Your Questions About Jack The Ripper Answered.

[@legiontheatregroup]

Really enjoyed this format and thoughtful commentary. I hope you will consider doing it again with another set of questions.

[@tremorsfan]

Thank you for answering my question. I'm also the person who emailed you a few weeks ago about doing a video on the children of the victims. I actually recently found out that Polly's son was killed by a hit and run driver in 1948.

[@iancavon7125]

Wow, seems like bad luck was running in the family....

[@COwens]

Great video. Is there any chance of a video being made that details how the Ripperologist scene has changed over the years as well as discussing and debunking some misconceptions about Ripperologists?

[@franceshaypenny8481]

You gents are the dynamic duo on the ripperology scene. 😊

[@ru40342]

Excellent video. I fully agree that the real identity of jack the ripper is not from any suspect list. Based on all the solved cold cases in the past, the real murderers are almost never the likely suspects.

[@BenLujan-r5q]

Thank you for posting, Mr. Jones! ❤

[@stationlittle3786]

Thank you for this video. I cannot believe anyone would ever think it's okay to threaten or insult you, Ripperologists or not! And you've always been one of my favorite KZbin channels, because your videos are obviously made with passion and are so interesting and you're always so calm and polite. If I may have one question/request, would you consider adding English subtitles? Would make following the videos a bit better for those of us who have difficulty with sounds or have English as a second language. Would love if it was possible, but I'll keep watching no matter what!

[@Raczidian7]

I'm also of the similar thought that the identity of the killer is not among the list of suspects that we currently have. For me, none of the current suspects fit the 'profile' for me. I don't believe that the killer was a stark raving lunatic who was sent to an asylum and I also don't believe that the killer was Jewish. I think that there was just so many people who could have had the opportunity to commit the crimes that people making it seem as if we only have a small pool of suspects is so annoying. Brilliant video and it's nice to hear both of your views on these subjects!

[@ruiseartalcorn]

Many thanks for a great episode! I always love it when you have Steve Blomer on :) Great questions, great answers! :)

[@dermotkelly6946]

Fantastic Richard, will watch tonight 👍

[@MarshallLush]

What an excellent point regarding the timing of the Mitre Square murder...for some reason I had never before considered the context of the time; indeed, people back then would have been far more accustomed to low-light environments, which is often difficult to consider given our modern tech providing such powerful lighting. Thanks for the tremendous and studious conversation, appreciate the knowledgeable insights. Love from Newfoundland, Canada.

[@BRI-25040]

Question: Could Mary Kelly have escaped to French speaking Canada 🇨🇦? If you look you'll find reported in the win baxter court case she was seen by a neighbour being sick outside the Britania pub after she was reported murdered ? If that's true who was murdered in Mary Kelly's home ?

[@aamj0050]

I hope you guys do another one of these videos. Mainly so I can ask my questions lol.

[@chrisgast6414]

OMG! My wife and I saw you on Unsolved Mysteries on Netflix... We were so excited! "That's our guy!" Do you give actual tours of Whitechapel?

[@silentcapture1994]

Loved this, really enjoy these types of videos you do with other interested on this subject.

[@jasontuck-smith3896]

Great vid as usual Richard and it's always a pleasure to hear Steve speak.

[@daftmonkey7296]

Thank you for reading out my comment 👍🏼

[@Rollin_L]

Great discussion, Gentlemen. I find myself very much in line with your conclusions, particularly in regard to what we cannot know or prove. Some things just seem more likely, for example the question of the Stride murder being part of the "ripper" victim list. I guess I have been listening to Mr. Jones enough to have found his judgement quite sound. And Mr. Blomer always adds a great deal of well considered gravitas to the discussion. Thanks for the excellent format and presentation.

[@maryknight4823]

Hi Richard just caught up with this video, love you and Steve when you get together and listening to your theories/arguments on who JTR might have been. Thanks as always.....

[@filmbuff2777]

Really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing. Hope you do a Part 2. Just thinking about some of the photographs. We know they took several photos of Miller's Court & the Mary Kelly scene, do you think it could be possible that some of them might be discovered one day?

