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Picture of Buck's Row Whitechapel in London's East End (now Durward St) - site of Jack the Ripper's first murder on 31 August 1888. Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols' body was discovered 3 metres back from the corner of the tall brick building.

Take a Ripper virtual tour from the first murder scene. Click on the map below to view all 5 murder scenes and other key locations in the hunt for the world's first recognised serial killer.

Buck's Row Whitechapel

Jack the Ripper's London 1888


View Jack the Ripper Walk, Whitechapel, Greater London UK in a larger map

This link will take you to the key points in London where Jack the Ripper carried out his 5 murders
over 71 days from 31 August 1888 to 9 November 1888. You can use this map to make your own Jack the
Ripper walk around London or to trace the movements of the Whitechapel killer whose identity has
never been established.

Vandals destroy Jack the Ripper's reputed grave in Australia

Desecrated grave of Walter Thomas PORRIOTT
at Toowong Cemetery Brisbane Australia which
 many people believe is that of Jack the Ripper.
  Picture taken 29 August 2012.
 
Vandals have struck at Brisbane's historic Toowong Cemetery destroying a grave believed by many historians across the world to be the burial place of London's serial killer Jack the Ripper.
Sixty years ago today Walter Porriott of New Farm was buried at Toowong by his wife Bessie.
In 1997 his relatives went public across Australia with the sensational claim Porriott was Jack the Ripper who murdered five street prostitutes in London in 1888.
Jack the Ripper's first victim Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols was found murdered in the streets of Whitechapel in London's East End 124 years ago tonight on 31 July 1888.
No one was ever brought trial despite hundreds of suspects being identified by the police and the public.
Porriott was in London at the time of the murders and sailed for Australia on 9 November 1888 on the day of the last murder.
For the past century and a quarter, thousands of so-called Ripperologists around the world have tried to crack the case.
Theories have included suspects such as a member of the royal family, a doctor, a lawyer, an artist, a Polish Jew and another Australian suspect Frederick Deeming who was hanged in Melbourne in 1892 for murdering his wife.
On the eve of today's 60th anniversary of a Porriott's burial, his grave has been desecrated with the tombstone ripped from its base and smashed into the concrete surrounding the gravesite.
In 2008, a mystery image appeared on the cross above Porriott’s grave depicting a side-on view of a capped man with an arm raised above his head and a dagger in his hand.  This was featured on Australia television.  (See first link below.)
President of Australia's Whitechapel Society Paul Tully described the vandalism as a sickening and senseless attack.
Tully described the evidence against Porriott as the Whitechapel killer of London’s East End as "paper thin".
“He was an evil impostor, thief, conman, jailed killer and bigamist who had more than 20 wives during his lifetime.
"He was a loner in his wife Bessie's family with no name ever placed on his tombstone just the pitiful words: Bessie and her Husband.
"Maybe the family didn't really know who he was as he used dozens of aliases over the years."
Tully said Porriott's crimes and modus operandi were not those of a serial killer.
Tully, who is believed to have the largest private collection of Jack the Ripper books and memorabilia in Australia, is writing his own book on the world’s first recognised serial killer.
“I personally do not believe Walter Porriott was Jack the Ripper but this theory has never been completely refuted.”


WHITECHAPEL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA – RipperAustralia@gmail.com


LINKS:

Is Australia's Walter Porriott Jack the Ripper? http://jack-the-ripper-1888.blogspot.com.au/2008/09/is-australias-walter-porriott-jack.html   (This link includes the original TV video on Walter Porriott from 2008.)

Mystery image of Jack the Ripper appears in Australia - http://jack-the-ripper-1888.blogspot.com.au/2008_08_01_archive.html
(This link includes pic of Porriott’s gravesite in 2008 and the original Bulletin article of 30 December 1997 where the family exposed Porriott as Jack the Ripper.)


120 years of notoriety: Was Jack the Ripper a Londoner with 20 wives who fled to Australia? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1051015/120-years-notoriety-Was-Jack-Ripper-Londoner-20-wives-fled-Australia.html
 
30.8.12
 

New Ripper theory: The Man Who Would Be Jack

CRIME WRITER: PCSO David Bullock
will get the hard copy of
The Man Who Would Be Jack
in his hands after 18 years.
A COMMUNITY support officer has swapped crime fighting for crime writing after completing an 18-year project on Jack the Ripper.

PCSO David Bullock, 36, patrols Windsor town centre during the day, but his love of writing and fascination with the Ripper case led him to research the character of Thomas Hayne Cutbush. He was a man suspected, but never tried, as being the unidentified serial killer who terrorised London prostitutes in 1888.

Mr Bullock began researching Cutbush's background in 1994. Once he finally gained unprecedented access to files from the suspect's time at the high security Broadmoor Hospital, in Crowthorne, in 2008, he knew publishing a book was possible.

Speaking to The Observer, Mr Bullock said: "That moment really was a big thing for me and from there I started to look seriously at putting a story together.

"Examining the notes from Broadmoor was amazing. It gives a lot of new insight into Cutbush's anger and his paranoia that people were after him.

