The reason why i haven't been on here very often

[plastic penguin]

I used to post stuff until my eyes bled, but during 2025 I've been so content with my bundles and as a consequence, I'm totally out of touch with new equipment in the retailers.

Also, I've been so into Jack the Ripper research, I've visited Whitechapel a couple of times over recent months with like-minded Ripperologists.

Plus work and my daughter's Alfa Mito, I've had a busy year.

I'll try and contribute more in 2026.

Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

 

[jjbomber]

with like-minded Ripperologists.

Great word. Not sure if it's a real term or not, but it should be!
Anyway, it was Kosminski.

 

[Messiah]

I've been so content with my bundles.

A great position to be in.

Merry Christmas!

(Always liked the film 'From Hell' about the ripper).

 

[plastic penguin]

A great position to be in.

Merry Christmas!

(Always liked the film 'From Hell' about the ripper).

Yes, i think so. Every component works so well with the others.

I don't think any film should be made on the Whitechapel murderer. Because he was never caught, scriptwriters take all the protagonists out of proportion.

Abberline as a drug taking, psychic detective is a joke.

The 1988 two-parter with Michael Caine and Lewis Collins, Abberline, played by Caine, is a womanising, alcoholic detective is ridiculous. Abberline was happily married to a Emma, and there's no evidence he even drank anything.

A good docudrama would be a clearer representation of the Whitechapel murderer.

 

[plastic penguin]

Great word. Not sure if it's a real term or not, but it should be!
Anyway, it was Kosminski.

Kosminski is a good shout but he wasn't capable of eating like normal, preferred eating from the gutter. IMHO, the killer was cold and calculating, such as George Chapman. He lived in Cable Street Whitechapel for a while, but murdered 3 of his wives by poisoning. Would he change his MO? Unlikely but not impossible.

My personal opinion is the killer has yet to be named. He knew the area (didn't necessarily lived there) yet could walk around as with any person.

My interest comes from my ancestor, who was a Whitechapel PC in 1888.