[@tomrowe6432]

It's interesting that neither of you consider that the Whitechapel Murderer might have just stopped killing and faded back into their ordinary life. It's a common troupe that serial killers are completely driven to continue killing until they are dead or caught but I read a chapter by a eminent criminologist, whose name escapes me, in the book 'Who Was Jack the Ripper?' which debunked this myth. She gave examples where people who had committed a series of murders stopped of their own accord. She says it is often in response to coming close to being caught.

[@EvanDavies-p5b]

I am aware that serial killers do sometimes stop, but as far as I can tell, it has always been in cases where the killings took place over a much longer timespan than a month. Correct me if I am wrong of course.

[@Pawsk]

There are many factors, id suggest the most common is in fact not being close at being caught but changes in their personal life. Steady employment, changes in their dating life, children. A good recent example of a serial killer who stopped is The Golden state killer (Joseph James DeAngelo) who was caught in 2018. His first 6 murders all happen between 1979-1981 then he seemingly stop killing until 1986 where he then kill again. From 1986 and 2018 he does not seem to have attacked anyone. His first break comes after the birth of his first child. In 1986 when he commit his second murder his second child was born. Obviously this is just one example of many. That said then personally i can see two potential profiles for Jack the Ripper and i dont see him stopping at the time he would have supposedly have. But you are absolutely right it IS an opportunity that should be considered.

[@thethreerailwayengines825]

@@tomrowe6432 What I often see said, and coming back to things said in the video, is it's definitely POSSIBLE the killer decided to just stop, but it's rare for serial killers to do that. They're egotists and thrive off the idea of never being caught and that they can do anything. I don't think nearly getting caught would stop Jack in this case, as he probably nearly got caught in all of the first 4 murders (especially Stride), and the 5th one was the only one where he probably wasn't nearly caught, and yet it was the last one. The only scenario, really, I can see for him just choosing to stop is that he decides that there's simply no further he can go after Mary Kelly, he's had hours in a private room to do whatever he wanted, and having gone there he realised he couldn't escalate this any further and therefore wouldn't get the enjoyment It's also one of the reasons I think Barnett is a relatively popular suspect: if his motives are what people say they are, he has a reason to stop and go back to normal life

[@rob5944]

One UK serial killer was only caught years later on DNA evidence by a cold case team, he was leading a quiet life running a take away. However, to me the intensity, frequency and brutality of these murders makes it seem unlikely that he'd of been able to.

[@ohmy4275]

DeAngelo stopped. BTK stopped. But some like Sutcliffe and Bundy cannot stop. In my opinion Jack the Ripper could not either

[@ModTrash]

Brilliant upload, hope to see more Q&A's in the near future!

[@Ian-pb5dh]

Brilliant episode. It's always good to hear Steve's thoughts, and your discovery of the case in the attic gives real hope. I'd love to see a session on all the witness statements around Liz Stride's murder, as there are so many of them - and it seems almost like Schwartz or Fanny Mortimer couldn't both be telling the truth.

[@lewiswalker7803]

Brilliant discussion, even though i walk around Whitechapel and Spitalfields fairly regularly, i would be very interested in doing Steven’s walk when he does it next.

[@jacquelinemitchell7148]

Love this channel 😊😊

[@Ramblin-Walls]

Hello. Thank you both for taking time to answer my question. It was great to hear both of your insights and finally to get an answer to who you think the Ripper could be. A big fear of mine has always been the potential loss of major evidence. It’s reassuring to hear that probably didn’t happen. I am also intrigued to learn of the possible evidence we haven’t covered in the stored records. Perhaps we may get an answer sometime in the future. Thanks again, have a great week!

[@BRI-25040]

Question:Was llwelyn a code used to identify the first of the Canonical 5?

[@thethreerailwayengines825]

I don't want to believe it, but I do feel like the killer hasn't been named. My main 2 suspects are Charles Lechmere and David Cohen (others being Levy, Bury, Barnett etc), but for all of them, I feel it's more likely it wasn't than was

[@tonylinsell8918]

Enjoyable as always,good questions and simple common sense answers imho

[@oldskoolpaul77]

This was a really interesting video!

