The Grisly Murders Of Jack The Ripper

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"Jack the Ripper: "
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Police Discover A Victim Of Jack The Ripper
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[@jackw1878]

Imagine going on a midnight stroll and hearing one of two men say “yeah, the body was over there”

[@idontknowwhatimdoing760]

Who’s going on a midnight stroll in London? Like your gonna get stabbed by some gangs or chavs

[@venngeance2588]

I would run as fast as I could the other way

[@vinqux9714]

Best -assassin *gimmie your foundation bruv*

[@Vaibhavisoni16]

Why did I read this comment in Kevin's voice 🤣

[@willdixon2200]

@@idontknowwhatimdoing760 Best time to wander around London. City is 24 hours these days.

[@billie4753]

we have a barber shop in town called "jack the clipper"

[@andreag.c.1156]

That's morbid.

[@coined_poor1111]

*Kowalski analysis*

[@yourwelcome5293]

Maxwell James a research showed recently that Jack the Ripper was Aaron Kosminsky which was a barber LOL

[@coined_poor1111]

@@yourwelcome5293 OH NO xD

[@mehak8236]

Is it bad that I laughed at this comment (thats really hilarious and clever)

[@hiirukox7098]

I think he would not like it when u would call him „jack the stripper“

[@Youngesthavin_]

😂

[@starsaregrrreat]

Hiiruko X HAHA

[@coryclauve]

Omg 🤣

[@abbywolffe4114]

That's why he killed prostitutes, they always made fun of him

[@shinakakagauki4255]

667

[@d.c.destiny]

I never understood what Jack the Ripper meant by "that joke about leather apron gave me real fits" until I learned that there was a guy who lived in the area, a bootmaker named John Pizer and nicknamed "Leather Apron" who was reported to have threatened several prostitutes and was being considered as a suspect for the murders. He was arrested, but had alibis for all the murders up till then. So basically in his letter Jack the Ripper was saying "you thought it was *that* guy?! Lol"

[@kurtward2781]

There's no proof the killer wrote a single letter. The police at the time believed it was a journalist. Most people who are passionate about the case today believe it was a hoax.

[@aaronmcdonagh4604]

Definitely a sense of enjoyment and slight arrogance in his letters

[@robertwye9463]

The amount of madness and sadism in the letters were very disturbing, whoever did this had some issues when it came to sexuality.

[@brcsephina]

@@robertwye9463i think he has more issues than sexuality

[@AggressiveSpaghetti]

@@brcsephina sехuality was the LEAST of his issues

[@zipity2782]

This dude said “ha ha” in a letter, that’s how you know he’s crazy.

[@virgie4715]

Zipity I do this.... lmao

[@crawl69]

What's worse is that it was written like "Ha. Ha." that's just. Awful

[@herhollowm0on]

Zipity yeah, no one sane puts a space between haha

[@faridnabizade]

And the fact he said it in 1880s

[@SheWhoWalksWithLucifer]

They didn't have "lol" back then 😂

[@AriaCodfish]

Police & witnesses: The killer has a black hat, a coat, is 5,7” and has a large mustache Every man at the time: he can be any one of us!

[@pugfessor]

there’s a spy in our midst!

[@Samuhah]

The Spider-Man pointing at the another Spider-Man meme

[@tayloranderson7547]

Police & wintnesses:! the killer has a black hat, a coat, is 5,7and has A large mustache

[@metalgearzwei]

Riley Bleathman **gets shot in the face by a shotgun**

[@miashow2284]

Police : he looks like every other bish

[@mruniverse9978]

Woman: *becomes prostitute as a way to survive* Jack the Ripper: “So you have chosen death”

[@phialp4599]

Jacob Vinten ikr😂😂

[@kafkafication3449]

Cake or death?

[@nannerbanana2504]

@@kafkafication3449 both

[@kafkafication3449]

@@nannerbanana2504 I just realized that this is a very obscure reference that I made so probably no one understands oops.

[@jameswelcher2830]

@@kafkafication3449 Y E S

[@lucycampos9753]

Fun fact: During the Jack the Ripper incidents, there was a play about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde going on. Apparently the lead actor, Richard Mansfield, was so convincing that many people believed he was Jack the Ripper.

[@mixmastermind]

I've seen one or two people try to pin it on Joseph Merrick, which feels mean of them.

[@shina8767]

Charles Allen lechmere is Jack the ripper

[@sujjalpaikaray1107]

​@@shina8767why do you say so?

[@falconeshield]

​@@mixmastermindNo way it was him. He was too weak and had a deformed hand. Surgery was impossible for a man like him, figures fun with the ladies.

[@dream_walker9726]

my favourite novel and my favourite case, seems fitting.

[@peepeepoopoo2259]

He can’t be a doctor, he has good handwritting.

[@gelotacdol4398]

a doctor and a writer? must be rizal lols

[@nashuamarbaniang457]

Everyone did like i think anyone who could write at the time had good handwriting

[@fardnia9434]

As an offensive I find this a doctor

[@ryno47291]

mambo i dont want to be whoooosed so uh are you fucking kidding or what

[@holiestdoll]

mambo as a funny, I find this the niece of a nurse

[@tiagaaisaka3584]

Kids in 2016: *weave snatch* Jack in 1888: *womb snatch*

[@Miranda-qe2jm]

😶

[@Stella-iW123]

copied comment

[@kirbysthiccthighs]

mikan tsumiki @ junko enoshima

[@humanhorse3717]

@Dexter clarence Fongkot bruuuhh RoR

[@m4clematis]

@Dexter clarence Fongkot EYYY RECORD OF RAGNAROK EYYY

[@geriatricc]

one day they're gonna accidentally solve something and it's gonna be amazing

[@minah6847]

Jackson Butt Yah I hope so too.

[@lt7505]

I'm really sorry that I lied this comment and made it 667

[@coolkidcolingaming9138]

I have a friend named Jackson and a enemie last name is butts

[@schlubenno3827]

That’s not really how this works but okay.

[@peterlattos8415]

Jack the ripper has been solved by the way now😂

[@mattbatesteacher]

So neat to have the exact moment Shane thought up Puppet History saved for all time.

[@olegschmidt7171]

I was just about to say, Shane looks like he thought puppets talking about interesting historical events sounds like a wonderful idea

[@IloveJesus777j77]

Have faith in Jesus alone to be saved

[@arnoarno1092]

@@IloveJesus777j77Jesus preached evangelism, what you’re doing is proselytizing.

[@grandmaster5183]

*If the public started calling him 'Jack the wanker' instead, the murders would've probably stopped sooner*

[@destituteanddecadent9106]

🤣🤣🤣 you have a point, serial killers live to be recognized and feared. I'd say Jack the Ripper was great branding for him and an L for the public.

[@grandmaster5183]

@@destituteanddecadent9106 exactly

[@Leto965]

Well before the letters he was called red handkerchief becouse according to the police he used to strangle his victims wit that item (that explains why the victims crye's for help wern't heard).