"The process of writing the book was brilliant. It was hard, but anything worth doing you have to put your all into it."

While uncovering the details of Cutbush's life and character, The Man Who Would Be Jack explores the story of Inspector William Race, who first suspected the 25-year-old, and his relationship with two newspaper journalists who helped him to identify crucial eye-witnesses.

Mr Bullock added: "Inspector Race took an incredible risk by going to the press because his superiors refused to look into Cutbush. By going to the press he re-ignited the interest in the case and a lot more information was uncovered."

The Man Who Would Be Jack will be released on Tuesday, August 14, and will be available in Waterstones and at www.amazon.co.uk

www.windsorobserver.co.uk

6.8.12

Was Brisbane's Walter Porriott Jack the Ripper?

Walter Thomas Porriott is a man many believe to be the infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper. Porriot was a convicted killer, rogue impostor, backwater quack and man of a thousand identities and is believed to be buried with his wife in a grave in Brisbane, Australia that merely reads: "Bessie" died 25th June 1957 and her husband. This was because he was so despised by the family. 

Quote from http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24264777-1248,00.html 

Porriott, whose legally acknowledged name was Andrew John Gibson, was buried amid family shame beneath his ever-faithful last wife Eliza "Bessie" Porriott on a hill with Brisbane city views at the Toowong Cemetery.

His story continues to fascinate new generations of crime sleuths around the world more than a century later - tonight marks the 120th anniversary of the Ripper's first grisly slaying in the dark back streets of industrial-era England.

While Ripper fanatics continue to debate the true identity of Jack the Ripper, some are convinced there is strong evidence implicating Porriott in the string of five prostitute murders.

He was a habitual bigamist who broke as many hearts as he did bank accounts by the time he died in 1952.

His actual birth name and date of birth - he was believed to have been in his 80s when he died, although officially he was recorded to be 59 - are just some of the secrets he took with him to his grave.

But Brisbane City Council records reveal that he now lies beneath "Portion 7A, Section 185, Grave Number 9/10".

In 1997 Porriott's Sydney-based great-grandson, Steve Wilson, publicly claimed he had little doubt his late relative was the infamous serial killer.

Porriott was in England when all five "confirmed" murders were committed and when he sailed to Australia in November 1888 the murders stopped, among other pieces of supporting evidence.

Porriott was also known to be a misogynist - he particularly hated prostitutes - who spent his life marrying women in order to fleece them of their assets before fleeing.

Despite all his family's suspicions, many Ripper enthusiasts, known internationally as "Ripperologists", are divided over Porriott's guilt.

www.wiki.answers.com


Jack The Ripper was born and bred in Tottenham, new book claims

Alan Hicken decided to publish the
manuscript after he discovered it in 2008.


London’s most notorious serial killer, who butchered five women during a reign of terror on the capital’s Victorian streets, was born in Tottenham, a new book claims.

The Autobiography Of Jack The Ripper opens with the words “I was born at Tottenham”, meaning the man whose name struck fear into the hearts of many a 19th century woman of the night could have once walked along the High Road or visited the local parks.

The new book is based on a manuscript handed to Sydney George Hulme Beaman – an author and illustrator who created the “Toytown” radio series for children.

He claimed the yellowed pages were given to him in the 1920s by a one-legged acquaintance named James Carnac, who asked him to publish it after his death.

In fact, it was never published before Beaman himself died in 1932, and it lay untouched for nearly 80 years until being rediscovered in 2008 by Alan Hicken - owner of the Montacute TV Radio and Toy Museum in Somerset. He acquired the Carnac manuscript along with a collection of artwork, photographs and books once owned by Beaman, who died in 1932.

It wasn’t the kind of thing he expected to find.

“I put it to one side for a week or so, but then I started reading it at 10pm one night. I was up until about four in the morning. I couldn’t put the book down. It was about his deeds, and it was about him growing up in Tottenham.”

According to the book, Mr Carnac – or Jack the Ripper – lived in the area until he was about 20, when his parents died a “grizzly” death.

“He mentions certain streets and everything else – even Bruce Castle,” said Mr Hicken.

But whether or not the book is a true account, or a figment of Tottenham-born Beaman’s imagination, is another matter altogether. Beaman’s daughter Betty certainly believed it was, as do a number of experts who say the level of detail in the book indicates he either was the Ripper, or had a very good source.

“Who knows,” said Mr Hicken. “It is up to the reader to decide.’’

"This time, I don’t think anyone is going to know one way or another.”

Norwich production company to perform Jack The Ripper The Panto online

One of the previous performances
of Jack The Ripper The Panto

The grisly deeds of Jack the Ripper are certainly not a likely subject for a light-hearted stage show, but a Norwich-based production company is putting on a pantomime about the serial killer at a city theatre.

And Spooky Kid Productions is hoping to attract an even wider audience by streaming the pantomime live on the internet while it is performed at the Maddermarket Theatre in October.

The team has just released an online trailer to give people a taste of Jack The Ripper The Panto – and the hope is that the show will be a great platform to showcase the work of Norfolk performers.