[@sarahgibbons9737]

Really enjoyed this q&a thank you

[@markwebster4996]

Excellent channel and videos! One comment would be that the audio quality could use improvement. The microphone sounds muffled and it dampens the overall high quality of the whole presentation. A better quality lavaliere, or even one offscreen could help.

[@michaelw8587]

Great video. I was very interested when Steve mentioned about categorising suspects into probable, very possible, possible etc. And that he didn't consider anyone to be in the 'probable' bracket. It made me wonder if there was any potential (future) evidence that he would consider, that could put someone as a probable suspect in his opinion? I know we'll probably never have any physical evidence such as a knife after all this time. But it did make me wonder what would be considered the next best evidence in categorising someone as potentially being JTR.

[@richardbooth1015]

Great videos! Absolutely fascinating. Thanks both

[@elizabethabraybant7282]

Great show! I would love to know who the City Police were watching in Aldgate? Was it in Butcher's Row?

[@stevenblomer7738]

Certainly Butchers Row was watched. Other police memoirs suggest a different street with sweat shops was also watched.

[@danwright1692]

Thank you both for answering my question regarding timing for the atrocities and any need for illumination. Verg interesting.

[@ohmy4275]

This is great. You could repeat this once or twice a year

[@buschovski1]

Very interesting Q&A guys. Good stuff.

[@Lifeofalondoncabbie]

Great concept 👍 well done

[@swolejszo]

Great episodes. I realize it is too late to ask questions, but the one I would put forward is: "if someone actually did figure out who Jack the Ripper was, how much of the Ripper community would accept the answer?" At this point more than a few people are dug in to a set belief and sometimes that leads to rejection of facts. As a follow-up question I also wonder what type of evidence it would take to actually solve the murders once and for all. Going down that same road, what would be irrefutable evidence to people who have invested a lot of energy thinking someone else was the killer. Just musing, and thanks again for the great video!

[@thethreerailwayengines825]

@@swolejszo The only thing that *might* convince me is if some official police document got discovered naming who the killer is. And even then, it would only be the police's guess, and we know from what they said about each other they weren't unified on who they thought it was. Any diary or anything like that would just be another James Maybrick case, that diary kinda ruined any chance anything like that will be fully accepted. At this point, nearly 140 years after the murders took place, the only piece of evidence that would convince me as being genuine, not a forgery and an actual answer as opposed to a suspect, would be if we invent time travel

[@randylopez5885]

I'd say it would take Mary Kelly's face in their pocket, and unless it's Leachmere, it still wouldn't be enough!😂

[@RegHoldsworth-ri7hh]

More q and a please. Cheers lads, very interesting.

[@mrshannonite4016]

Thank you for answering 😁

[@DameSlap]

Very interesting, especially the segment about clearing out your late father-in-law's house and finding the untouched suitcase. You're quite right, you never know what's lurking in attics, garages and sheds up and down the country.

[@George_L-w7o]

Bravo Richard! Great format. Richard and Steve are my two favorites. I can’t get enough of them. It’s amazing how a subject that really has no new information can captivate for so long. I don’t think we’ll ever know who did it. Although I must say in my many decades of looking at this, I’m amazed at how many so-called top researchers think it was Aaron Kosminski. Anybody who is a true critical thinker, would come to the conclusion that he was too insane. Too much of an imbecile to pull this off. I honestly find him to be one of the least credible subjects. I find there to be cunning and a decent level of intelligence behind these murders. Like many others. I always hope that someone would have something in a shoebox somewhere that would come out. But I’m afraid we’ll never know. But hopefully for the rest of my days I get to listen to Richard and Steve. I never get tired of it.

[@ALAN73275]

Hi Richard thanks to you & Steve for an interesting video.If you were the detective interviewing Jack what would be the first question you would ask ?