[@grandmaster5183]

@@Leto965 still not as good as 'wanker'

[@Leto965]

@@grandmaster5183 yeah you have a ponit

[@redtiger5499]

“They sent half a kidney....” KZbin: *UBER Eats Ad*

[@sarkibird4675]

😂😂😂

[@gabriellebowman2520]

U mean *murder eats* Ad

[@Daucuscartoa]

Tiger Jiang 😂😂

[@kingleonaidas3302]

😂😂😂😂😂 Man your so funny

[@weirdscience8341]

Steak and kidney beans

[@tiffanyorozco5945]

29:03 “And they were roommates” “Oh my god they were roommates”

[@finleykaye7064]

omfg

[@anyalaASMR]

SKSKSKSK if u know this reference you're the shit

[@Sushigabby]

omg rip

[@mallory9445]

Phantrashnumber5 omg ripper

[@Sushigabby]

omg

[@SilvertoneKevin]

A doctor wouldn’t have been surprised the blood he saved got thick and would know he couldn’t save blood to write with.

[@GregoryMcStevens]

Could've been reverse psychology to throw the police off and make them think the ripper was an uneducated man

[@certifiedrockeater]

it's not confirmed that the letters were from the actual killer anyway

[@elisatinsley5181]

Historians apparently believed the letter read very American, which is interesting. Another thought I had was that it could be a medical student who is using people he perceives won't be missed as practice subjects. It's hard to say, though, because the last victim was killed in her home where the most damage was done, but before it was hastily done within half an hour. The wombs apparently aren't easy to find, but they were removed. The lighting was bad at night because they didn't have electrical street lamps, so how could they so accurately cut the body to remove certain organs and why? Were they selling the organs? Eating them? What? I have so many questions.

[@jessiemacon6615]

@@elisatinsley5181 I agree about the killer being American... because I truly believe Jack the ripper was HH Holmes... he was believed to be in England at the time of the killings. plus he went to medical school and dissected most of his victims , so he would know how to remove organs.. this should have been a theory

[@hannahhoke1067]

What in the hell do you have to be into to be labelled "sexually insane"

[@billsimms2511]

I was given that label in high school but I shrugged it off

[@darrylbuhia7359]

That's where you want to eat me alive maybe withs some fava beans

[@lunettasuziejewel2080]

Based on my limited knowledge of the Victorians... sadomasochism probably

[@dal1585]

Being a necrophiliac might help

[@shinysugardrops]

Sexually insane meant homosexual tendencies,at least for that time period

[@jacksskeleton4761]

Video: is scary, in detail of murders and conspiracies Comment section: you’ve yee’d your last haw

[@nkayemarong5852]

Lmao

[@bulldoggirl3008]

This made me laugh so much

[@spookyspider2820]

haw

[@IndianaJonas96]

geT OUt

[@notlkebitch4115]

JuSt LeAvE

[@adithyamenon5207]

woman: *becomes prostitute as a way to survive* jack the ripper: ...and i took that personally

[@orangejuice9102]

Jack The Ripper:So,anyways,i started killing

[@bruhhhhhhhhh2072]

Hey........ Last Dance reference

[@vcpf]

Jack The Ripper: dab on them hoes

[@RaldoBot]

@@orangejuice9102 so anyways I started slashing

[@kayb9489]

dont normalise prostitution

[@annegraham6223]

Also!!! As a woman of a certain age in West Yorkshire- We had the same problem with newspapers & a misogynist police force ‘assuming’ that the majority of women were prostitutes! No!!! They were not! To begin with the bastard just picked on women that were easy to attack & then when he got confident, he took more risks & attacked any lonely, vulnerable woman!

[@sourdrop]

Really taking "If she breathes, she's a thot" to the next level

[@winstonchurchill586]

The women in the Jack the Ripper case were prostitutes though, they had to otherwise they wouldn’t have been able to survive

[@yash_ramkilawan]

Peter Sutcliffe?

[@Elly3981]

In those days, if a woman was seen out by herself at night, it was assumed she was a prostitute.

[@winstonchurchill586]

@@Elly3981 which she probably was, men owned their wives back then so the women had no reason to really be out unless she was doing some shady stuff, i doubt women wanted to walk around the streets of Whitechapel at night it would’ve been a very dangerous place. I’m not trying to take a dig at the women either I’m just saying that she probably was a prostitute, there’s nothing wrong with that they had to do what they did to survive.

[@grimreapeter5436]

Prostitute: *Exists* Jack the Ripper: I’m about to end this whole (wo)mans career

[@schwellenangst1605]

*Women* *Wahmen* *Whaman*

[@popsicIes]

*Whale*

[@Pocketsand99]

@@ad0339 I'm pretty sure your the only one out of a thousand people who think that.

[@ktreloki]

@FROSTY Burny master what did they say they deleted their comment before I could roast them too

[@kevinlo7661]

@@ktreloki yeah them fuck ass niggas

[@niamhmcl1075]

The police at the time: the suspect is male with a moustache Every man living in London at the time who had a moustache: 👀👀🧐😑

[@redmeter7198]

Jack the Ripper: *Shaves Mustache*

[@dxnzonyt]

@@redmeter7198 Jack: *also turns female* I AM DIFFERENT FROM TODAY!

[@anniediaz4638]

When I went to London I went on a Jack the Ripper walking tour and our tour guide took us to all the spots the bodies were found. He was really into telling all the gruesome details and one woman on the tour literally FAINTED

[@erintheegg4819]

ive done that tour

[@candyjam4027]

Dang, how bad were those details there?

[@Moo-2310]

That'd be an interesting tour. I'll have to check that out next time I go to london.

[@the_Punisher_]

Candy Jam Prolly the ones mentioned in the video, which is gruesome af.

[@thisisnotphysics1857]

Next time I'm in London I have to take that specific tour!! And if no one faints I sue you lol I (don't worry I'll go with my Bf, he'll be the one fainting)

[@roisin4158]

The way that some people in these comments discuss the victims is horrible, particularly about post mortem pictures of these women, stating that these pictures "weren't that bad". Those women were victims and brutally murdered in horrific ways. Stop minimizing what happened to them in an attempt to make yourself sound 'edgier'.

[@Aarzoo-kw4gr]

I don't if I'm too sensitive or a "snowflake" but most of the comments i see in these videos are disgusting

[@YogoBites]

It’s because these people don’t understand that what makes these pictures so horrible is that these were innocent people who were taken unfairly. You can look at a body all you want, but you won’t be hit by that weight until you see the person it once was. They just see a corpse, they don’t see the victim.

[@sam-ht6qv]

​@@YogoBitesNone of them were innocent. They were prostitutes.

[@YogoBites]

@@sam-ht6qv oh boo motherfucking hoo. No one is free of sin according to Christianity, and Christians acting all high and mighty doesn’t make it any easier for the people with real problems who have to make hard calls like turning to prostitution to survive. On top of that, sin does not make murder okay. The deaths of these women were still tragedies! Not to mention, several of them weren’t even actual prostitutes and were instead labeled as that incorrectly. It is people like you who make the idea of Christianity so unappealing to so many people. Next time you think you’re so high and mighty and above sin, think about how often you break the same rules you have decided all people must live by. You are not free of sin, because no one is, and being sinful does not make someone any less human, it does not make them any less deserving of respect, it does not make them any less deserving of a full and happy life. Your god frowns upon horrible wretches such as yourself.

