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 ...
As do I. Mainly because, every time a "new answer" comes forward, it doesn't take long for to discover something that casts doubt.
But Druitt has been out of the closet for 55 years, and nothing has been put forward that actually rules him out.
The best of the Ripper tours are run by Yeoman of the Guard (Beefeaters) from the Tower of London, as a way of generating extra private income. It can be hard to identify these tours though.
An ethnic German was also a suspect; and for that matter, there are over 600 letters purporting to be from Jack the Ripper, and not all of them are, and it’s also possible that none of them are.
If DB Cooper can’t be identified, and that was merely 40 years ago...
Or not even a particular person, just one who had some of the same DNA as some people now alive.
I’m surprised nobody’s claimed they have a “ripper” behind their zipper yet.... Oh wait. Can I say that?
I still don't trust David Warner.
Does he ever play anything but a creepy guy?
The butler, of course . . .
;-)
Really? I would have guessed Billy Jeff, in a previous life, before he was reincarnated in Arkansas in 1946.
-PJ
Article also says that the police were pretty sure he was guilty and surveilled the perp of “this one murder” until he was institutionalized as insane.The article didn’t mention whether there were any “Ripper” murders after that surveillance began - but had there been, it would have certainly affected his continued status as a suspect in all of the “Ripper” murders - including the one in which the DNA test confirms his culpability.
But maybe video evidence will turn up which exonerates him in some other “Ripper” murder. </sarcasm>
Wow. Great work and amazing after all these years. Impressive.
The (decapitated) photographer in The Omen (1976)
Bob Cratchit (Tiny Tim’s dad) (1984)
:)
Oh and three different roles in three different species in the Star Trek universe.
Yes. She whiffed on that one.
What we really should be worrying about, is that Laz is still walking around.
Several letters were written by someone purporting to be ‘’Jack The Ripper’’ but most were deemed fakes. I believe one that was addressed ‘’From Hell’’ and supposedly written in blood was felt to be authentic. It contains phrases unique to the type of syntax spoken by the lower class Brits(’’cockneys’’) “I did a proper job killing that one’’ and ‘’my knife is right sharp and I’m keen to set to work right quick, cheerio’’. This letter was also said to have enclosed with it what was determined to be a human liver. If Kominski was clever enough to write a letter taunting the police and including lower class English cockney colloquialisms he’d have been clever indeed.
LOL!!
No it wasn’t! It was “Tounces The Driving Cat’’. He did have a car and he drove around all over the town..... oh, wait. They didn’t have cars in 1888. Never mind.
Laz is a harmless little fuzzball. He’s never hit on me.
That's what they want you to believe. Darn Bildenbergers.
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