Jim Blythe, from Hellesdon and who wrote the show with Graham Parry from Wymondham, said: “It is a pantomime in terms of structure and shape but definitely not a pantomime in terms of story.

We quite liked the idea of putting something into a pantomime that people would not expect. We are trying to cater for people who want something a little different.”

The show has previously been put on at the Norwich Puppet Theatre but the October performances at the Maddermarket will be the biggest production of the pantomime to date.

About 40 performers will appear in the show and there will be about 10 people taking part behind the scenes.

Mr Blythe said: “We thought streaming the show online would be the easiest way to give the show a life outside Norfolk. This is our biggest attempt yet to showcase talent outside of Norwich. It is a really exciting opportunity.”

The show’s score is written by Tym Dartnall.

To see the trailer of the show visit www.eveningnews24.co.uk

The Jack The Ripper The Panto is to be performed at the Maddermarket Theatre on Friday, October 5 at 7.30pm and Saturday, October 6 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Tickets cost £8 in advance and £10 on the door. Concessions are £6.

To book visit www.maddermarket.co.uk or call 01603 620917.

www.edp24.co.uk

Numerology Dissects Jack the Ripper


The year was 1888, and in the Whitechapel district of London, England, someone or persons unfamiliar was murdering prostitutes within the most macabre method. What created the crime unusual was the perpetrator of these atrocities appeared to possess knowledge of surgical abilities and really potentially belonged to the English higher courses. The police investigation, flashing led board wholesale by Inspector Frederick Abberline, was earning little, if any, headway.

Theories about the series of murders that took place in that calendar year carry on towards the present day. 1 famed hypothesis indicates the reason for the killings was to cover up the birth of an illegitimate kid to some member from the royal family. The Buy of Freemasons is often purported being the organisation that each facilitated the crime, on behalf with the crown, and conspired to avoid disclosure of the responsible get together.
In spite of all conjectures, Jack The Rippers identity was never ever uncovered.
Five deaths happen to be straight attributed towards the exact same man even though there were other similar murders that occurred around that time. 5 unfortunate girls became gruesome fatalities within a three-month interval for the duration of the autumn of that year.
Regrettably, birth registers had been ill held inside the 19th century, had the finish birth certificates for both equally groups been out there they would have made available substantial evidence for any Numerological evaluation. Since it is, just the numerological designation for that 12 months continues to be among the insufficient info, but this may be ample to produce the two the motive for the slayings and come close to revealing Jack the Rippers identity.
Numerology Analysis of 1888
In Numerology the digits in the year are studied individually. In this situation the profusion of eights would bear larger scrutiny. They’re then additional jointly consequently 1+8+8+8 = 25. The amount 25 is then dissected for hidden meanings before lastly incorporating 2+5 to realize a grand total of 7. The date would henceforth be called a 25/7 year. The following description of that calendar year is in narrative type whilst remaining accurate into the numerological info fitting that number.
1888, a 25/7year, in London
It was a dark time in Whitechapel, affordable with the abundant but desperate with the very poor. The years’ destiny foretold several issues but among the list of most annoying was that events within the early piece of the year would culminate in rampant violence.
It was a interval that needed an enterprise minded approach but one particular had to hold the signifies to do business in the first place. Nevertheless, the pursuit of money and power took precedence more than appreciate and private relationships.
Mysticism and prophecy distracted peoples’ minds through the realities of residing as well as the years’ disposition favoured the holding of strategies.
Escapist overtones pervaded the period and predisposed a lot of to overindulgence in alcohol, sex, drugs like as opium or occult practices.
A time of spiritual progress had arrived but if you want for this expansion to come about, fate had declared that many would be confronted with individual struggles or forbidding trials and tribulations.
The subsequent have to have for isolation and introspection coupled with an impractical perfectionism positioned relationships beneath terrific pressure. The failure of partners to dwell approximately every single other’s higher expectations coupled using the sexual facets of the year fluorescent led boards to very much infidelity, consequently the seven-year itch. Weak and delicate males looked to sturdy adult females to satisfy their impossible ideals but disappointment followed, hence an uncertainty or paranoia connected to girls flourished in that time. An air of loneliness accompanied this set of conditions in spite of the have to withdraw from ones fellows. A streak of cruelty and impatience, related by using a lack of fulfilment, was born from this state of affairs.
The Individual
Unbalanced people have been all of a sudden full of a pronounced missionary zeal and so they carried their concept into the entire world inside the harshest terms. They came from the two extremes in living. Extreme wealth, electrical power and impact or excessive poverty as well as a shedding streak, there was no middle floor. In possibly circumstance they were shrewd realists. Around the surface area they may have appeared self-assured and in management of their feelings but in truth they had been offered to hiding their feelings due to their innate sensitivity. Their depth of ambition and concern of poverty prompted them to either gain prosperity by any means prices or to safeguard the wealth which they all ready possessed. Their exterior traits proposed them to get rather cold and undemonstrative adult males with firm ethical principals despite the fact that it’s probable they ended up misunderstood and beneath the surface area they have been possibly lonely and annoyed. They expert difficulty with expressing their emotions to members of the opposite sex but have been unforgiving when slighted. This would have fluorescent led board suppliers them to endeavor total dominance through the object of their affection and they have been quite able to extreme violence.
Their need to have for sexual gratification was both paramount or they were sexually inhibited; in both situation they ended up possessed of the sexual conceit. A obvious character trait would are their obvious absence of the perception of humour and if any existed it could possibly have been scornful or sarcastic. In their negativity they were ruthless and intolerant of other people failings, hence, they’d have already been guys to either respect or concern but almost never ones to like or believe in. Their emotional problems and sense of loneliness would have alienated them building embittered, envious and hostile souls who felt cheated of affection or wealth or equally. The planet owed them plus they weren’t over the abuse of electricity in order to accomplish their ends.
Once their chosen training course of motion had been made the decision inflexibility set in which LED Writing Board them along harmful and unforeseeable paths however they have been familiar with taking dangers and in all probability had a liking for hazard. They neither sought nor took advice. They might even have already been sportsmen at a person level in their lives. Their pasts and ancestries frequently absorbed their minds. A powerful concern for your preservation on the relatives lineage would have granted this problem the utmost priority.
These ended up truly intricate individualists who stood apart from the crowd and who were established to go their own way..
The phrase ‘A Dark Horse’ signifies, ‘someone who emerges to prominence; being previously little known’. This description would have applied to them due to their secretive nature.
Hasty or impulsive actions have been destined to trigger these guys to undertake sudden travel, a alter of residence or escape.
Conclusion
It is simple to check out how the royal conspiracy grew to become so favorite and no matter how fanciful, it’s got for being acknowledged that stranger items have occurred. The profusion of 8′s inside the yr, factors into the motive for executing away together with the five gals, to get either stemmed from excellent wealth and impact or conversely in the poverty and degradation that was Whitechapel. It’s for being asked whether this was the work of a bitter failure that blamed females and specifically prostitutes for his lack of emotional and content well-being or was it a conspiracy which was completed in order to guard a robust friends and family. You will find somewhere around 20 considerable suspects and it is actually helpful that a great number of of the feasible ones descended within the similar put at the same time. Amongst them ended up characters like Chapman, Cream, and Hyams.
The numerical configuration to the 12 months advised the individual who was driving the Ripper killings was born while using traits of the eight influencing his existence, quite simply, the sum total of his full birth date or segments of his identify additional approximately an 8. In most cases it is actually unattainable to determine what number of suspects this applied to but there’s an individual. His hidden nature burned with ambition for prosperity and electrical power but he neither wished to be tied into a monotonous occupation nor did he spend an excessive amount of awareness for the settling of payments. This often fluorescent led boards into the expertise of wonderful anxiety in his everyday living. He would have loved equally sports and taking pitfalls. His nature was sexual into a large diploma but although he always projected an air of self-confidence he lacked it sufficiently to express his emotions. He was granted to an impulsiveness that resulted in sudden appreciate affairs and also the female of his attentions had to reciprocate entirely otherwise this gentleman possessed a harmful streak. 


