Scientist’s quest to solve Ripper case (Jack the Ripper)

icLanarkshire ^ | 12/15/05 | Emily Henderson

[wagglebee]

Everything I have read about Jack the Ripper leads me to the conclusion that British authorities didn't actually want to solve the murders out of fear as to who the killer was, they just wanted the murders to stop.

[wagglebee]

Not really sure if this qualifies for GGG or not.

[Siegfried The Red]

Jack The Ripper was actually The Loch Ness Monster.

For his encore, he will reveal the location of Atlantis, I suppose.

[socal_parrot]

I'm going to London in April and plan to take the Jack the Ripper walking tour. I'll be all over the case then.

Elementary, my dear wagglebee.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Everything I've read about the Ripper murders has lead me to believe that the Ripper murders were done by a writer's circle in possession of a time machine so that the said writers' circle could make a fortune on writing about these unsolved murders. (alternative reality alert...might make a good story, anyway)

[Herford Turley]

Don't you think this is a little late.

[wagglebee]

Nah, it was Bush's fault.

[jocon307]

I remember my gandma telling me that when she was growing up in Ireland mean folks would scare children by saying "the ripper's gonna get you". Would't it be amazing if they could really prove who done it? After Cain I guess Jack the Ripper is the most famous murderer of all time.

[randog]

I'm going to London in April and plan to take the Jack the Ripper walking tour.

What a coincidence--I'll be in London at the same time, but I'm taking the Jack the Ripper stabbing tour!....;^)

[PzLdr]

My money's still on Druitt.

[wagglebee]

Don't you think this is a little late.

Nope, there are plenty of unimaginative authors out there who never seem to tire of rehashing old stories. -:)

[socal_parrot]

Hey, look for me. I'll be the small Asian woman with the large red fedora.

[Disambiguator]

If they find out who Jack was, I hope they throw the book at him.

[BradyLS]

After Cain I guess Jack the Ripper is the most famous murderer of all time.

"Whaddam I? Chopped liver'r'sum'fin'??? I thought Kerry played me all up as bad-ass!"

--signed, Jengis Khan

[atomicpossum]

It'd be very interesting to finally know who it might have been.

Though, if there's DNA involved, look out for OJ's Dream Team to try to get him off.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

But it would be the ultimate conspiracy plot...maybe they didn't have a time machine. Maybe it was just a bunch of bored reporters who started a secret society with mystic handshakes, and hidden meanings, who decided that they would pass the secret down to their initiants only, and have them write all these red herring investigations. Why?? Who knows?

Perhaps it was so that in the year 2006 they could blame Bush?

[Cobra64]

Someone should do more investigations on Bill The Zipper.

nevermind

[conservativeharleyguy]

"... the identity of serial killer Jack the Ripper".


It's already been solved, as far as I'm concerned. If you're really interested, read "Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper-Case Closed" by Patricia Cornwell. It's a done deal. An artist named Walter Sickert was Jack the Ripper.

[wagglebee]

I have always believed that the British royal family was at least somewhat involved, I also think the theory that Lewis Carroll could have done it. Here is a website that contains almost everything there is on Jack the Ripper.

http://www.casebook.org/

[mad_as_he$$]

There was a movie about that...well close.