Do you think it will be solved?

[Fisherman]

How small is a very very very very small chance?

Larkin is Edward Larkin, who was perhaps the first ripperologist. He thought JtR was a group of mainly Portuguese cattle drivers, because he’d matched the murders to the arrival of various ships.

And here I was, thinking you were displaying a sudden drastic sense of humour! It´s Larkins, not Larkin, Kattrup.

[Elamarna]

What was going to be revealed in 2030? Was it something to with there being another suspect or more conclusive evidence as to the actual victims?
And there have been so many books written about JTR, that revealing the name and having a case closed, would kill the cash cow of authors and aspiring authors. JTR has been quite a cash generating enigma over the last 130 years.

Sorry completely lost me.

Where does 2030 come from? Thats another 12 years.

Steve

[Busy Beaver]

What was going to be revealed in 2030? Was it something to with there being another suspect or more conclusive evidence as to the actual victims?
And there have been so many books written about JTR, that revealing the name and having a case closed, would kill the cash cow of authors and aspiring authors. JTR has been quite a cash generating enigma over the last 130 years.

[Kattrup]

I have a feeling, Steve, that the reference "Larkin" may lead us to what kind of suspect our learned Danish friend has in mind. Plus I have another feeling that it is a tad ironic that I am the one pointing it out.

There is a very, very, very, very small chance that I am wrong on it, though.

How small is a very very very very small chance?

Larkin is Edward Larkin, who was perhaps the first ripperologist. He thought JtR was a group of mainly Portuguese cattle drivers, because he’d matched the murders to the arrival of various ships.

[Kattrup]

The ripper murdered women,so that eliminates him?

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Sorry, I just meant he confessed to a specific murder, that does not rule out that he murdered others

[Kattrup]

Interesting Kattrup. What first led you to this suspect?

Researching murders of women with cut throats. There wern’ That many in Denmark.

When I later was shifting through Danish Foreign Mimistry correspondence in the Danish national archives, looking for Charles Grande, one of the case files concerned one of those unsolved murders. An inquiry into the circumstances of this guy’s suicide.

[Fisherman]

Interesting, best of luck with the research.


Steve

I have a feeling, Steve, that the reference "Larkin" may lead us to what kind of suspect our learned Danish friend has in mind. Plus I have another feeling that it is a tad ironic that I am the one pointing it out.

There is a very, very, very, very small chance that I am wrong on it, though.

[Varqm]

Don’t think I have, I’ve yet to get really dirty researching him. A few minor pieces still missing, such as showing he was in London, or the UK, or Europe, in 1888.

His name was Christian Hansen, an exceedingly common Danish name. What makes him interesting? Before committing suicide in 1904 he confessed to some coworkers that some years previously he murdered a woman by cutting her throat.
Also he was a ship’s cattle driver. As you’ll recall, one of the earliest theories about the ripper was precisely that (Larkin).

The ripper murdered women,so that eliminates him?

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[Abby Normal]

Don’t think I have, I’ve yet to get really dirty researching him. A few minor pieces still missing, such as showing he was in London, or the UK, or Europe, in 1888.

His name was Christian Hansen, an exceedingly common Danish name. What makes him interesting? Before committing suicide in 1904 he confessed to some coworkers that some years previously he murdered a woman by cutting her throat.
Also he was a ship’s cattle driver. As you’ll recall, one of the earliest theories about the ripper was precisely that (Larkin).

Interesting Kattrup. What first led you to this suspect?

Good luck with your research and looking forward to hearing more!

[Abby Normal]

You already have a diary Abby. There’s just no pleasing some

I meant a real one lol

[Elamarna]

Don’t think I have, I’ve yet to get really dirty researching him. A few minor pieces still missing, such as showing he was in London, or the UK, or Europe, in 1888.

His name was Christian Hansen, an exceedingly common Danish name. What makes him interesting? Before committing suicide in 1904 he confessed to some coworkers that some years previously he murdered a woman by cutting her throat.
Also he was a ship’s cattle driver. As you’ll recall, one of the earliest theories about the ripper was precisely that (Larkin).

Interesting, best of luck with the research.


Steve

[Kattrup]

Have you named your suspect, have i missed it?


Steve

Don’t think I have, I’ve yet to get really dirty researching him. A few minor pieces still missing, such as showing he was in London, or the UK, or Europe, in 1888.

His name was Christian Hansen, an exceedingly common Danish name. What makes him interesting? Before committing suicide in 1904 he confessed to some coworkers that some years previously he murdered a woman by cutting her throat.
Also he was a ship’s cattle driver. As you’ll recall, one of the earliest theories about the ripper was precisely that (Larkin).

[Elamarna]

I’ve no doubt that my own suspect was the killer! Well, only a little doubt. Almost insignificant doubt. A smallish doubt.

Whether I can prove it is another matter.

Absolute proof these days would, imho, consist of finding the victims’ missing organs. And then only if it could be shown who stored them originally.

Which of course would be an entirely different issue, proving who stored them i mean.

Have you named your suspect, have i missed it?


Steve

[Kattrup]

I’ve no doubt that my own suspect was the killer! Well, only a little doubt. Almost insignificant doubt. A smallish doubt.

Whether I can prove it is another matter.

Absolute proof these days would, imho, consist of finding the victims’ missing organs. And then only if it could be shown who stored them originally.

[Herlock Sholmes]

probably not. I think it would take someone finding an old trunk in an attic somewhere with a confession and or evidence accompanying it.

You already have a diary Abby. There’s just no pleasing some