On the outdoors entire world he appeared to get an independent soul who went apart from the crowd and might be a tad of a loner. He was overly aggressive and domineering at times which prevented individuals near to him from expressing on their own openly. He was a real mans gentleman and wanted for being in charge. His future showed that he aimed for perfection and that he was unforgiving when his ideals fell limited. The many years 1887 and 1888 have been the darkest in his living both equally economically and emotionally, accompanied by a lot of arguments and bleak moods. His personal chart in ’88 warned him against any attempts to impose his ideas on other folks or to prove that he was the boss but this would have gone towards his very nature. A sense of annoyance caused blood to get spilled. He’s to become pitied, as are his victims. His identify was Joseph Barnett.
For all those of you who choose to read additional about this circumstance make sure you accessibility the Jack the Ripper Casebook on the internet. I would like to thank all those that contributed to it.

13.6.12

FTISLAND’s Song Seung Hyun Joins Musical ‘Jack the Ripper’


Following earlier reports of Super Junior’s Sungmin now FTISLAND’s Song Seung Hyun will join the cast of popular musical ‘Jack the Ripper’ to make his debut as a musical actor. 

The popular musical is to launch its production in Seoul on July 20 at the National Theater of Korea. 

Both Super Junior’s Sungmin and FTISLAND’s Song Seung Hyun has been casted in the role of young doctor named Daniel. 

Both will be rotate the role together with actors Ahn Jaewook and Uhm Kijoon, also to be joined by Yoo Joonsang, Shin Sungwoo and SM Entertainment solo singer J-min.

The musical is based on the notorious serial murders that occurred in London during the late 19th century.

Ex-detective's Ripper probe - startling results


SINCE 2002, retired murder squad detective Trevor Marriott has been conducting a cold case investigation into The Whitechapel Murders of 1888 which were attributed to a fearsome killer who came to be known as Jack the Ripper.

For the past 123 years this mystery has captivated the imagination of people worldwide — and still does today.

