:39:54 AM PDT by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at au.news.yahoo.com ...
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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
You can always count on the words “Jack the Ripper” to sell a few papers on a slow news day.....
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.... 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.
Ned Kelly’s letter from prison is a fascinating historical document.
Yer right.
We're screwed.
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.
“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.
Wait a min...they just transported that guy into deep space? Wow!
Interesting read, thanks.
Note to self - floorboards are bad hiding places.
“Note to self - floorboards are bad hiding places.”
LOL.
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