Ripper in the news today

[Limehouse]

Found this on BBC News website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7601145.stm

Looks interesting. Didn't much like his last book though.

[joelhall]

looks a bit silly to me. two murders over 25 years followed by 5 in 3 months?

also a cut throat is the only link... i reckon hes grasping at straws on this one.

also regarding organs not being removed. i think the dorset street photographs show the killer did remove them, rather than later. on the face of it i wouldnt give any credence to these theories. still, lets wait for the book .

[Limehouse]

I think the idea that the organs were removed post-murders but pre-post-mortem is the most interesting aspect of his theories.

[Leatherface]

The theory of his that I find interesting is that Eddowes dress was not left by the killer but was left by Eddowes after she had taken care of hygenic needs that afternoon or evening in the alley.

[steje73]

Ooooh! How old was James Maybrick in 1863?


*goes down in a hail of Baphomets*

[Dan Norder]

I think the idea that the organs were removed post-murders but pre-post-mortem is the most interesting aspect of his theories.

Most interesting, certainly, but also the least reasonable. Such organs were readily available to doctors and medical students through standard methods... ones that wouldn't potentially get someone caught up in a murder investigation.