Newest Unscholarly Get Rich Quick JTR Book

[claire]

Jack the Ripper: 99% Solved
where lies and damned lies become statistics
by
Major D. V. Ation

[steje73]

I'm still taken with the idea of writing

'Jack the Ripper; Outright lies!' subtitled 'Stuff I deliberately made up or got wrong and even then some nutter will take it seriously'

Because a longer subtitle is always good. I don't have a middle name so I'll use Q or Z in the hope that someone will think I'm Groucho Marx.

[claire]

there's a later sequel, too, more familiar to Ripper researchers: A Tell Tale Semi-Colon sorry!

As for Stephen Knight, colons or otherwise, it's an unfortunate thing that there's a rather decent writer called Stephen Knight, too. One of those times that, like Michael, a differentiating middle initial would have been a great idea.

[Magpie]

The Tell-Tale Colon...

Wasn't that the lesser known sequel to Poe's "A Tell Tale Heart" ?

[Pippin Joan]

the telltale colon

it seems like Stephen Knight proves my theory on wannabe scholars. Notice that colon in the title! It's the modern version of (or) as in Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus.

As I said before Stewart, my guess is that you have an unrivalled Cabinet of Curiousities regarding that period and those crimes. Would you consider a lottery at some point, the winner getting to spend 24 hours looking through that cabinet with you as tour guide?

Ive been collecting articles and photos for around 5 years and I cant find anything when I need it....you must be very organized or more than a bit overwhelmed.

Warm regards.

[Stewart P Evans]

Collecting

I've been collecting Ripper material for 47 years now. I can't even remember where some of it comes from.

[Simon Wood]

Hi Stewart,

Where did you find the typewritten copy?

BLOODHOUND is a matter of public record.

Regards,

Simon

[Simon Wood]

Hi Stewart,

Wow! Good find.

You obviously have spare time on your hands.

Where did you find this? I barely remember it myself.

Regards,

Simon

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Fine sleuthing Mr Evans.

Ok Simon, fess up...even if its Debra.

Cheers.

[Stewart P Evans]

Middle Initial - Use Of

Hi Claire,
I never use my middle in initial—"D".
Regards,
Simon

heheh. Scholarly ambitions or not, I never could use my middle initial, since it would have meant my three initials would have spelled C-O-W.

Nice one, mum.

Hi Claire,

I found that quite a "mooving" anecdote. Sorry

I almost have to use my middle name now, seems a comedian bonehead did some damage to the name Michael Richards a while back, so its Michael William Richards now.

All the best.

[Sam Flynn]

Hey! I suggested Toulouse-Lautrec some time ago, as he seemed to fit the profile, except... being 4'6" tall doesn't fit the descriptions.

If nothing else, he ought to have been on some sort of short-list.

[mariag]

Sorry, it couldn't have been Toulouse- Lautrec.

It would have taken him 8 hours to walk between Dutfields Yard and Mitre Square.

[Pippin Joan]

Hey! I suggested Toulouse-Lautrec some time ago, as he seemed to fit the profile, except for how he managed to throttle them around the neck in order to render them senseless. I think he rather liked those poor ladies. Being 4'6" tall doesn't fit the descriptions.

I've always thought you could spot "scholarly" people by their use of colons in titles, e.g., Toulouse-Lautrec: A Ridiculous Theory.