Third from the right is Jack the Ripper. I saw the movie!
Posted on 09/06/2014 5:59:54 PM PDT by KosmicKitty
It is the greatest murder mystery of all time, a puzzle that has perplexed criminologists for more than a century and spawned books, films and myriad theories ranging from the plausible to the utterly bizarre.
But now, thanks to modern forensic science, The Mail on Sunday can exclusively reveal the true identity of Jack the Ripper, the serial killer responsible for at least five grisly murders in Whitechapel in East London during the autumn of 1888.
DNA evidence has now shown beyond reasonable doubt which one of six key suspects commonly cited in connection with the Ripper’s reign of terror was the actual killer – and we reveal his identity.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Sorry, it has already been figured out a long time ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85ODBLO1IhQ
LOL.
I had a tenner on Colonel Mustard. Dang it.
Even hokieer:
> It was said to have been found next to the body of one of the Ripper’s victims, Catherine Eddowes, and soaked in her blood. There was no evidence for its provenance, although after the auction I obtained a letter from its previous owner who claimed his ancestor had been a police officer present at the murder scene and had taken it from there.
The Ripper mystery has been “solved” a number of times. My favorite suspect was always good old Montague Druitt. His family turned him in as a suspect, and he killed himself at the same time as the murders stopped. Still, it could be anybody.
The one I saw was made in 1944 and was also based on the Lowndes book.
Five films in all have been made based on the book.
In truth, let's say most of the films, if not all, were based "loosely" on the novel as it was written....but they were all successful....and some are enjoyed immensely to this day.
It's worthwhile to look up Marie Belloc Lowndes on Wiki. She came from a famous British family (the Bellocs) that produced some incredibly notable, talented and outstanding figures in the Victorian era and after.
Marie Lowndes, a prolific writer, had a reputation for writing books that we would call "psychological thrillers" today. "The Lodger" was one of them.
Leni
There was never anyone else like George Sanders. Suave, yes, but creepy suave. His roles were always memorable.
Third from the right is Jack the Ripper. I saw the movie!
LOL!
I believe the letter has “nice” misspelled which leads credulence to the immigrant, and less to either Queen Victoria’s Doctor or grandson.
I also thought it could be the immigrant with that who, “Jewes” writing on the wall, red herring or not.
But it till provides some fun entertainment for a quiet Saturday evening. :-)>>>>>>>
It does that also.
I found this very fascinating and interesting too...
However, leave it to some Freeprs who dismiss this and are endless killjoys. They will now flame away about how they are ‘just realistic” , blah, blah while they sit in their computer room while these two men completed a very interesting project. Ha.
Did you read the entire article at the link? There was a barber as another suspect, but they called Kominski a “hairdresser”
It was colonel Mustard, with the candlestick, in the library.
You are spot on! It proves little other than a woman had sex with a particular person unless there is somehow mixing of the two ingredients in a specific way i.e. the Polish man’s DNA was deposited on top of the blood. They don’t say that however and you think they would if they want to be definitive about the conclusion.
“Time After Time” - Saw that in a theater in 1979.
Malcolm McDowell (H. G. Wells), David Warner (Jack the Ripper), and Mary Steenburgen .
Kind of corny movie, but I’ve seen much worse :-)
I think most of the people who have studied the case scientifically have ruled out several suspects as having iron clad proof that it could not have been them.
Also they almost all agree it was the Polish Jew. Also of note, when he was put in a mental hospital, the killings stopped.
I did go back and finish the article after I posted it and I saw that there’s a hairdresser and a barber.
Well, Wilma Flintstone went to the hairdresser, so I guess they could have existed in 1888. :-)
You got the "creepy" part right, though....he committed suicide in a Barcelona hotel in 1972 from an overdose of barbituates. He left a suicide note that said in part that he was "bored".
Well, two of his wives were the Gabor sisters, Zsa Zsa and Magda. That couldn't have been TOO boring.
Leni
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