Jack the Ripper's identity finally uncovered?

TipTop · 7 Oct 2009 at 14:26

An historian has claimed to have discovered the real identity of Jack the Ripper, and believes the notorious Whitechapel murderer was also responsible for killing two more women.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...k-the-Rippers-identity-finally-uncovered.html

Looking forward to the Discovery Channel documentary.

Dark_Angel · 7 Oct 2009 at 14:29

Sounds interesting...

Might have to remember to watch that myself.

Retromatic · 7 Oct 2009 at 14:39

Cool, I'll set a reminder on Sky. Although I saw something on the news a while ago that they now thought it was some bloke from Brighton?

Dark_Angel · 7 Oct 2009 at 14:41

I don't think they will ever be 100 percent certain of his identity.

~J~ · 7 Oct 2009 at 14:44

Don't think anyone will ever know 100%.

Patricia Cornwell apparently researched extensively into the identity and while her evidence is certainly strong, raises a lot of questions.

Likewise the infamous "Jack the Ripper" diary about a bloke called James Maybrick was also meant to be the definitive proof (and the one I personally feel is the strongest of the arguments so far)

MowyTone · 7 Oct 2009 at 14:45

I dont need to watch it, I've always known it was Tefal all along

Cosimo · 7 Oct 2009 at 14:46

I see that the historian's book 'Jack the Ripper: Quest for a Killer' has already been published.

swanseajack · 7 Oct 2009 at 14:50

~J~ said:
Don't think anyone will ever know 100%.

Patricia Cornwell apparently researched extensively into the identity and while her evidence is certainly strong, raises a lot of questions.

Likewise the infamous "Jack the Ripper" diary about a bloke called James Maybrick was also meant to be the definitive proof (and the one I personally feel is the strongest of the arguments so far)

I thought that to, but the people who found it then admitted a few years later that they faked it, I even went up to Liverpool to visit battlecrease house but it was closed to the public.

~J~ · 7 Oct 2009 at 14:53

swanseajack said:
I thought that to, but the people who found it then admitted a few years later that they faked it, I even went up to Liverpool to visit battlecrease house but it was closed to the public.

O yeah, not saying that diary was genuine proof, but it certainly had the most credibility that it could be genuine.

swanseajack · 7 Oct 2009 at 14:59

Yeah, I really enjoyed the book and was really disappointed when it was proved to be a fake.

Russinating · 7 Oct 2009 at 15:00

An historian

Is that correct? Who pronounces "historian" as "ist-or-ian"?

Greenlizard0 · 7 Oct 2009 at 15:01

Russinating said:
Is that correct? Who pronounces "historian" as "ist-or-ian"?

Isn't it to do with pronounciation? Most hs at the beginning of words tend to be said silently. So it's "an hour".

platypus · 7 Oct 2009 at 15:05

Russinating said:
Who pronounces "historian" as "ist-or-ian"?

East Londoners probably.

SHEDDER1uk · 7 Oct 2009 at 15:07

Who cares!

Fenris · 7 Oct 2009 at 15:08

Russinating said:
Is that correct? Who pronounces "historian" as "ist-or-ian"?

Someone with a very bad cold?

Cosimo · 7 Oct 2009 at 15:08

platypus said:
East Londoners probably.

They pronounce it as “east-or-ian”.

Pestilence · 7 Oct 2009 at 15:11

Words beginning with "H" should grammatically have "An" rather than "A" preceeding them.

Queue the fabulous (I think) Monty Python sketch...."An Hoop!! OOOHHH!!"

Russinating · 7 Oct 2009 at 15:14

Pestilence said:
Words beginning with "H" should grammatically have "An" rather than "A" preceeding them.

Err, no, not necessarily. It depends how it's pronounced! A hoop, an hour, a historian, an HTTP server, etc.

mac1st3 · 7 Oct 2009 at 15:22

back on topic, I think it'll be very interesting, but as people have said, it's all just speculation, using what evidence is left nowadays and hoping to get it right

Dark_Angel · 7 Oct 2009 at 15:23

I can't believe how sick the guy was though to do what he did.

Really amazing how the human mind can end up so damn twisted.