So much so that the topic of Jack the Ripper is now included in the school curriculum for key stage three history.

There have been more than 100 books published and numerous films and television documentaries. Many have over-dramatised and distorted the facts to the point that the public now accepts the fiction more readily than the facts.

Trevor Marriott has now concluded his long and protracted investigation with startling results, which now have completely dispelled many of the original theories which have been readily accepted as being fact for 123 years.

And his two-hour show, An Audience With Jack The Ripper, showing original photographs from the investigation, is on at Swansea Grand Theatre on Wednesday at 7.30pm.



Monday, June 04, 2012

Irish research on Ripper suspect Francis Tumblety

Francis Tumblety -
Jack the Ripper suspect
I am researching the Irishman Francis Tumblety, born 1830, who in later life became one of the chief suspects in the Jack the Ripper case in London in 1888.

I know that he and members of his family left Ireland on a famine ship in 1847 and that Tumblety lived most of his life in the US after that. I already know a lot about his life in the US, but I'm looking for information about his life in Ireland prior to his departure.

In all of the books written about Tumblety, not one has any details of where he lived here, where he went to school and no trace has been found of his birth certificate. His parents' names were Margaret and James and he was the youngest of 11 children. 

Does anyone have any information on his life in Ireland prior to 1847? Or would anyone know about the specific details of any visits to Ireland after he emigrated? 

Any leads in this regard would be much appreciated. 

The family spelled their surname in various ways: Tumulty, Tumuelty, Twomblety and Francis spelt it as Francis Tumblety.

PATRICIA CANTY

patriciacanty@hotmail.com

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk



Ripper Mystery: New book says Jack the Ripper was a woman




Was Jack the Ripper, the infamous British serial killer,
really a woman?  One author seems to think so.


Was England’s most notorious serial killer actually Joan The Ripper?

That’s the theory presented in a new book on the bloody 1888 rampage where five London prostitutes were brutally slain during a 10-week killing spree.

“There are numerous clues scattered throughout the crimes which, taken individually, may mean little,” “Jack the Ripper: The Hand of a Woman” author John Morris told the Birmingham Mail.

“But when grouped together, a strong case for a woman murderer begins to emerge.”

Morris, 62, has a particular woman in mind: Lizzie Williams, the wife of royal physician Sir John Williams — often identified himself as a Ripper suspect.

Morris says Lizzie Williams’ homicidal rage was spurred by her infertility, noting that three of the Ripper’s five victims had their wombs removed.

The author also observed that not a single victim was sexually assaulted — and three small buttons from a woman’s boot were found near one victim.

And he suggests Sir John Williams was having an affair with one of the victims: Mary Jane Kelly.

Lizzie Williams was never identified as a suspect, never questioned by police, and died of cancer in 1912.

“The case for a woman murderer is overwhelming,” Morris told the Birmingham paper. “... There’s absolutely no doubt that the Ripper was a woman. But because everyone believes that the murderer was a man, all the evidence that points to a woman has always been ignored.”

www.NYDailyNews.com

One big Ripper game


Cover of the video game "Ripper" 







Legendary actor Christopher Walken plays Magnotta in the video game Ripper.

Classic attention-seeker Eric Clinton Newman plays Magnotta is his own video of sex, perversion and death.

Walkens’ version is Vince Magnotta and is fiction.

Newman’s version, who he legally re-named Luka Magnotta, is real.

“It’s like this is fun for him,” said one copper. “It’s like it’s one big game.”

A game like Ripper?

“Ripper is a cyberpunk murder mystery about an enigmatic serial killer who’s been ... butchering people in the style of Jack the Ripper,” writes Ferdinand Bardamu in an online review. “Jake Quinlan (is) a newspaper reporter ... who’s been the recipient of creepy e-mails from the Ripper himself. At the opening of the game, Quinlan’s girlfriend is attacked by the Ripper” which sends the reporter on a mission of trying to “uncover the Ripper’s identity and bring him to justice” while also tangling with “the shady cop Vincent Magnotta, who is played by Walken.”

Sound familiar?

The real-life story has seen body parts mailed to high-profile locations, gore, blood, kitten killings and ominous e-mails and interviews with newspaper reporters.

“It’s like he’s sitting back watching all of these people looking for him while he is getting his jollies,” said the cop about this week’s events.

It’s like his own personal game of Catch me if You Can with a little American Psycho, Silence of the Lambs and Dexter mixed in.

The real-life Magnotta’s psychological profile is not yet in but in the social media world we already know he has many personalities and identities, including Mattia Del Santo. One of them is Vladimir Romanov — same name as a businessman who owns a Scottish football team. Under that name he is Facebook friends with Logan Valintini, who has a profile picture of Homolka’s sister Lori.

When I met him here at the Toronto Sun in 2007, he told me of how he had a therapist and that his “life was spinning out of control” thanks to all the gossip about him on the Internet and how he had been rumoured to be romantically linked to Karla Homolka.

I received several unsubstantiated calls from people suggesting Magnotta’s mother Anna Yourkin may have known serial killer Paul Bernardo back in his Scarborough rapists days.

