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.

 

[davidf]

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.

Do you think there's any chance of finding out who it is after all this time?

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

Do you think there's any chance of finding out who it is after all this time?

Forget Jack The Ripper, we need to identify that other very dangerous fellow, The Phantom Raspberry Blower. He was responsible for many deaths, in Old London Town.

 

[jjbomber]

Forget Jack The Ripper, we need to identify that other very dangerous fellow, The Phantom Raspberry Blower. He was responsible for many deaths, in Old London Town.

David Jason. I preferred him in The Top Secret Life Of Edgar Briggs.

 

[plastic penguin]

Do you think there's any chance of finding out who it is after all this time?

Realistically no. But i always live in hope that perhaps someone might open a case that's stuffed away in the attic for decades may have a definitive answer.

Also, there's a large warehouse somewhere in S. London full of old Met Police documents. Whether they'll sort it out is another matter. But it's all ifs buts and maybes. There could be some ancient correspondents by a top cops at the time that might reveal the identity of the Whitechapel murderer.

Jack the Ripper wasn't the killers name, it's from a letter sent by a journalist with a vivid imagination, claiming to be the murderer. There's countless myths, mostly because the murderer was unknown.

The other myth that every film, documentary gets wrong: The murders of the canonical 5 (Nichols, Chapman, Stride, Eddowes and Kelly) there was no fog. London was blanketed in smog for most Autums and winters, but these nights were totally clear of smog with rain and wind.

 

[plastic penguin]

Forget Jack The Ripper, we need to identify that other very dangerous fellow, The Phantom Raspberry Blower. He was responsible for many deaths, in Old London Town.

Now now. These were women, unlike today there was no financial support, who were trying to earn 4p for a warm bed. The only way then was to sell themselves.

It's even sadder when you think most of these sad women came from middle class backgrounds, married with children. Annie Chapman, the second of the canonical 5, was married to a coachman who worked near Windsor. The had 3 children, the eldest born disabled and her youngest died at a very early age. She was becoming an alcoholic, after a while her husband kicked her out as was deemed to have ruined his job.

He was still paying her money up until his death in 1886. From there she made her way to Spitalfields area.

This is the only known photo of any of the C5 victims.