[@Ned_of_the_Hill]

This was a great video, thank you. I have always wondered about the reliability of time estimates in the reconstruction of the Whitechapel murders. Given how many arguments are based on precisely when people saw possible suspects, how much can we trust those times, given the variability of watches and clock bells?

[@cbamr]

I couldn’t help but answer some of these questions along with you, and it surprised me that we all mirror similar views. When am I going to be invited on, Richard? Ha!

[@anthonysheppard9247]

Fantastic channel ,brillant video .I think it's more interesting that we don't know who the killer was,makes it more of a mystery .

[@ftumschk]

Excellent Q&A gentlemen! The discussion returned to Anderson's Suspect on a few occasions, but how much can we rely on Anderson's account and the related Swanson Marginalia? Why doesn't the Macnaghten Memorandum, written nearly 2 decades before Anderson's book and God knows how long before the Marginalia, mention the identification at the Seaside Home? If, unlike Ostrog and Druitt, Kosminski had actually been ID'ed by a witness to a Ripper murder, it surely would have merited a mention in the memo. Yet there's no hint of it. The Marginalia don't give us the suspect's first name, but only refer to "Kosminski", which is all we get in Macnaghten's memo. Presumably, Swanson would've been party to the forename of such an important suspect, so why does he only give us what could be gleaned from Macnaghten's report? A report which, let's not forget, had been in the public domain from the late 1950s onwards, thanks to books by Dan Farson, Robin Odell and other authors. Come to think of it, if an ID had taken place, why didn't Macnaghten _himself_ give Kosminski's forename? After all, he gave Ostrog's full name and Druitt's initials. If the police had gone to the trouble of taking a suspect to the Seaside Home, it's reasonable to expect that the suspect's full name or at least initial(s) would have been known to Macnaghten. However, all he gives us is "Kosminski", and Swanson was apparently no better informed... which is odd, given his privileged position in the Ripper investigation. Cards on table: I'm rather suspicious of the Swanson Marginalia, and find them rather too "convenient" for my liking, especially since they only came to light around the time of the much-hyped centenary of the murders.

[@oldskoolpaul77]

Hi Richard. If you ever do a follow up video I would love to know your thoughts on the possibility that the killer knew some or all of his or her victims.

[@valis992000]

A few years ago we were chaperones on an educational trip to London. We stayed in dorm rooms for a college in Whitechapel. It being summer I guess the rooms were empty and they got a good rate. Anyhow I was happily surprised to find the Liz Stride site was just across the street from us.

[@hans-ulrichguntherkrell1463]

Q&A great idea...keep up the good work...What about a video dealing with artefacts of this case, What evidence could the bloody piece of a victim's cloth provide, which was found in the night of the double event? If it was perfectly conserved and ready for examination, wgat could be done with it in order to reveal the culprit? Is it known what happened to that piece? I can't renemver having read sth. about it....😊

[@kevinkenny6975]

There's no evidence to say the cloth was genuine.

[@saucyjack1888]

Great Q & A! I have a question that I always wanted answered by experts…. What is the likelihood that the killer “Jack” was discovered and his ID known by Scotland Yard, and this secret is sealed away under lock and key never to be released? Solving this mystery would hurt tourism and lower interest in this case. This is the biggest mystery of all time. Maybe for multiple reasons they don’t want this case solved, but hidden away is his true identity? Thanks

[@BRI-25040]

Question: my opinion very likely? In the writing on the wall you get an answer to your question MEN plural? Swansen did he search for the tomb of the fallen angels? Juwes, has that got any connections in history to 3 assassins and connections to a famous cult ? Have the met police of 1888 any connections with the cult ? Did swansong mention the secret service in a newspaper report ? Where was Catherine Eddows last positively seen alive ? The juwes ( cult)are the MEN (PLURAL), who will not be blamed for nothing? My opinion please fact-check everything?

[@Skiptickle]

Concerning the question of why did JTR quit killing, perhaps he just chose to stop killing. I know it's common believe that serial killers never stop until they're caught, but how do we know this is true? The Zodiac appears to have quit killing without perishing or being caught.

