Before it's too late

[sdreid]

There was a scientific test for blood in 1888. It just couldn't be determined if it was human blood or not.

[sdreid]

If they'd tested the GSG wall for blood and found it, that would have pretty much proven that it was written by JtR but, yet again, probably another missed opportunity. Conversely, if no blood was found, it wouldn't have proven that it wasn't written by the Ripper but it would have been diminishing evidence.

[sdreid]

I guess that building is gone now. It was still up in 1988 I believe.

[Rob Clack]

I guess that building is gone now. It was still up in 1988 I believe.

If you mean Wentworth Model Dwellings, they are still standing.

Rob

[Monty]

If you mean Wentworth Model Dwellings, they are still standing.

Rob

They are?

Goddamn you Peter Underwood.

Monty

[Rob Clack]

They are?

Goddamn you Peter Underwood.

Monty

Yeah I remember his book. He took a photo of them and said they were slum dwellings and took a photo of another building half way down Goulston Street and said this is where they stood.

Rob

[Robert]

If it has gone, the chips will be cold by now.

[Rob Clack]

I still haven't had a bag of chips from there yet. Should have done it Friday now that I think about it.

Rob

[Robert]

I wasn't codding dear old boss when I gave you the chip.

[Rob Clack]

Double portions next time if you will only waite a while longer.

[Monty]

I still haven't had a bag of chips from there yet. Should have done it Friday now that I think about it.

Rob

We shoulda done that Friday, my kebab was rank.

Monty

[Rob Clack]

We shoulda done that Friday, my kebab was rank.

Monty

Next time them. My chicken was so undercooked a skilled veterinarian could have saved it.

Rob

[Andrew Firth]

The chips were alright when I had 'em.


But no amount of persuasive chat could make the guy at the counter let me have a gander at the stairwell that remains in the basement...

[Mayerling]

A few points

When I was studying for the New York State Bar exam in the late 1970s I knew a young married lady who came from Polish aristocratic stock. She claimed her grandmother was in Whitechapel in the autumn of 1888, and one night may have been looked over by a "strange man" who might have been the Ripper. The reason she thought so was that shortly after he looked her over and she walked away she heard a police whistle and people running to the location the woman had just passed. My informant did not recall what night it was. Third degree hear-say, but I still have the name of the woman who went to the bar review with me (but she probably does not remember me now).

That is my only Jack the Ripper anecdote.

A book about Dr. Thomas Neill Cream was published in the 1990s, and I wrote to the author (I think his name is Angus McLaughlin). He told me (when I wrote to him) that Cream has family in Toronto or Canada, but they really don't like talking about him (not somebody you recall fondly). Ironically, on Facebook, if you look up his Canadian alma mater, McGill (or M'Gill) University, they proudly show his photograph and who is (and supposed to be).

Jeff

[sdreid]

If you mean Wentworth Model Dwellings, they are still standing.

Rob

Yes, thanks Rob. In that 1988 production, the place looked on the verge of crumbling unless they had the wrong building.