[@L_oliviarodrigosbiggestfan]

Fr

[@quavehiphop9152]

The Zodiac Killer probably looked at this episode and said "oh the most notorious serial killer of all time huh... time to come out of retirement "

[@tumbleweed9652]

Yeah I remember that "from hell" thing

[@crackerjack5726]

Well he is definitely the most notorious killer in the UK

[@Ele_Thewolf]

help, I cackled 💀✋

[@chickenandsilver1649]

Imagine how terrifying it must've been for women to have to go on with their lives at that time knowing a serial killer was after them.

[@Ryan-nm2sc]

Only prostitutes though.

[@coyotecc]

Most of the area was prostitutes. Over a 1000 women and a couple hundred brothels. The whole place was a big powder keg

[@simran12.21]

Lmao

[@minutedetails7696]

@@Ryan-nm2sc they are women too

[@chickenandsilver1649]

@@Ryan-nm2sc your point? Prostitutes are humans too.

[@ValonaGrace]

Shane saying he was into them using puppets to cover true crime history aged extremely well

[@sssssssssssafa]

how did it age well? did i miss something?

[@ValonaGrace]

@@sssssssssssafa puppet history on the watcher

[@blueapple41]

I literally scrolled down to find someone who caught this!!! XD

[@DuchessofSassytown]

I was literally just thinking that Shane bought into that so quickly, and now we know why.

[@SleepIntoTheDiamondLife]

@@ValonaGrace also their collective love for the watcher and them repeatedly saying All Hail the Watcher

[@mohamedal-amine1742]

It’s actually kind of crazy to think that we’ll truly never know who he was.

[@safcjoe7062]

We do, it was clearly Barnett.

[@EstanislaoSantino-xk8uz]

​@@safcjoe7062who is he?

[@Sadmonke2]

@@safcjoe7062they proved it was Aaron konminski

[@someweirdstuff1256]

⁠@@Sadmonke2 is it by dna

[@vtexo]

@@someweirdstuff1256no the police commissioner, I believe, stated in his writings he definitely believed kosminski to be the one. However some of the facts he wrote about kosminski were wrong so its still tossed up

[@iscaylis]

In case anyone was wondering they determined time of death by the temperature of the body. It decreases 1.5 c every hour.

[@sarahjohnsonj06]

oh ok ty

[@ringingbells3961]

They could’ve also looked at the color of the blood, as it gets darker when it clots. But there are a lot of factors to consider including the surface (blood clots quicker on a rough surface and oily surfaces make the blood clot slower than it would on a smooth or clean surface) Also when someone dies, their blood pressure tanks to zero and they stop bleeding which can help determine if they were stabbed to death and died quickly or if they were laying there bleeding for a while before they died.

[@Ali-mv3jc]

Yeah she probably would still have been warm when they found her. It's a shame

[@kpashnic6120]

Am i the only one that actually went to the comments to see who knew how they actually determined T.O.D. lol

[@jackwimmer2249]

@ Gif interesting……

[@artemis5300]

Isn’t it strange to think that someone today could be related to Jack the Ripper???

[@mckinleybrandow3445]

dude you cannot just fuck with my head like that!!!!

[@logicalthinker5729]

Yes it is

[@logicalthinker5729]

Very

[@mani-nt2ni]

I mean no and yes because that person may not know they are related to him

[@logicalthinker5729]

@@mani-nt2ni true

[@elisa.r.g]

He couldn’t be a doctor. He said he was going to use the blood to write the next letter, but was frustrated that it coagulated and was useless, but a doctor would know the blood would clot.

[@_spicy._.tuna_3665]

Right. And the theory of him being a police officer or a police mortician, those would give him anatomical knowledge so he still should've known the blood would coagulate.

[@josiahteng6906]

I mean he could be a shrewd individual who was purposefully including information in the letter to throw authorities off; aka he was lying. He also said he would clip one of the ears of the victims, but that didn't go down either

[@elisa.r.g]

@@josiahteng6906 he didn’t get the ear because he ran out of time. It would never occur to a doctor to say “I’m gonna use the blood as ink” because they would know that it wouldn’t work. It’d be some 5d chess move to double bluff like that.

[@dylansterk8043]

But is the 1800's after all

[@shannons3419]

unless the letter wasn't actually written by him

[@Bergen98]

What's interesting for me is how he always managed to get away right before the police came. He was certainly very familiar with the streets, maybe scouted them beforehand to know which dark alley would be a safe passage after the murder. I also think he could have been a "nobody" - a regular person whose name, as with most of us, went down into the darkness of passing time never to be discovered.

[@tylerharsch2054]

That moment when you realize that an average 16 year old boy is taller than Jack The Ripper

[@hannahjeffrey3994]

They were a lot shorter back then

[@thebeef8115]

Ye

[@eleven-hopper]

i'm a 16 year old boy who is 5'4

[@sh0elesstyrant_323]

@retro_boi I’m a 13 year old who’s 5’11

[@eleven-hopper]

@@sh0elesstyrant_323 lucky

[@Blazekid1906]

_"They say I'm a doctor, lmao"_ Aaron Kos1minski -1888

[@jaketheripper3825]

Fable Of Demo - I been a priest all along

[@davidcabral3805]

Fable Of Demo - yes just a demented hairdresser.

[@mrdonutboi8373]

His medical knowledge kinda makes sense too since barbers back then we're also considered as surgeons.

[@Raiiju]

I want jack the ripper to be like the milk man or the paper boy

[@martijnstuart95]

Interns at the asylum Kosminski stayed in have stated they believed him to be completely harmless and weren't even sure he could speak English, considering he only seemed to speak Yiddish.

[@arianahernandez8402]

I had a friend who genuinely believed he was Jack the Ripper reincarnated ...we’re not friends anymore

[@WhistleAndSnap]

ari Good call

[@nannerbanana2504]

I would doubt that but I honestly wouldnt be surprised

[@HopeeInk]

healthier to leave that friendship where it was, you doing better without that person.

[@jameswelcher2830]

Makes sense

[@GermaineIgloso]

You should’ve ask for his previous name

[@dxrthlaw8937]

Pro tip: NEVER search for the pictures of the victims. My blood literally froze when I saw Catherine Eddowes' post mortem photo.

[@reactinggoddess9504]

@@ToxicFireWolf00 right!

[@chrisbennett6236]

It was bad. The photos were of her after she was cleaned up. However the crime scene photos were pretty bad. It's why the inspectors believed she was the target of his rage.

[@chrisbennett6236]

​@@ToxicFireWolf00 I've seen what an M16 A3 does to a human skull at point blank range. I rate Eddows crime scene photos as worse. So either you're lying to try to sound smarter or more experience than anyone else. Or you've seen stuff that should have destroyed your mind and somehow didn't. I'm leaning towards the former as you didn't reference anything that might even come close.

[@TheKnowledgeMan101]

Nah, I think Mary Kelly's is worse

[@bro9179]

@@TheKnowledgeMan101 I agree

[@inactive6155]

Medical student: "Hey you know what would be funny?" Other med student: "What?" Medical student: "well you know that serial killer Jack The Ripper. That's terrifying absolutely everyone. Well what if we sent one human kidney... to the cops?" Other med student: "Dude........... you are brilliant"

[@mythandmayhem1134]

Galaxy Meifwa Gamer I mean, college students will do anything to get out of finals.