[@maureenmaclaughlin1551]

This was great! thank you! Please do this regularly. My question is: do you consider Martha Tabram to be a Ripper murder? If so, why?

[@ramenlover334]

Thank you for answering my question. I understand now the distance isn’t that far. When I was last in Whitechapel it took me 8-10 mins to walk to Polly Nichols site but that was in the middle of the day and very busy. lol However I do feel geo profiling has something to it. I’m sure I saw or read somewhere they put Jack as living on flower and dean street or Dorset street.

[@thethreerailwayengines825]

You mentioned a witness that wasn't called in the inquest, Harriet (surname I couldn't quite catch) I think it was? Does someone have anymore info on that?

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Richard, interesting discussion, what time does your Jack The Ripper Tour take place, I'm coming to London in October (not too sure what date), can we get our hotel to book it for us?

[@sameyers2670]

Thank you, this was interesting. I agree there is no need for people to be abusive. I was watching a video on the Jack the Ripper museum recently, may I ask what is your opinion on the museum?

[@herbert9241]

Two most interesting questions / answers at the end. I'm unambiguously in the vague vicinity of Richard in that I believe it's at least as likely that the culprit/s are unknown as it is any or all of the 'celebrated' suspects. Richard has reported on the local violent gangs who would routinely prey on unfortunates for their meagre earnings. The sheer desperation and depravity of life on the Whitechapel streets at the time has been widely reported; the area could have been virtually a breeding ground for compromised characters capable of such horrors. It made me smile when both Richard and Steve became excitedly animated at the thought of discovering the holy ripper grail of a hidden diary. I think a quantum leap in technology is more likely to throw light than the discovery of new, 136-year-old evidence. I must admit to being slightly irked at some of the partisan evangelists of misconception who follow conclusional 'Ripper' theorists. We live in an age of one-click conclusion and vote-me-up homilies. If only Inspector Abberline had an estuary of received opinion at his fingertips, aye.

[@markportwood4045]

Really interesting point by Steve that the Thames torso murders might not have actually been, murders.

[@prometheangaming2112]

I have been interested in the case of jack the ripper for awhile just because of true crime and mystery of it all. I have been thinking about the timeline of the 5 canonical victims, I have come to the conclusion that the full timeline of victims is incomplete. There is a long gap between the 2nd and the double event which is over twice as long as the general gap between attacks. The MO is fully self aware by Mary Ann Nichols but MO does not develop at the very first victim there is a evolution into the MO. What was the catalyst of the attacker to cross that line into homicide. TLDR: The victim timeline is incomplete there should be more, the attacks seem to have no catalyst to why the attacker starts and the MO is fully self aware by first victim there is no evolution towards the MO.

[@ftumschk]

Well observed. One of the factors which might account for the gap between the "Double Event" and Kelly's murder was that the number of officers on the streets was greatly increased from October onwards, making it more tricky for the Ripper to find a suitable opportunity to kill. This might also explain why the next murder after Eddowes took place indoors, rather than on a public street.

[@prometheangaming2112]

@@ftumschk I got a theory running around in my head that might be either genius or stupidest thoughts ever. I feel Martha Tabram was the first time the ripper attacked due to a triggered incident(39 stabs is a good indication of an attack of frustration/rage) to start the process of the ripper. Then there's a big gap but my theory is that somewhere in the world there is a murder that is not exactly "Jack the ripper" full MO but closer than it seems due to not being just stabbing the victim, I feel somewhere within a 7-10 day sail from white chapel is where the attack happened then again in the time period between the double event and 2nd victim possibly thought of as a copy cat but was a true victim of the ripper. My theory is not to figure out the suspects identity but the timeline of victims.

[@BRI-25040]

Was swanson the one who mentioned that it was like working for the secret service in a newspaper report Did he also look for the temple of the fallenangels? Did Andersons book of his memoirs mention sherlock homes ,also interesting holiday destination it wasnt the riechenback falls ? Was Canon code for Conan if ical means pertaining to Conan pertaining to 5 ?

