Comments on: The 1881 census reveals the stories of Jack the Ripper’s victims

By: Steve-O

Steve-O — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:21:14 +0000

apparently there were murders in New York shortly after the last murder in England took place. There were newspaper reports and all sorts. The New Yorkers thought that Jack the Ripper was then in America. The murderer had exactly the same modus operandi. Any thoughts?

By: andy parlour

andy parlour — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:19:59 +0000

hello alison,

have just found this very interesting chat site. note you say you are distantly related to me-how distantly?
andy

By: Jeff Leahy

Jeff Leahy — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:51:53 +0000

I cant see what all the mystery is about. The Man in charge of the case, Sir Robert Anderson, clearly wrote in his book the lighter side of my official life, the identity of the Ripper was a “Definitely Ascertain Fact”.

So you can all rest in peace and go back to the day jobs..

Pirate Jack

By: Rhiannon Jones

Rhiannon Jones — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:01:09 +0000

Hi Neal,

My name is Rhiannon Jones and I am making a documentary about the enduring fascination with Jack the Ripper, with the emphasis on the victims rather than Jack. The story has become almost a myth known the world over; I want to question this fascination and bring the focus onto the reality of these women’s lives as opposed to Jack’s possible identity.

I am the recipient of the New Pathways Film Fund and the film will be screened at the East London Film Festival.

I have read your book ‘The Victims of Jack the Ripper’ and have found it a fantastic source of information. I feel that you could bring to life these women’s lives and therefore I am asking if you could contribute to my film as an interviewee. I have been trying to find a means of contacting you and this has been my closest lead. If you are interested please reply here or to rhiannonlara@hotmail.com. I look forward to hearing from you,

Best wishes,

Rhiannon

By: Paul Kentish

Paul Kentish — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:22:26 +0000

Pardon? My cyrillic is not too good nowadays.

By: Paul Kentish

Paul Kentish — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:23:14 +0000

I’ve read Patricia Cornwell’s ‘Portrait of a Killer’. Sickert was a strange person, but was living in Camden around the time of the Camden Murder (hence his paiting). While interesting, I would recommend people read ‘The Diary of Jack the Ripper’, by Shirley Harrison. It is based around a ‘diary’ found in Liverpool belonging to James Maybrick. He was poisoned, then murdered by his wife: This was a big court case in its own right. There are some very interesting facts in it, which also fit with the Ripper murders. A Ripper Tour Guide posited that it was leather Apron, based on police papers issued in 2006.

At the end of the day, who knows…

By: Neal Shelden

Neal Shelden — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:37:16 +0000

As I have noted on above post, the children of the victims went on to lead respectable lives, and their mothers life histories and theirs are fully documented now.

By: Neal Shelden

Neal Shelden — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:34:17 +0000

The victims were largely alcolholics and their addiction probably was the reason they ended up where they did.

The children of the victims went on to lead respectable lives and in Annie Chapman and Catherine Eddowes cases there are each about 30 living relatives of all ages alive today.

By: Neal Shelden

Neal Shelden — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:28:38 +0000

Although the first example is interesting, unfortunately Mary was alleged to have been born in about 1864, making that candidate about 10 years older.

By: Alison Smith

Alison Smith — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:49:51 +0000

I’m also interested in anything “Jack The Ripper” as I’m distantly related to Andy Parlour (author of “The Jack The Ripper Whitechapel Murders”), and he is distantly related to Mary Ann Nichols - Jack’s alleged first victim….!

Incidentally - the following website is superb:

http://www.casebook.org/index.html