[@crawl69]

It was the Victorian times. Cocaine was in literally EVERYTHING.

[@rietalley3756]

I mean anything to keep me from my homework ha.ha.ha

[@emilyb4812]

HALF* a human kidney which tbh is more disturbing

[@victoriabell1398]

@@emilyb4812 it honestly doesn't make sense like if your gonna send the cops a kidney why only half?

[@violetserenityy]

Nobody: Jack the Ripper: Felt cute might kill a bunch of women later

[@DixieLeann]

💀💀

[@kellytshadow1216]

#ripped #haha

[@whomadethisandwhy301]

lmaoooo

[@homegrowntwinkie]

Nobody: Jack The Ripper: Felt Cute, might kill a bunch of women later Idk FTFY

[@paulatuin]

Wil je naar mekaar nakijken Valentijn heb jij je oh nee

[@aaleyahruddin]

There’s a fish and chip shop near the murders called jack the chipper💀

[@soph5349]

I- 💀

[@yahyeeet6821]

Jack the Ripper:clicks noise

[@bruh-xd8gz]

I- lmao

[@chrissi975]

This is brilliant and I would go there.

[@gayghostmeme3911]

Irene I love that’s to much

[@abby-girly1652]

For the barnett dude, I think the fact that Mary Kelly was killed in her sleep and that he was her ROOMATE/FORMER ROOMATE says a LOT!!!

[@vtexo]

True, but the thing with Marie Kellys room is that the door can be opened from the outside, by reaching through a window and unlocking the latch. This means any potential men that she had brought back whilst “working” would be able to regain access to her room at any given time. Which does throw doubt onto the theory

[@stipidman93]

@@vtexo also learning about human anatomy by gutting a fish is a stretch in my opinion

[@dillon1759]

@@stipidman93 Joseph Also worked as a horse slaughterer for a time

[@dillon1759]

Also he would of known the other women because working girls at that time were like family they had to look out for each other plenty of motive for him to get rid of them to scare her out of that life

[@grasstastesbad]

@@dillon1759 if the motive is that he wanted to scare her, it’s weird to me that he would be so elaborate with the murders? why mutilate, remove organs etc? seems like overkill

[@mynameis7368]

Someone pointed out that these mystery boys might've solved this, Ryan said "or he knew all the police routes" that sparked an idea from some guy on KZbin, he posted a video about it. "Buzfeed unsolved solved a murder" or something around that context. Everybody please bring this to the top let the boys see this!

[@meenakshidhar1597]

We can inform them by writing to them in their new channel watcher

[@bait5257]

@@meenakshidhar1597 f

[@JazzysChaos]

Another fact to take into account was at 11:51 he states Jack the Ripper sent a letter to the post office before it got in papers and became public and the police were the only people who knew that it occurred which can also be a clue that he was a police officer

[@shaunball9486]

did u find the video

[@sanctificate6285]

Ya, Jack the Ripper might have been a police officer

[@claudiaachard]

Theory: what if, Jack the Ripper was actually a cop and that’s how he was able to walk around doing things without getting caught because everyone around him just thought he was a normal cop. This would explain a lot of things besides the “Doctor” thing, But it is possible he was studying medicine and quit because he knew he wouldn’t go anywhere therefore he chose to become a cop instead.

[@milroy4018]

What if he was a ghost that’s probably how he got around

[@nazzly8466]

What if he ate baked beans

[@SaggleSac]

What if she’s a girl and her theory is invalid

[@BoberTee]

Impossible. Although one of the suspects was the nephew of a cop

[@tayloranderson7547]

He choose to become a cop instead

[@nmndza]

theory: he worked for the police which would explain why he knew all the police routes. he could’ve been a police mortician which would explain how he knew how to use the knife on a body

[@Emmitries]

That is my own theory as well! Also, because a police morticians' word would have been valued by the authorities, he could have diverted the suspicions onto doctors and other people who had anatomical knowledge while at the same time using his position to make him 'one of the good guys'.

[@spartannrage]

Interesting thought, but I’m not sure why a police mortician would know the patrol routes of beat cops

[@kermit5822]

@@spartannrage Well I'd assume there weren't a whole lot of police morticians so it'd make sense if he would be close friends with beat cops

[@kermit5822]

Especially because it was still crudely done bc morticians focus more on how a body looks sewn up so they would still need pretty good knowledge but didn't have great practice

[@Zefino141]

So could he be the police doctor dude

[@99GregPotter]

After this episode I've seen some murmurs that maybe he was a police officer, which is how he was able to evade capture during the search, I personally love this theory as in the letters he keeps referring to the chief of police as "boss". Obviously there's no way to confirm this but I think its a neat idea to think about.

[@nothobbesmufc949]

but it's slang.....like fam or blud or dude....ppl read way too much into the letters when they're likely not even from the Ripper. I mean the most iconic Ripper letter is a confirmed fake 😂

[@theretrodragonyope]

@@nothobbesmufc949 Not only the slang part, but the fact that it appeared that the Ripper knew police patrols.

[@falconeshield]

​@Gamer_Wolf. Dude imagine if there was a movie like clue that had multiple endings. Screen 1 is Lusk, Screen 2 is Openshaw, Screen 3 is PC Neil, Screen 4 is Lechman. Just imagine!

[@hartleyb8356]

It would've driven Shane crazy but Ryan should've brought the spirit box and asked questions at the spots the women passed away.

[@richardsimone2798]

*Clapping slowly*

[@gurrenduelist9044]

Shane:"WRONG SERIES RYAN" Ryan:*spirit box noises*

[@momophyre3938]

Lmao yesss!!! CX

[@sandystorz9095]

yes

[@mrs.meadow1718]

I wish Ryan would have brought it.

[@annareese5841]

Nobody: Jack the Ripper: *“Aight, I’m keeping her womb”*

[@seansswamp]

Anna Phillips ikr

[@lanceslinks5624]

"*and her left lung, fuck you guys I like it*"

[@paintthecosmos840]

WOMB RAIDER Criminal Minds was simultaneously the best and worst thing to happen to crime tv

[@internetuser3654]

"Yep, that's a keeper!"

[@exphodia9043]

niceee

[@bearkillar6405]

If this happened now he would be named “Chad the Chopper”

[@leadman7600]

Or Choppin Chad

[@The_Worst_Warlock]

@@leadman7600 that’s sounds better

[@yeehaw4135]

There are no chads in London

[@leadman7600]

Or also chad the chipper

[@ryanfire4176]

this is so true

[@khargo7]

Another cool theory was H.H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett), he was an American Serial Killer during the Jack The Ripper time period. Holmes was believed to of been in Great Britain during the Jack The Ripper murders. Also H.H. Holmes had surgical skills that he obtained from Medical School and he also looks very similar if not identical to Jack The Ripper sketches. If you wanna know something even weirder, handwriting samples from Holmes and Jack The Ripper procured a 97% match.

[@mimi_imfat]

Yeah this is great theory except H.H. Holmes was actually a doctor so i doubt he didn't know that blood would clot and you couldn't write with it. Unless that letter is fake i find it hard to believe they were the same people. I don't think JTP was a doctor but had knowledge of the human anatomy somehow.