“They are always trying to do that,” Bernardo’s father Ken told me Friday of people trying to link his son or Homolka to other crimes. “I don’t know anything about this.”

Ken told me as far as he knows there was never any connection to the people in this story.

I spoke briefly with Magnotta’s mother over the phone but just got “no comment.”

Meanwhile it’s like we are all pawns in this contest — except for 33-year Jun Lin, who is a non-fiction victim.

For all we know, Magnotta is back home in Peterborough or even dead somewhere.

Police say he has fled to France or somewhere else in Europe while at the same time saying he could be back in Canada already or have never left.

In a 2010 MySpace posting a Luka Magnotta seems to be standing in front of the Louvre in Paris so who knows?

“I first realized I was truly sick when I started hearing voices,” it was written on this site. “I was in the park and I just heard screams and people talking in my ear.”

Another interesting comment was “I travel the world, ride around in limos” and have “come a long way from eating out of old pizza boxes on the streets.”

Who knows what’s true and what’s fantasy with this guy?

In the video game, Ripper “can be any of four of the main characters” and while he is “addicted to killing people” the “guessing game” of trying to figure out which one could be arrested is whatthe reviewer calls a “guessing game” that fills “you with a sense of accomplishment.”

In the real life game, authorities would be happy to track down any of Luka Magnotta’s many sordid characters.

www.chathamdailynews.ca


New Ripper Book: The Mysteries of Jack the Ripper by N. S. Patrick


Find out how a twisted series of events unfold in this unexpected and brilliant solution to an old, unsolved mystery.

Silver Knight Publishing announces the release of The Mysteries of Jack the Ripper by N. S. Patrick. Now available in trade paperback (ISBN: 978-1938083037), and in e-book (978-1-938083-04-4).

On August 31, 1888, a prostitute is murdered in Whitechapel, London, England. When a member of a proper gentleman’s club, Thayer Wickliff, hears local gossip, he begins reading the grisly details in the paper. Thayer discusses the murder with his peers, and soon, a debate on the reason a man would kill in such a gruesome fashion follows.

When a second, more horrific murder occurs the following weekend, the newspapers sensationalize. The City of London now believes that a frenzied lunatic is stalking the streets. Speculation arises that the murderer may not be mad—quite possibly, he was a solid, normally law abiding citizen walking among them, unnoticed.

At the end of the killing spree in November 1888, five prostitutes had been killed and mutilated. During this time, four members of the club had uncovered the identity of “Jack the Ripper” and knew why the murders were committed. Bound by a gentleman’s code of silence, they allow history to be left with unresolved mysteries.

Title: The Mysteries of Jack the Ripper
Print ISBN: 978-1-938083-03-7
E-book ISBN: 978-1-938083-04-4
Page Count: 186
Press contact: Aya Knight, info@silverknightpublishing.com (407) 668-3103

www.PR.com

A Ripper Book - The Yard

The Yard by Alex Grecian Putnam; May 29, 2012 Jack The Ripper has disappeared into the mist of Victorian London. But Scotland Yard -- shamed and embarrassed over its failure to catch the taunting madman -- must carry on.

In this debut novel by comic book author Alex Grecian (Proof), the Yard is an absorbing launch pad for a new series built around the detectives who are finding their way in the new business of criminology.

 Fingerprinting, saving evidence, comparing notes from different crimes to see if there's a pattern, even something as simple as working in pairs are all novel, untested ideas tried out for the first time. Our heroes include the new kid on the staff, Walter Day; a passionate journeyman cop named Hammersmith and the doctor who has taken it upon himself to be a de facto medical examiner.

At the top is Colonel Sir Edward Bradford, the one-armed man leading his team with grim humor and determined insight into both his men and the dangerous new strain of violent, unhinged murderers spawned by the festering atmosphere of the most crowded city in the world. They're all focused on the brutal killing of one of their own -- a detective found dismembered and crammed into a piece of luggage at a train station.

But other crimes soon weave their way into the narrative, from a little boy abducted by an unhinged lunatic to a pair of slightly mad prostitutes getting their revenge on the police who couldn't capture Jack The Ripper. Grecian's world is also populated by the colorful denizens of the streets from a lumbering gentle giant who dances to amuse to Blackleg, a burglar who can't look away when he stumbles across an innocent boy left stuffed in a chimney to die.

 Caleb Carr's The Alienist is an obvious comparison, thanks to The Yard's attention to detail and mix of historical facts and vivid fictional creations. It's great fun, despite a dramatically over-stuffed finale. Grecian's debut is the promising start of a new series and should be one of the most acclaimed and popular mysteries of the year.