[@suchanhachan]

I've often wondered if another possible reason why the killings stopped (if they did) was that the Whitechapel Murderer was simply failing physically. Severe alcoholism, some other drug addiction, syphilis, etc., or some combination of conditions, could have been attacking his body and perhaps also his brain. Eventually he would have been rendered too weak to commit further murders before finally dying...

[@IanMoore-f5i]

Thanks so much for this video even though I'm late. I've been following this case for many years, and I'm still no wiser as to who the Whitechapel murderer was. I'm sorry I don't buy into the Charles lechmere theory, (I found a wallet once, I didn't steal it) but I honestly don't think your onto something with kosminski either. I honestly think the Whitechapel murderer will be George Hutchinson. My opinion. And I have not a shred of evidence to back it up. Thanks for the videos mate

[@rob5944]

I'd of thought Richard would of named his suspects, he must have his shortlist.

[@wiseguy8696]

Great video, Richard. There's a question I really wish had been asked on the video. Do you think the victims were actually prostitutes? We were always told that they were, in every documentary I've seen, or book I've read about the ripper murders, apart from recently, after the book 'The Five' was released.

[@avondalemama470]

I, too, think Stride was a Ripper victim. I believe the “torso” murders were likely done by someone in the medical field, in some way. Too bad these murders were never solved either. I agree that some of the torso murders could have been done on the operating table, or even used by medical students. It would make sense that there were other victims, in addition to Martha Tabrum, besides Polly Nichols. I am on the table as to who I think Jack the Ripper was. ……….from South Carolina 😊

[@LindaBoyd-pm6do]

Jack the ripper was so fast in his killing. But I think his insanity had a lot to do with it though it continues to amaze how he got away with it

[@distortionhead37]

I often hear that experts agree on the letters being hoaxes but I've never heard much about the reasons as to why. Could someone please point me in the right direction for an explanation?

[@andrewtomlinson5237]

Ahh dammit. I saw the post asking for questions and completely forgot to post them. I shall save them for next time.

[@warcrypublishing]

Brilliant as always Richard 🎩🔪

[@ryanwilson368]

Do you think the murder weapon or weapons will ever be found ? Could be at the bottom of the themes with DNA on it ..? Could be in someone’s scrap yard in a pile of rust, or could just no longer exist ..

[@jorahtheexplorer3262]

7:37 I teach my kids its okay to be diagreeing but not to be disagreeable.

[@mariuszstanisawczyk8990]

Well, i'm not sure even if we can say that his name is NOT on a list of current suspects. Remember that many times it happens that the uncought killer is in the files - he was questioned, visited or even arrested. See e.g. Gary Ridgway or Peter Sutcliffe. But I'm also into Anderson suspect and I think that was basically very close: even the intuition on what kind of a man Ripper was.

[@barryballinger5912]

Brilliant richard,very interesting informative x

[@mikepotts2470]

Q1 - has any research been done into suspicious deaths of men following murder 5 ? It’s hard to believe MJD was the only one !

[@mikeaz1960]

Here is a question. I have been to London several times and always visit White Chapel. Bucks Row is rather long and I just cant see someone walking all the way down there just to have sex. My theory was always that JTR picked up Mary Ann Nichols and killed her in a carriage then dumped her body on the Bucks Row. Does this theory make sense?

[@iancavon7125]

No. Because a carriage would have been very noisy in that narrow street, and no-one heard a thing even though some inhabitants of Buck's Row testified to have been awake or only half-asleep that night. Moreover, Dr. Llewellyn's examination of the corpse resulted in his conviction that Nichols had been killed where she was found, the time of death having been immediately before Charles Cross (Lechmere) and Robert Paul, who both also heard nothing, were at the crime scene.

[@theklaus7436]

Keyboard warriors are being so common in these days. But try to be respectful and learn to disagree

[@MatthewApsey]

Get Blomer to do a live debate with Holmgren.

[@sumahama1981]

🎩

[@jamesshanahan7867]

What do we make if the fact that in the three murders where he wasn't interrupted Jack posed the bodies?

