Thanks! But it looks like he’s just another “blame the Polack” author.
Historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook have just finished a series on “Jack the Ripper”. Can be seen on Youtube:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk6sWHcMZmQ
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL0q0JTXavg
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caeb22J7YaQ
Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP8llHjvcNA
Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g74L7dAwGq0
Great listen for all “ripperologists” and Anglophiles.
Merry Christmas!
Kosminski lived within walking distance of all the murdered girls. Was schizophrenic. Bounced around different relatives houses as they took care of him because he was crazy and dangerous. Worked as a barber previous to his getting out of sorts. Threatened his sister with a knife. Was finally institutionalized and all the paperwork on him was lost in WWII when Hitler bombed London. The police believed him to be JTR, hence the ‘Prime Suspect’ title to House’s book.
It’s interesting. I have heard of the case for Lechemere. Even if Lechmere was interrupted as they think on this particular murder, the case for Lechemere is bolstered by the fact his route to work included other JTR victims. Yet Eddowes and Stride were not found on the same route as Lechemere took to work. Also it is not known if he always took the same route. For myself I would think he did though.
But JTR’s victims had parts of their bodies missing, uterus, bladder, kidney... So did they think Lechmere brought these parts to work the days of his murders? Or do they think he had those days off, taking the parts home with him? Why would he choose to seek victims on the same path he always took to work when on his days off? If he had time to finish the job and removing parts of the bodies then he would have blood on him and then go to work bloody? Kind of a give-a-way.
He gave the Bobbie his name (albeit not really) and left right then so as not to be late for work. Wouldn’t killing on the way to work be an obstacle to being on time to work or do they think he was just anxious to leave the scene and the Bobbie’s further questions? Another point, two of the Ripper’s victims were NOT on Lechemere’s route to work, Eddowes and Stride. Was that his off day?
I always felt the murders by a person who was exceedingly deranged, ‘disorganized’. A person like that would not be capable of holding down a job. For me that makes it likely Lechmere did not do this but I am willing to consider it, mull it over.