[@kpeezyforsheezy]

Devil in the White City is a great read

[@yomcflyjr31]

womb: snatched

[@lilee1746]

Mitchell James 🤣

[@gremblinfart]

Mitchell James boogang

[@-mason-6538]

Mitchell James hotel: trivago

[@renz61]

Ass: unwiped

[@ladyofnature8384]

Throat: slashed

[@tamyx2871]

Jack the Ripper: *sees a prostitute* Jack the Ripper: It's free real estate

[@yandelsantiago6824]

Tamy X underrated comment 🤣

[@alex_is_drawing1562]

I just had a thought, if Jack the ripper happened today Jack the ripper: iT'S A TwITcH ThOt!!! Be GoNe!

[@ilovecoryxkenshinsm]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@AliK4Z]

Damn 666 likes😂✌️

[@upsidedownangel2802]

I want to like it but I can’t. There are a perfect 666 likes.

[@rylieree]

if twitter was a thing back in the 1880s his identity wouldn't have lasted for 1 week

[@GordonRamseyIsMyLifestyle]

"twitter do your thing"

[@manavibhattacharyya7750]

nahh Twitter woulda called him "Daddy ripper" or something and made fanarts about him..

[@-valmetal-]

@@manavibhattacharyya7750 that screams tiktok

[@theultraatomicgamer]

@@-valmetal- **cough** **cough** Deviantart **cough** (Btw don’t forget Tumblr also)

[@KaziKami]

U mean 4chan

[@sychiikoi]

You can see Shane's eyes glimmer distantly at the idea of the puppet true crime/history shows and I like to imagine this is where The Professor was born.

[@knowledgetoshare4061]

Well, if we can read his handwriting, there's no way he's a doctor..lmao

[@Simbaforlife]

I don’t understand😕

[@Tamervlogz]

He means doctors write in a handwriting that good that not aloud of people can understand

[@random_information7]

True 😂😂😂

[@jordanmadsen5191]

@@Blitz-dm3kv I found out recently that it's not actually just bad or lazy handwriting, but it's difficult to read because it's a form of medical shorthand! I think it's pretty cool that as a collective we all just decided that doctors write badly but in reality they have like a secret writing system

[@yanyanlc4125]

RIGHT

[@lordwaffle4614]

Nobody: Shane: Jack the Ripper was a furry

[@salf.7484]

Seems legit to me

[@partialsushi6197]

Lord Waffle ive been looking for a comment on this. Thank you.

[@FastNCurious88]

Lord Waffle uwu

[@ilkkarautio2449]

Im anti-furry, im a nosy-shark! Im the same species as scp called the exam shark. We are always looking out for more info, we need info to live! My first good piece of info was that my mother talked to me b4 i was even born. 🤔 Im a very talented info collector, we are the knowledge of the sea. 😳

[@stormvqmp]

So your telling me Jack and Jill didn’t go up the hill to grab a pail of water? Instead, they just murdered women? *my life is a LIE*

[@stxrdustie]

And Jack’s crown

[@Smokingmeow]

leave jack and jill out of this

[@erensaglam2948]

lol m8

[@LtGhost-tb3kq]

*you’re

[@smileymissile2360]

jack and jill was near electrical its sam lam because they accused

[@backwardsangels]

I looked at a Wikipedia article detailing all the murders, and Mary Kelly's murder has an official police photograph, and my god its gruesome.

[@jul1ana15]

oh my god yes it is I should have stayed curious I looked at it and was like what is that, quite literally the work of some devil

[@ExtraQuestionableContent]

Thanks for the heads up, I'm sticking far away from that

[@backwardsangels]

@@jul1ana15 Fr- he literally tore her apart. Im not usually disgusted by stuff like that buts that's a bit overkill-

[@jul1ana15]

@@ExtraQuestionableContent definitely do that it is probably better to stay curious

[@J4M1FY]

Bloody hell it is, Jack ripped her apart and all. The man didn’t give her a hope of living.

[@JustBobbyZ]

Rumor has it Jack the Ripper was inspired by the Hashslinging Slasher

[@carabuker897]

how do you like a comment more than once

[@goosesatan]

The most terrifying monster that you could imagine. He was the head fry cook at The Krusty Krab when, one day, he accidentally chopped his hand off with a knife. To this day, he still has a spatula instead of his hand. There are a few signs to see when he is coming. The lights will flicker on and off. The phone will ring, and there will be nobody there. If you ever see the Hash slinging slasher, good luck.

[@antron2776]

Lol

[@tupperquenneville1455]

This is a stolen comment. But still gold

[@goosesatan]

SFA stick fighting association stolen from google you mean

[@PETSEMATARYTWO]

what if instead of "ha ha" dude wrote "sksksksksks" .... not sure if that would be less or more terrifying

[@trinketstavern]

both are scary but if I heard either while walking through a dark alley my scream would be heard across the city

[@Moo-2310]

sksksksks is infinity times worse.

[@helloimarabbit4083]

More. WAY more.

[@bruh-xd8gz]

Sksksksksksksks is much worse to me lmao

[@harlensdestruction7115]

Omg Jack the Ripper: The world’s first organ harvester and vsco girl

[@lifewho3865]

*nobody:* *Ryan: I've done so much research on this case I'm very proud of myself*

[@novene]

as he should be 😤

[@evanflowforever6615]

Jack was not a psycho. He was a sociopath. In full control of his senses. He would probably lie in wait somewhere and pounce on isolated victims.

[@magicalcrow6649]

"Psychopats" also have self control, even more, in some cases, than sociopaths, as psychopats are born and sociopaths are made throught trauma

[@evanflowforever6615]

@@magicalcrow6649 yes. Psychos are so obsessed and one-sighted that it almost becomes an unfortunate advantage. But he was absolutely in control; obviously. Masochism at its finest. The women's pain was giving him pleasure: CHRIST HELP US

[@Mole-Esther]

That's not masochism that's sadism ​@@evanflowforever6615

[@vtexo]

There was a jew who recounted seeing the man with a victim, as well as a man, i cannot for the life of me remember his name- who spotted Marie Kelly with a man “she was familiar with” dressed like a man from middle/ upper class walking back to her domicile on the night she was murdered roughly ~4 hours before time of death. It was a man who pretended to enjoy prostitution to lure them out for financial gain before killing them

[@Mole-Esther]

@@evanflowforever6615 You have no idea how those mental illnesses work 🤦‍♀️ most physocpaths and sociopaths live "normal" lives and aren't evil/killers/obsessed, and if anything it would be the SOCIOPATHS who are obsessed and one sighted. Psychopaths are generally more intelligent and easier to keep rage hidden.

[@Wolftess]

You guys should cover the murders of H.H. Holmes and his murder hotel. Obviously, the killer was found, but the number of victims is still unknown.

[@aaronholter1911]

Was gonna mention this too since he has become a popular suspect in being Jack

[@stingray7535]

I read a good book about that he used the Chicago world fair to lure people to his hotel and then he would kill them.

[@Wolftess]

@@stingray7535 Was it "Devil in The White City"? -- I read that too. Very good book.

[@stingray7535]

@@Wolftess yup

[@tatonkapeach]

Yes I think they should too!

[@whotookmyhandle]

Me at 3AM: *Trying to fall asleep* My brain: So there's this video...

