New claims Jack the Ripper was noted poet who studied as a priest in the North East

[Richard Patterson]

GUT is right.

I do over egg the pudding, (gone too far in embellishing, exaggerating, or doing something) I think he says this because the facts alone should be enough, to warrant interest. These being that Thompson was in Spitalsfields, carried a knife, had several years of medical training, and was looking for a prostitute who had abandoned him. Although my book discusses these things in detail, it throws in a lot more connections which some may think are far fetched. My reasoning is simple. If I am going to write that he was the Ripper I will put in everything that correlates to the claim between the covers as I can, and let other people decide to sort the wheat from the chaff. At least it's all there for readers to pick apart and make up their own minds. Thanks for bringing up my book richardh.

[GUT]

Not sure it this is already being discussed on Casebook. But:

A new book makes the explosive claim that Jack the Ripper was the poet Francis Thompson, who studied as a priest in County Durham.

Patterson’s book, which has been published by Austin and Macauley, is the result of 20 years of research, in which he travelled around the world gathering information to show Thompson was a serial killer.

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Richard has posted about it many times here.

Book is good.

I'm not persuaded, a few times he seems to over egg the pudding and at times I think he reads far to much into Thompson's poetry, but he has done great research.

[richardh]

Not sure it this is already being discussed on Casebook. But:

A new book makes the explosive claim that Jack the Ripper was the poet Francis Thompson, who studied as a priest in County Durham.

Patterson’s book, which has been published by Austin and Macauley, is the result of 20 years of research, in which he travelled around the world gathering information to show Thompson was a serial killer.

LINK