 BOOKS I'VE READ SO FAR IN 2012

 1. The Underneath by Kathi Appelt *** 2. Jack Holmes and His Friend by Edmund White *** 3. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle ** 4. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel *** 5. Death Walks In Eastrepp by Francis Beeding *** 6. Lumious Airplanes by Paul La Farge ***/ 7. The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen ** 1/2 8. Unterzakhn by Leela Corman ** 9. The Child Who by Simon Lelic *** 10. Hinterland by Caroline Brothers *** 11. The Yard by Alex Grecian *** 1/2 12. The Alienist by Caleb Carr *** 13. On The Wings Of Heroes by Richard Peck *** 1/2 14. A Princess Of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs * 15. The Gods Of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs ** 16. The Warlord Of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs ** 1/2 17. Undefeated: America's Heroic Fight For Bataan and Corregidor by Bill Sloan ** 1/2 18. Stoner by John Williams **** 19. The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt *** 1/2 20. The 500 by Matthew Quirk ** 21. The Age Of Innocence by Edith Wharton **** 22. The Alienist by Caleb Carr ***\ 23. Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi ** 24. Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household *** 25. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky ** 26. Traitor's Gate by Avi ** 1/2 27. Cogan's Trade by George V. Higgins *** 28. 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson *** 1/2 29. The Twelve Rooms Of The Nile by Enid Shomer ** 1/2 30. Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel *** 1/2 31. In One Person by John Irving ** 32. A Million Heavens by John Brandon *** 33. The Case Of The Deadly Butter Chicken by Tarquin Hall *** 34. Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man by Walter Stahr *** 1/2 35. The Kings of Cool by Don Winslow *** 36. The Case of The Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall *** 37. Savages by Don Winslow ***

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Rebuilding the East End for the Olympics



Historic picture of
Whitechapel High Street
There was a reason why the East End of London was the hunting ground for Jack the Ripper. It was the most crime ridden area of London; they even had a street nicknamed "do-as-you-please." Unless they were three or four strong, the police rarely walked the East End. It was simply too dangerous.

Sadly, good people, who worked the docks or in one of the many manufacturing warehouses, lived in the slums and squalor of this crime-infested place. Many of them were refugees or fugitives from around the world who had come looking for a better life, London's East End was their boat's first stop, and they simply never made it out. Their language, cultural and social diversity usually meant only more challenges for an already struggling populace. By the late 1800s, the poverty in the East End was as rampant as the crime.

Ironically, it took the actions of the world's most infamous serial killer — Jack the Ripper — to expose an underbelly of society that was thriving and growing bigger every day. Jack the Ripper's gruesome killing spree terrorized all of London. Massive newspaper coverage detailed every aspect of these most brutal of murders — as well as the victims' pathetic lives. For months, the people of London were fed steady doses of information about Jack the Ripper and life in the East End.

Shamed into action, the politicians and the wealthier citizens of London, including Queen Victoria, began a movement to do something about the poverty, the crime and the disease in the East End. In the eyes of Victorian England, Jack the Ripper personified the evil festering outside the walls of their great city, and someone needed to do something! Unfortunately, when the killings stopped, the outrage dissipated. Other problems became more pressing, and, let's face it, change is just so slow!

As research for his book, popular British author Jack London decided to live penniless in the East End, and 20 years after Jack the Ripper's killing spree, he told of his experiences. The book was entitled "People of the Abyss," and it was considered one of his best works. In great detail, he told a compelling story about how the culture of poverty had taken on a life of its own in the East End. Arguing the need for effective and urgent reform, London's "People of the Abyss" was very widely read. Yet, nothing really changed for those stuck in the abyss.


Wikipedia: Jack the Ripper



Suspicion feel on many dubious street
characters around Whitechapel as to
the identity of Jack the Ripper
"Jack the Ripper" is the best-known name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. 

The name originated in a letter, written by someone claiming to be the murderer, that was disseminated in the media. The letter is widely believed to have been a hoax, and may have been written by a journalist in a deliberate attempt to heighten interest in the story. 

Other nicknames used for the killer at the time were "The Whitechapel Murderer" and "Leather Apron".

Attacks ascribed to the Ripper typically involved female prostitutes from the slums whose throats were cut prior to abdominal mutilations. The removal of internal organs from at least three of the victims led to proposals that their killer possessed anatomical or surgical knowledge. 

Rumours that the murders were connected intensified in September and October 1888, and letters from a writer or writers purporting to be the murderer were received by media outlets and Scotland Yard. The "From Hell" letter, received by George Lusk of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, included half of a preserved human kidney, supposedly from one of the victims. 

Mainly because of the extraordinarily brutal character of the murders, and because of media treatment of the events, the public came increasingly to believe in a single serial killer known as "Jack the Ripper".

Extensive newspaper coverage bestowed widespread and enduring international notoriety on the Ripper. An investigation into a series of brutal killings in Whitechapel up to 1891 was unable to connect all the killings conclusively to the murders of 1888, but the legend of Jack the Ripper solidified. 

As the murders were never solved, the legends surrounding them became a combination of genuine historical research, folklore, and pseudohistory. The term "ripperology" was coined to describe the study and analysis of the Ripper cases. 

There are now over one hundred theories about the Ripper's identity, and the murders have inspired multiple works of fiction.




Jack the Ripper grisly series to snare up €8m for capital

The grisly murders took place more than a century ago but the story of Jack the Ripper continues to fascinate. 