[@trinityx7526]

Micah Bell I freaking hate micah

[@radi0d3m0n.-]

Trinity Farmer does that have anything to do with the comment though? No.

[@trinityx7526]

Yeemo Rat iTs aBoUt ThE ViDeOGamE cHarAcTeR HE naMEd HiMseLf AftEr

[@slavicdude8731]

I hate micahhhhhhhh

[@radi0d3m0n.-]

Trinity Farmer okay but s t i l l, what does it have to do with the comment? Literally nothing.

[@mynameisnoneofyourbusiness3111]

I watch so much buzzfeed unsolved I literally can’t feel safe anymore

[@smokedavocados]

My name is none of your Business || Been watching these true crimes unsolved videos for like a few days now and I don’t want to go out of my house. :D

[@mynameisnoneofyourbusiness3111]

tanyamoelle same

[@notmerderberger]

Me 2

[@yulianamendez3277]

Ikr

[@Alex-ps5pj]

My name is none of your Business same!

[@IsabellaLovesYou]

A not so fun fact: With Jack The Ripper, many believe that all women he killed were prostitutes, the real truth is that only one was but people are more bothered about the ripper himself rather than who the women were. This was caused by the Police's Death Certificates, which stated the women were all prostitutes. It's kinda sad that they just blow over their lives honestly but I'm sure that there's existing books on them! Enjoy this info! I love this kind of stuff so it's sort of like a memory check :D

[@CaseyAvalon]

Yes so true. Debunk File has a great video on Jack the Ripper and the Canonical Five and I love the focus on the victims. 👍🤠

[@anonymousperson3023]

I agree. It isn't a fun fact because it's not true. Literally all but one had records of prostitution. And I mean hard, verifiable records of prostitution. To deny Kelly and Stride especially being prostitutes is nonsense. It'd be like arguing 1+1 doesn't equal 2. Both have EXTENSIVE records of prostitution. The only one that's in question I Catherine Eddows but the rest definitely did have a history with prostitution

[@emilyashmore2380]

There's a book called the five which is basically based off this thought, it gives a description on each woman and talks about their lives ect

[@kykise1395]

Dude there’s historical records verifying that most of these women were indeed prostitutes. They don’t just make these claims without bases of evidence.

[@emilywright3454]

The five is one I'm gonna start reading it after I finished my current book

[@richardespanol3120]

Jack the Ripper: *if she breathes she's a THHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTT*

[@prateeksingh8815]

True anyways

[@sweetestaphrodite]

*@Prateek singh* who hurt you?

[@beefstroganoff8597]

*ALL WOMEN ARE QUEENS, JACK-*

[@javiermiller9395]

She want ctrl alt delete ❌

[@javiermiller9395]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4qZfIR4mN6KmKM

[@spaea2062]

Judge: anything else? 6ix9ine: I know who Jack The Ripper is. Edit: I know this is lame but holy heck! This is the most 'Likes' I've ever earnt.

[@stgeorgeafeaki484]

Hahahahahaha

[@AV_Nightray]

IM CACKLING

[@annareese5841]

I-

[@am-gg9vs]

6ix9nine : Jack was a member of the gang, better yet the leader your honor

[@laurendoll2205]

LMAO

[@brecheese3792]

Ryan: “You either murder someone or you don’t.” Me: *slightly yelling at my phone* “What about attempted murder?!”

[@daanmatheeuwsen1508]

Bre Cheese Well, then u don't

[@anonymousperson3023]

Well, you didnt murder someone then

[@GrayeIra]

The guy with murderous tendencies was said to have fantasies of murder as well, which im guessing is why it was tendencies rather than straight up he was a murderer

[@batman6870]

I’m giving you a like because you have 68 likes

[@batman6870]

69 now nice

[@lmaohowlter]

I love the theory that Jack the Ripper was actually a woman and a midwife. It would explain the anatomical knowledge that the killer had of the female body, and it would also explain how she could move around freely and undetected. Because of the way society treated women in those days, with the whole "women can't do anything," it could be safe to assume that there were no female suspects because they believed that a woman could not carry out these murders. I think that this is a really interesting idea and hope that one day, they can prove it right. Edit: It would also be easier for her to kill these women. If she walked towards a woman at night, then the victim might not think much of it and it would be easier to get closer to them to kill fast and undetected.

[@mr16325]

It would hard to explain the witnesses seeing a male, unless you say all the witnesses made up the sightings potentially?

[@s.s7337]

@@mr16325 Did they see a male killing though?

[@mr16325]

@@s.s7337 yes, all witness sightings were male, and a number of other pieces of evidence points to a male. There is no evidence that points to a female, only speculation

[@s.s7337]

@@mr16325 Everything is speculation about this case😂😂

[@mr16325]

@@s.s7337 not everything is speculation

[@rmwithaview8445]

Ok but are we going to ignore this condition that involves being “sexually insane”

[@baileyriley18]

If I remember correctly the term "sexually insane" referred to homosexuality

[@codemiesterbeats]

@@baileyriley18 I would imagine it would extend to any number of things deemed particular of the time. It could be odd fetishes etc... It could have be sadomasochism or something.

[@onedeadpixel10]

Yeah I believe it's a catch-all term for essentially anything that wasnt run-of-the-mill missionary-style heterosexuality

[@khoward4302]

Often it was thought to just mean homosexuality, although in this case it means he got sexual pleasure from extreme violence

[@paintthecosmos840]

Yeah that was probably the 1880s word for gay

[@emmagreen5288]

Everyone: All women are Queens Jack the Ripper: if she breathes, SHES A THOT

[@emmagreen5288]

Bblax Vlogs thank you!

[@desireewalker753]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@jodibarker4795]

This is, this is pure gold my fellow murder mystery searcher.

[@jackdaniel9519]

What is it can you explain??

[@anonymousgirl4762]

I dont breath a inhale h2o you fucking bitch.

[@theundeadcactus6194]

Mary Kelly: And we were roommates Joseph Barnett: Oh my god, we were roommates

[@declan6596]

Mary Kelly: And we were roommates Joseph Barnett: Oh my god, we were M A R R I E D

[@qtaro-7097]

Barnett probably killed Kelly but he didnt kill the other ones.

[@juliewitt7496]

No, he did not kill her.

[@bonniebluebells]

Anime_Cancer_Central Please

[@psmayaps]

thank you for saying it, that's all i was thinking

[@FioreCiliegia]

I always had a weird feeling about the gingerbeer bottle sentence… wouldn’t MOST people know that blood congeals and wouldn’t be functional as an ink substitute? Let alone a doctor, butcher, midwife…

[@krishashah3661]

While that is definitely weird, it's not confirmed if the letters were actually from the killer, in which case the writer of the letters not knowing about the blood thickening makes sense.

[@vtexo]

@@krishashah3661it does make sense, however the intimate knowledge of the murders the MORNING AFTER points to it either being a deranged police officer OR the killer, or both. Theres no way anyone who hadnt seen or committed the crime would have such precise knowledge of the act

[@krishashah3661]

@@vtexo that's true, hadn't considered it

[@vtexo]

@@krishashah3661 however, it could just be a journalist who is paying a police officer for information to make their newspaper more prominent ya know there’s just no knowing

[@nadija7697]

“roughly 5’5 to 5’7” me: a short king

[@stellaelizabeth4104]

hot take: jack the ripper was a manlet 😌🤚

[@bandanasingh6034]

If that's short than what is the average height

[@nadija7697]

Bandana Xingh it’s just like an ongoing joke on the internet. if you’re a guy and below 6 foot ur considered a short king.