[@davekeating.]

Maximum impact on discovery just as the sun came up...

[@iancavon7125]

I never even remotely bought into the "mad Jew" theory, be that individual named Aaron Kosminski, Nathan Kaminski, David Cohen, or Jacob Levy. An obviously mentally troubled/impaired, weirdly acting, unkempt looking person can never have been JtR. The culprit, insane in his way as he was, had his wits together, and he was able to seem trustworthy, or at least not eery, to his victims even as the murder series was already the talk of the town. JtR certainly was a man of normal appearance and normal, if not somewhat charming, behavior. Of all the known suspects I find Charles Lechmere alias "Cross" to be by far the most compelling one because a lot of circumstantial evidence points in his direction -- there's more red flags attached to him than can be attached to any other suspect, while there's of yet nothing to exonerate him from suspicion except the benefit of doubt due to the lack of factual evidence against him. To me he's the only one with whom possibility borders on probability. It was either him (if not, he was indeed "the unluckiest man in crime history") or some phantom that's never once been named so far.

[@thetimetraveller6550]

James Maybrick should be looked at more closely

[@distortionhead37]

Oh ffs!

[@awotnot]

Got a bit passive aggressive near the end.

[@22leggedsasquatch]

Your guest doesn't want to ssy "Lachmere" because as seen , he's invested in it but being him.. together with Chapman who lived in the middle of the area.. those are the 2 biggest suspects.

[@jasoreed]

Yes to lechmere but no to Chapman I don’t think he was a sexual psychopath from the way he killed woman compared to Charles Lechmere.

[@Paula-e4h]

Loved the video was very interesting ❤ ,the answer can never be answered because who jack the ripper was can it 100% ,,,

[@AndyCampbell-q2w]

Love your work you guys! Here's my question: Do you know about Bruce Robinson's book, and his theory that Jack was let go by all the authorities because they were all freemasons, and that they were protecting their own? Are you guys freemasons? (one of my friends is, and i couldn't care less either way! Just asking!). Thanks, andy.

[@raymondhadley9638]

In the stories of Jack the Ripper The shawl that one of the Canonical five owned was DNA Tested against the victims Descendance & a Descendent of Aaron Kosminskie & it matched, So appears he was guilty of one victims Murders . The other four , Who knows .

[@jakehammond12345]

This meme that serial killers don't stop needs to be put to bed. It's just not even statistically true but is also logically false. Only the serial killers we catch can be known to stop for sure. The ones we don't catch, by definition, don't stop. Or at least we don't know that they stop. So many examples. . .

[@BRI-25040]

I liked your description of killers ? Plural? The writing on the wall? The juwes are the MEN (PLURAL)?

[@redtobertshateshandles]

This aggression is from people who have never been taught to be a gracious loser. You blokes are great, laugh it off.

[@22leggedsasquatch]

Why do you avoid giving an answer to the one question that started the obvious: of course you have your opinion on who is the most likely of the suggested suspects. I thought this was Lechmere

[@stevenblomer7738]

Simply because I don't consider Lechmere the best suspect. We were asked for OUR choices, and that's what we gave, Richard does not have a preference.

[@simonorton]

"The only people who until the last six or so years who tended the graves, looked after the graves, put flowers on the graves, were Ripperologists" The sheer arrogance. The only people who tended the graves were Ripperologists ? No descendants? No family ? No modern day sex workers ? No compassionate members of the local community ? Only 'Ripperologists' - people whose interest is in a 'science' to find out who Jack the Ripper was. And anyway ... how would you know that ? Please Mr Blomer, spend a little time reflecting on what you've said here.

[@ftumschk]

You'd be surprised how many descendants didn't even know that they were related to a Ripper victim until ripperologists told them. Some of the victims' graves were unknown, and those that _were_ known were overgrown and neglected, until ripperologists (re)discovered them. Steve Blomer is anything but arrogant, so perhaps it's not HE who should be reflecting on what he says.

