Your top 3 suspects?

[Uncle Jack]

Of the known suspects who are your top three for being the Ripper?

Mine would be

1. James Kelly

2. Severin Klosowski

3. Hyam Hyams

Those are mine currently!

[corey123]

Adam,

1)Jack the Ripper.

2)Unknown local man.

3)Raging narcissistic unknown man who the press named "Jack the Ripper" who also is the serial killer who killed 6+ women in1888.

This is me being serious, honestly, I have no prefered suspect besides the above....for now.

Yours truly

[DVV]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Amitiés,
David

[DVV]

O'right,
just for fun...
Since it's late and I'm a bit more than "tipsy"...

1: Flemtchinson
2:Hutchinming
3:the Pink Panther (obviously a sexual maniac of a virulent type)

Amitiés all,
David

[Sox]

1. Jacob Levy
2. William Bury
3. Dr Who

[DaveMc]

Druitt
Klosowski
???
Hitler?

(still reading)

[Uncle Jack]

1. Jacob Levy
2. William Bury
3. Dr Who

I forgot all about Levy! Yes, he is one of my strongest. Can't believe I forgot him.

[dixon9]

sorry to be boring but i would gone with
(1) unknown(to me) local man,but i am still reading and when i unearth 'jack' i will let you know.lol


Dixon9
still learning

[belinda]

My Top Three

1.David Cohen (racing up the charts with a bullet)

2.Unknown man X

3.Unknown man Y


Doctor Who

Homer Simpson is more likely!

[Jeff Leahy]

Apart from unknown local man

There are five reasonable suspects:

1. Cutbush
2. Chapman
3. Tumblelty
4. Druitt
5. Kosminski

These were all discussed by the police at the time in connection with the whitchapel murders. The rest are the product of over active imagination and wishful thinking.

Pirate

[Stephen Thomas]

1. Unknown Polish Jew

2. Cutbush

3. Fenians

[kensei]

1. Unknown man who's never been named, most likely.
2-3. William Bury and James Kelly, equally likely.

[kensei]

Apart from unknown local man

There are five reasonable suspects:

1. Cutbush
2. Chapman
3. Tumblelty
4. Druitt
5. Kosminski

These were all discussed by the police at the time in connection with the whitchapel murders. The rest are the product of over active imagination and wishful thinking.

Pirate

Pirate Jack, I've asked this of people before and can't seem to get a satisfactory answer- Why do you consider Druitt to be a reasonable suspect? The only reason I can see as to why the police considered him is because his family suspected he might have been the killer, and I've seen nothing written as to why they thought so. His suicide note said he was afraid of ending up with his mother's mental problems, but she was hardly a homicidal maniac.

[Mascara & Paranoia]

1.) Unknown 2.) Local 3.) Bloke.

[Ben]

Hi Pirate,

I can't agree with the rationale that a suspect becomes "reasonable" purely by virtue of the fact that he was "discussed by the police at the time in connection with the whitchapel murders". Surely some careful scrutiny of the nature of the suspicions is essential before we make that determination? Are the facts used to bolster the case in accordance with the historical record, and even if they are, do they really carry weight in terms of what we know to be true about other known serial killers (about whom the police in 1888 knew nothing, however competent they may have been in other respects)?

There are at least two suspects on your list of five that don't strike me as being particularly reasonable, and I have no problem saying so in spite of the fact that they were discussed by police in connection with the murders.

Similarly, it cannot be argued that any suspect with no evidence of police suspicion attached to their name must instantly be discarded as unreasonable, especially when you also happen to be championing "unknown local man", against whom there is equally no evidence of police suspicion.

Best regards,
Ben