[@bandanasingh6034]

@@nadija7697 oh ok didn't know about that one

[@Texas808]

That’s was actually close to average height back then lol

[@nikki5423]

"I could see that! Yeah, little puppets!" Behold: the inspiration for puppet history

[@beesbrownies]

I saw that too!

[@samsh1ne517]

Nikki wait a min-

[@n.o.a.w.3264]

Yeah!

[@MC-pb4fj]

28:58 Ryan : when she was in fact only a roommate Me : oh my god they were roommates

[@smallworldslife4470]

I'm crying omg 😂😭 that earned you a subscription

[@sarahali1074]

I don’t get it

[@sach7973]

I understand that reference!

[@Kaleysia]

@@sarahali1074 it's from a pretty well known vine were a guy sits on some stairs outside of a house and a girl walks by, talking with someone on the phone and proclaiming: "And they were roommates!", then the guy goes in an satirical stoic tone "oh my god they were roommates"

[@haydennichols3497]

@@Kaleysia wow such grammar, impressive

[@xxitactical_8723]

Probably one of my favourite Shane and Ryan episodes. I love these two.

[@lilygutmann1791]

That one guy cosplaying as Jack: “....I mean..........rEsPeCt ThE dRiP kArEn”

[@erebedragons]

LilatheSimma ! respect the,, rip?

[@waffeleater5652]

Madame would you be ever so kind to allow me to sniff one of your farts?

[@nameless7838]

i'm still waiting for them to investigate where all the fucking socks disappear to.

[@Lilyium]

Possible suspects include under couches, under beds, washing machines, corners and cats.

[@ruqaiyah1412]

Nameless and my hair bands and clips and pins and my favourite tops too

[@kitteekittee4010]

Nameless lmao

[@beathomson2923]

Nameless nah it’s obv the faceless old woman who secretly lives in your home. She likes to collect things

[@carabeingblue4016]

And earrings. Where in the world...?

[@cherryscottage6801]

All those suspects really said "I was doing tasks in electrical"

[@varshithbhuma6074]

Lmao😂

[@HG-ol1tq]

😂 lmao

[@arnav1317]

lmao 😂

[@hahahayden1]

Lmao lol

[@sebastiankit4249]

Nice one

[@ianbosso9105]

Who’s here to relive the good ol’ days after the incident?

[@hamdanithegamer1209]

Nah i only came to see the time for Jack to let 'er rip.

[@ianbosso9105]

@@hamdanithegamer1209 valid

[@fatmaa.2544]

Yessss

[@germ8056]

What incident?

[@SwingFatima]

Moi

[@lathab6734]

Interestingly, a professor I once had told us that the police always knew it was Aaron Kosminski. He (my professor) claimed to have visited the Crime Museum of Scotland Yard, which is not open to the public and is only accessible by invitation. There he learned that Scotland Yard actually had solved the case: Aaron Kosminski had contracted syphilis from one of the local prostitutes, problem is, he couldn't remember which one. Worse, late stage syphilis can cause insanity, especially if not treated. They stipulate that he basically went on a rampage and killed any prostitute he thought could have been the one that passed him the syphilis. The reason they covered it up is interesting: Kosminski was a Polish Jewish immigrant and the police feared that if this was made to be public, there would be war on the streets with people harassing the Polish/Jewish neighbourhoods. So they covered it up, and the reason they continued to just let it play out as an unsolved case is simple enough: tourism revenue from people who are interested in the "Jack the Ripper" tales.

[@francesjohnson8171]

Wow this sounds real good idea for the actual thing

[@hannahbear138]

This is actually a really good theory. The Jack the Ripper killings stopped suddenly and most serial killers don't stopped unless they are stopped. If he was ill and passed away due to it that would explain why he just disappeared.

[@simonscare2200]

Hannah Bennett maybe Jack the ripper was rather elderly, 50 years old maybe, and as he got older he slowly stopped the murders, then stopped entirely

[@popsicIes]

It just makes sense for it to be Aaron anyway.

[@vishalkeshetty1509]

@@simonscare2200 these all murders were not year after year

[@evand4063]

To add to the cop theory, the ripper references “boss” in his letter, he knows these letters are going to the police almost like he is putting it in the open that he is a cop and is writing to his superior

[@kazmierahammond2148]

I am definitely a believer of the cop theory, but "boss" was also a term of familiarity between friends at the time. He may have been attempting to express a cordialness as if he was on their level.

[@peacheillo2641]

@@kazmierahammond2148 Yes. People who serial kill like this seem like they'd be proud of it and want to show off, and they consider themselves to be better than everyone else. A sociopath kinda thing. Could be either that he was just using "boss" in the way/s you described, I think. Maybe possible that he was being ironic and he actually was a cop himself, but idk how likely that is

[@deanakent2748]

Boss is a common nickname that people call their mates in the UK, esp London, so it was probably “jack” trying to be buddy buddy with the cops - loads of SKs see themselves as “friends” with the police, especially those who target sex workers (misogyny am I right)

[@caliscool_]

THIS

[@shawngarratt2887]

I have always thought it was a police officer in uniform that's how he got around with out being noticed !

[@jess-rj7mm]

Ryan: how weird is it that a grown man dressed as a serial killer? Shane: it’s like furries. why they so muscular?

[@chippedtth1659]

That question may never be answered...

[@landonsmith521]

CHIPPED TØØTH truly one of humanities greatest unanswered questions

[@emmapierce7371]

Jessie o what is a furry?

[@drendex7384]

Cama, you're gonna wanna delete that right now

[@emmapierce7371]

Drendex what’s a furry?

[@luna-sage]

visited London when I was 15 w my aunt and we took Jack the Ripper tour at night, walked to all these locations they did as well... definitely gave me the chills

[@jaydonono]

So... shane so far has: Laid on a pentagram. Threatened demons. Got a nosebleed in church. Says let murder be a "mystery" at the end of this episode lol

[@snakebxtez]

JustJaydon what episode was the nosebleed?

[@queendebooks3708]

@@snakebxtez It was the florida machete murder episode.

[@chem1186]

that’s it, Shane is Satan himself.

[@RainWelsh]

“Let Jack remain a mystery... because he was me.”

[@Gabriel-op9cs]

@Mykee queen he didn't have a nosebleed on camera but he told a story about the first time he went into a church, as soon as he entered the church, his nose started bleeding profusely

[@YaGurlRiley]

“Barnett referred to Mary Kelly as “His Wife” when she was in fact only a roommate.” Oh my god they were roommates... I’m sorry...

