Murders

[spiderman2525]

I have always wondered why Jack The Ripper only competed 6 murders from August thru November of 1888

[Mike Covell]

Hi Spidey,
The popular school of thought is that JTR killed only 5,
Nichols, Chapman, Stride, Eddowes, and Kelly. (The C5)

Others have suggested that Tabram was also a JTR victim.

More recently suggestions have been made that rule out some of the commonly accepted C5 as being victims of domestic arguments.

It's a minefield, with estimates from 3 kills upto 30!

[caz]

More recently suggestions have been made that rule out some of the commonly accepted C5 as being victims of domestic arguments.

What does that mean, Mike? Mere suggestions can't rule out anything, but the way you word this makes it sound like some of the murders have been ruled out as domestics, which I'm not sure was your intention, but actually makes more sense to me than ruling them out as the work of a serial killer.

Anyway, I don't think this thread was meant for frequently asked questions about the case itself so maybe Spiderman ought to have posted this under General Discussion.

Love,

Caz
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[anna]

Hi all,

Yes,this is the wrong place for this thread.


The FAQ are meant to be about Casebook itself.


ANNA.

[Mike Covell]

What does that mean, Mike? Mere suggestions can't rule out anything, but the way you word this makes it sound like some of the murders have been ruled out as domestics, which I'm not sure was your intention, but actually makes more sense to me than ruling them out as the work of a serial killer.
Caz
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Hi Caz, Perhaps I should have written,

Some ripperologists claim that Liz Stride was the victim of a domestic attack from Michael Kidney, and therefore not a victim of "Jack the Ripper".

[caz]

Indeed, Mike. That's better.

And of course Kidney was ruled out as Stride's killer by the police at the time - for what today's domestic theorists consider that's worth.

Love,

Caz
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[John Bennett]

There's also the idea that Mary Kelly was a copycat job. As were some of the other later ones such as McKenzie and Coles.