[@stevenremmington]

5:20 the witness to the Stride murder did positively identify the suspect to police. however the witness refused to testify against him without the police obtaining any official testimony from the witness, no charges or trial could take place furthermore, since the suspect and the witness were both Jews, and at a time when racial tensions in the community were already high, it would be understandable if a decision had been made not to prosecute nonetheless, for the sake of public safety, the identified suspect may have been permanently incarcerated, rather than be allowed to go free and continue his atrocities and mayhem

[@lynsey19771]

you two keep pushing for kosminsky when it must have been cross or letecmere

[@ohmy4275]

Possible suspect but zero evidence. Unless it's a guess game to pass the time then sure. Hutchinson was also at a crime scene. Hutchinson tried to hide it. Hutchinson knew the victim. Best of all? Hutchinson was most probably not even his real name. Sounds a much better suspect than Lechmere to me but still no evidence

[@MarleneKoditek]

The Ripper traveled to America and carried on ln privatei murders exactly the same things but exactly the same Accept women just simply disappeared. His hand writing matched the writing of the letters written by the Ripper. And other tests matched.

[@davesmith7432]

Serial killers are rare people. Dismemberment serial killers are extremely rare. The White Chapel murders and the TT murders did have similarities. They occurred at roughly the same time, overlapping the same area. All of the victims were of the same gender, race, age range, social class. In the cases of Elizabeth Jackson and Annie Chapman, the killer attempted to decapitate both of them via knife and failed. Both women had their uteruses taken. Both women’s abdominal cavities were cut open the same way. Annie had rings taken, one of the tors of victims had rings taken. Mary Kelly had her heart taken. One of torso victims had her heart taken. Dr Hibertt thought it wasn’t related but Dr.Bond did. The Pinchin St torso is found under an archway, yards from where once stood a house owned by a copper named Thomas Cross. Why does that name sound familiar?? 🤔 The torso was covered in maggots suggesting it spend a day 2 stashed. Just by coincidence, Maria, Thomas’ widow owed a cats meat business a minutes walk away, in Cable St. That torso had a long superficial, vertical slash on the abdomen. Perhaps a calling card. In both sets of murders, the killer, although in different ways, left his victims on display to be found. Repeatedly throwing the body parts in the Thames, upstream from the construction of Tower Bridge. And having the audacity to bury one of his victims in the basement of the new Scotland Yard building. The White Chapel murderer wanted the same notoriety. Except of course, in the case of Polly Nichols. For some reason, he decided to hide her wounds. Despite no one was there to catch him. 🤔 So you see, the two sets of murders have a lot in common. Based on the rarity of this type of killer and the evidence, it is highly likely it was the same man that killed most of the Whitechapel victims.

[@ftumschk]

The Ripper victims weren't dismenbered, and few of the Torso victims were eviscerated. Furthermore, the Torso victims were mostly deposited in West London, whereas the Ripper victims were killed within a small radius in the East End. The Ripper victims died within weeks of each other, but the Torso victims were separated by _years,_ and may well not have been perpetrated by the same persons. There are actually very, very few similarities between the cases.

[@Rick_Cleland]

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[@johnjones-eu1rv]

It WAS Maybrick… Case closed!!!

[@michaelbedford8017]

Out of the panoply of 'hobbies' one might take up, speculating on Jack the Ripper is perhaps the biggest waste of time.

[@kevinkenny6975]

Why are you watching then?

[@simonorton]

Maybe the act of watching them is why someone had this opinion .... ? ​@@kevinkenny6975

[@drbigmdftnu]

Almost as bad as golf

[@PatrickWhelan-sp1th]

I believe he stopped because he came really close to being collared and knew his neck was on the line

[@my-mysknitsaloon]

Absolutly brilliant Q&A. I just love you Richard and Steve Blomer interactions between each other. About the time; it strucked me how the evil doer BK in the 4 knife murders Idaho case was able to kill 4 person in ca: 15 min. So Jack The Ripper could probably kill in ca: 5 min for each victim as Steve mentioned. Thanks a lot. 🤍🖤🤍