[@mr.sweden7495]

I got that😂

[@gavinmerasty8369]

Shame on you, but take my like

[@ALLCAPSNO_SPACES]

damn he really was a simp

[@moixemi]

U SHOULD BE 😂

[@xxsohalalmodexx]

Ooooh DAMNNNNN

[@jamiepacey375]

I still can't get over the fact that someone would've known Jack the ripper and possibly of been friends with him without knowing what he was doing

[@johnlardas2637]

Lol ... ‘jack the ripper’ was a protected member of a royal family

[@flowerwaifu]

John Lardas whats the reasoning behind this claim? I’m very interested in knowing

[@rh0yal959]

@@johnlardas2637 that is a theory

[@johnlardas2637]

@@rh0yal959 its big facts homie

[@midnitest0rm]

I actually wonder if Jack the Ripper was a guy from Hamilton, Canada, my hometown. I read about this potential suspect a while ago. There was a fellow who was English-born and tended to visit his home in London during the summer. Other times he lived in Hamilton. This chap was wealthier, obviously, since he had two houses, and this was because he was in fact a doctor. In Spring 1888, a prostitute was found in a back alley in a sketchy part of town with her throat slashed in much the same fashion. I’ve actually been to the spot where it supposedly happened, and it’s definitely from the Victorian era. Shortly after, the police investigated, and this guy dipped and went to London, where the rest of the murders occurred. Once the police started getting really involved there, he used his evasion skills to head back to Canada. And in autumn 1888, another murdered prostitute was found in Hamilton, in a similar fashion to Mary Kelly. It’s also worth noting this guy did have a moustache. It’s not the most damning evidence, but I really wonder if that’s who it was. Wish I could remember the guy’s name. Edit: I got some information wrong, but I found the man. His name was Dr. Francis Tumblety. He was American, not English, but practiced in several countries after getting in trouble with the law numerous times, so he was very good at evading the police. He did in fact live in Whitechapel during the time of the Ripper killings. And he also lived and practiced in Hamilton at the time the two prostitutes here were killed. Another interesting tidbit is that he was once married to a prostitute, but the marriage failed. He was a known misogynist, especially towards prostitutes (likely because of his failed marriage), and even kept preserved uteruses on display in his home. I wonder where he got these uteruses…. Some ripperologists say he was too tall to match the description of the man the hookers were with.

[@katiemarie5491]

this is actually good evidence and quite interesting 💀 you should honestly talk to someone about this

[@midnitest0rm]

@@katiemarie5491 I actually heard it from a ghost tour in downtown Hamilton and researched it myself later on. He’s already on the list of suspects iirc, he’s just not super high up there because the murders in Hamilton were never proven to be him, and him being in the right places at the right times could purely be some weird coincidence. But still, it makes me wonder… Edit: I posted an edit on the original comment. I did some extra research to find the name of the guy I’m looking for.

[@blake9033]

Lol his Wikipedia article cites him as a medical quack 😂😂 so not a doctor

[@C4s3y-s4z]

yo, not really related but i’m from Hamilton, Scotland. just thought it was cool we both live in a place called hamilton lol

[@tanishreehal2369]

I hate Hamilton bro ong

[@abikeys6701]

It’s sad that one of the reasons this case was left unsolved was because sex workers were not well respected and i imagine the police didnt really care about women living in the slums

[@ellso1922]

Weird fact- it turns out most of the victims weren't sex workers, they were just women in a very misogynistic time period. It makes it sad that they still are called sex workers today :(

[@abikeys6701]

@@ellso1922 I discovered this recently as well. It’s sad how we forget that these were real women whose lives were taken from them prematurely and unjustly. I believe it was understood that it was somehow their fault that they were killed because they were sex workers.

[@mynameis7368]

Check out "Buzfeed unsolved solved a murder" or something around that context on KZbin

[@Rallego]

you know what's sad? yeah

[@blackyoshi4484]

Well yeah a lot of serial killers killed sex workers and the police didn’t do anything since the victim were sex workers look at the pickton farm Robert pickton mainly killed Native American prostitutes and the Canadian police did nothing since the victims were prostitutes

[@fabienlewis6885]

Me: I don't get scared easily Also me at 3 am after binging Buzzfeed Unsolved: Yes, but what if Jack the Ripper was still alive and traveled halfway across the world to kill me in my sleep Edit: Guys this was a crackpost at 3am stop liking it

[@randompotato6474]

I personally don’t believe in ghosts but I’m very scared of ghosts and other supernatural things that I don’t believe in

[@fabienlewis6885]

@@randompotato6474 Same my dude

[@mynaevisweloveyou86]

I think that's a different killer you are saying.

[@fabienlewis6885]

@@mynaevisweloveyou86 ?

[@frannyb99]

I reccomend watching some art videos after binge watching buzzfeed unsolved, that's what I do lmao. Or read a book.

[@Pizza-yo1ov]

29:02 oh my god they were room mates

[@suhaaris1686]

Pizza it’s really weird that i’ve once fell in love with Jack the Ripper and i used to think that whoever he was living with was the luckiest person on earth. I might’ve been sick back then

[@thatthingyouseeatthecorner5249]

Anonymous 123 Edgy

[@suhaaris1686]

alishba nosheen whats ur damage

[@thatthingyouseeatthecorner5249]

Anonymous 123 You sound like you’re from 2006.

[@maliboyd7071]

I WHEEZED

[@amberlindsey7112]

The one thing that definitely makes me think it wasn't actually a doctor is the way they commented in the letter about the blood getting too thick to write with. A doctor or a butcher would know that blood would thicken after being out of the body for a while. That is if the letters were actually written by the actual killer

[@hoibin8317]

you can see the wheels turning in shane's head when ryan mentions sock puppets

[@aiyannayokley4234]

Was looking for this comment lol

[@novacordelia4880]

And Puppet History was born!

[@ragipkarelli3289]

Judge: You're still looking at 47 years tekashi. 6ix9ine: Y'all know Jack the Ripper?

[@poli3601]

goony goo goo

[@sendmemes5474]

Stop stealing comments

[@aaronkuminski1415]

This is the moment in this episode when Shane got the idea for puppet history he said you could use puppets to do true crime stories and then he sat there says I get on with that and a look of creative thought hit him and puppet history was born

[@kadencemay4969]

We just gonna go over the fact that somebody came on that woman's scarf

[@thatbackiscrazy1265]

Yeah 😳

[@rockymountaintmp4436]

They needed nofap back then

[@mookpannita8264]

I mean .. she was a prostitute 🤷

[@IamFlaem1]

Lol u only have 5 subs

[@seabass16yohn79]

TheFlamingGamer and u have 14 and play roblox

[@jemsedits4735]

'oh little puppets, im on board with that' here is where the idea of puppet history was discovered

[@Elvxn13]

I was looking for someone to say this in the comments.

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

that is possible :)

[@lochlanleaves1513]

Shane and Ryan, the only likeable people from buzzfeed

[@kendrick7385]

I like the guys from buzzfeed worth it

[@annecantgame]

Safiya Nygaard is former Buzzfeed and she's pretty cool.

[@johnindigo5477]

I forget his name, but the man who tried to make the hit song in 1 week was pretty likable. Besides that everyone seems like they try to hard to be funny.

[@aristology6912]

Leaky Peach the dude that looks like he has no teeth has a very punchable face

[@nuages8915]

Rie sweetie im so sorry

[@notaraccoonstealingpeanutb7549]

i’ve seen the picture of Mary Kelly’s body. horrifying.

[@sirfurbingtonthe23rd4]

Someone: So I met a prostitute the other day- Jack the Ripper, turning his head 130 degrees: Did you say........ pRoSTiTutE????