A new drama about the notorious serial killer who stalked the streets of London's East End in the late 1800s is being filmed in Dublin by the BBC. It is expected to generate €8m for the economy. 

 For the latest part of the shoot, Clancy Barracks in Islandbridge has been transformed into Victorian London. Filming began in March at the Georgian buildings, which have been augmented with constructed film sets created by production designer Mark Geraghty to recreate the Whitechapel area of the East End. 

BBC America is behind the eight-part drama. 

The BBC hopes the show will rival the success of 'Sherlock', which attracted eight million viewers in the UK. The production has created more than 250 Irish cast and crew jobs since filming began. 

 Arts Minister Jimmy Deenihan, who was given a tour of the 'Ripper Street' set yesterday, said the production vindicated the Government's decision to retain tax breaks for film and television productions.

 "The section 481 tax breaks played a major role in this production company coming to Ireland," he said.

 "This is a major injection of investment for Dublin and for Ireland. We forfeit about €70m in tax through section 481 and certainly we get a great return for that.

 "I think in 2010 the figure mentioned, the value, would certainly have been well over €300m, so we are getting a really good return for what we are ceding in taxation," the minister said. 

 The series stars British actor Matthew Macfadyen as a detective leading the hunt for the Ripper. 

 The drama also stars 'Alcatraz' star Adam Rothenberg, 'Twilight' star Myanna Buring and Jerome Flynn of 'Game of Thrones'. 

 The series is being made by London based Tiger Aspect Productions, which also filmed 'Murphy's Law' and 'The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse' here; Lookout Productions and Irish-based company Element Pictures are also involved. 

 James Hickey, chairman of the Irish Film Board, said the fact that 18 Irish films funded by the IFB were to be released this year showed the industry was in a good state despite the recession.  

They include Neil Jordan's latest film 'Byzantium', starring Saoirse Ronan, which is set in an English seaside town but was filmed in Wicklow and Dublin.

 - edel o'connell

 Irish Independent

 www.independent.ie


New book Jack the Ripper: The Hand of a Woman links killings to Welsh woman

Tabernacle Morriston

IT was the unlikeliest of revelations that linked a little-known Welsh village with the most notorious killer in British history.

But parishioners say they are less than convinced that Jack the Ripper was in fact Lizzie Williams, daughter of wealthy and renowned local tin magnate Richard Hughes.

In his new book Jack the Ripper: The Hand of a Woman, author John Morris claims he has proven “beyond reasonable doubt” that Lizzie was behind the infamous Ripper mass murders.

Lizzie grew up in Ynystawe, near Swansea, and her family worshipped at the Tabernacle chapel in nearby Morriston. Her father donated the land for the chapel at a greatly reduced price but lost his money in 1888, ending up in Swansea bankruptcy court. This, John believes, was the catalyst for Lizzie’s murderous 19th century campaign.

Her husband, famous doctor Dr John Williams, allegedly took the final victim Mary Jane Kelly as a mistress after Lizzie turned out to be infertile – a legitimate motive for the brutal murder, John claims.

David Morgan, a member of the chapel, said the story was “intriguing” but was dubious about its legitimacy.

Mr Morgan, who is also secretary to Tabernacle’s choir, said: “It’s intriguing, and not what you expect to hear. I’m not convinced but it’s certainly interesting.

“I can’t speak on behalf of the chapel, but I’m going to tell the choir at our next rehearsal. A lot of them are members of the chapel too, it’ll be interesting to see what people make of it.”

Villager Yvonne James, 52, said she hoped “speculative myths” wouldn’t have a negative effect on the area’s reputation.

Yvonne, from Clydach Road, said: “I don’t know how to react to this book. It’s shocking, yes, but it’s another conspiracy theory about who this person was and there have been many.

“Things can have a big effect if people believe them and take them seriously. The likelihood is we will never know, but yes if this is true it’s a ground-breaking discovery.

“I don’t think anyone will start talking about the area being cursed, it was a very long time ago. It won’t bring the community to its knees.”

Author John told the Wales on Sunday: “Five years ago, my father was researching Dr John Williams independently for an article when a local author named Dr Williams as the Ripper.

“He suggested that Dr Williams had enjoyed an affair with the final victim, Mary Jane Kelly, then he killed her for reasons that were extremely vague.

“My father refused to believe that Dr Williams could possibly be the killer and, after all, what motive could he possibly have had?

“But as we discussed the case, my father realised that there was someone who had a reason to kill the doctor’s mistress – his wife, Lizzie Williams.”

John admitted he was initially sceptical the murders could have been committed by a small-town Welsh woman – but soon discovered there was no conclusive proof in the police witness statements, inquest testimony and medical reports the killer was a man.

“It was quite a revelation,” said John, who practised law in Swansea but now lives in Ireland.

“So when we began to look more closely at the murders, we found that there were clues which suggested a woman was involved, but because the killer was always considered to be a man, the clues were always ignored or pushed to one side.”

Dr Williams’ great great nephew Tony Williams, his only known living relative, previously published a book alleging Dr Williams himself was responsible.
www.walesonline.co.uk




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