No, not quite. :teddyr: :teddyr:
DNA tests have shown that the Ripper was one Aaron Kosminski, a Polish immigrant in England. I remember seeing the documentary The Secret Identity of Jack The Ripper in 1988 which also proposed him as the killer.
www.news24.com/World/News/Jack-the-Ripper-finally-identified-20140908 (http://www.news24.com/World/News/Jack-the-Ripper-finally-identified-20140908)
I have always thought the Ripper was a member of royalty or someone high up in the government.
I dunno. It seems more like a way to promote the new book this is based on than truly convincing evidence. Someone a decade ago claimed to have DNA evidence for Jack the Ripper's identity, finding a completely different person than this result.
Quote from: claws on September 08, 2014, 05:22:16 AM
finding a completely different person than this result.
That different person was me. :wink:
Your name is Walter Sickert?
I LOVE your artwork!
Yeah whenever something's being used to promote a book I always have to wonder how much is science and how much is marketing. The origins of the shawl will need to be thoroughly scrutinized and the DNA evidence verified. A very interesting theory if proven true though.
The Walter Sickert Book was utter foolishness. It was all circumstantial.
I agree, the Albert Edward theory was my favorite. But knowing about realty its probably some random nut, like this Polish cat.
-Ed
I always assumed it was Dr. Giggles. Oh well.
Hmmn ... maybe Jack The Ripper was a woman?
Could be. Women weren't normally allowed into the world of medical knowledge, but given the fact the victims were mostly hookers, if could be that a knowledgeable woman could have waged a war against sin. Given the body parts removed, is it possible the killer was righting some transgressions?
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/09/jack_the_ripper_dna_evidence_was_aaron_kosminski_really_the_serial_killer.html (http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/09/jack_the_ripper_dna_evidence_was_aaron_kosminski_really_the_serial_killer.html)
More on the Polish dude
That's probably news to this guy;
(http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080622164828/babylon5/images/9/90/Inquisitor01.jpg)
And probably this guy too;
(http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20050919145456/memoryalpha/en/images/b/b9/Redjac.jpg)
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QuoteHe says the infamous killer is Aaron Kosminski, a Jewish émigré from Poland, who worked as a barber.
There we go blaming the Jews again. I wonder how long before it comes out that this guy is a member of the new Nazi party or some similiar group.
Quote from: Bushma on September 11, 2014, 09:44:19 PM
Engage Troll-mode
QuoteHe says the infamous killer is Aaron Kosminski, a Jewish émigré from Poland, who worked as a barber.
There we go blaming the Jews again. I wonder how long before it comes out that this guy is a member of the new Nazi party or some similiar group.
I thought he was a member of One Direction.
Quote from: Silverlady on September 08, 2014, 08:04:03 PM
Hmmn ... maybe Jack The Ripper was a woman?
Trevor is a woman . . .?! In the guise of a woman disguised as a man . . .?! Well, has anybody ever seen our Trevor and Joan Collins in the same room together? I don't think so.
Frankly, when it comes to the real ripper, I don't know jack.
Quote from: BoyScoutKevin on September 18, 2014, 06:03:06 PM
Quote from: Silverlady on September 08, 2014, 08:04:03 PM
Hmmn ... maybe Jack The Ripper was a woman?
Trevor is a woman . . .?! In the guise of a woman disguised as a man . . .?! Well, has anybody ever seen our Trevor and Joan Collins in the same room together? I don't think so.
Well, to my gay and LGBT friends, I'm known as Joan, so...... :teddyr: