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Did Jack read Sherlock Holmes stories?
Actually, I had wondered about the direct opposite, whether Conan Doyle used anything from the Ripper case in his stories.
As an example;
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box, 1892.
"Miss Susan Cushing, living at Cross Street, Croydon, has been made the victim of what must be regarded as a peculiarly revolting practical joke......
At two o'clock yesterday afternoon a small packet, wrapped in brown paper, was handed in by the postman. A cardboard box was inside which was filled with coarse salt. On emptying this, Miss Cushing was horrified to find two human ears, apparently quite freshly severed. The box had been sent by parcel post from Belfast.....
Some years ago, however, when she resided at Penge, she let apartments in her house to three young medical students.....
One of these students came from the north of Ireland.....from Belfast.
The word Croydon has been spelt originally with an i, which has been changed to a y. The parcel was directed, then, by a man - the printing is distinctly masculine - of limited education.
Bodies in the dissecting-rooms are injected with preservative fluid. These ears bear no signs of this."
The Lusk Kidney, mention of preservation fluids, an Irish connection, illiterate spelling, and "three medical students". Just a few examples of possible inspiration taken from the Whitechapel murder case.
Regards, Jon S.
Actually, I had wondered about the direct opposite, whether Conan Doyle used anything from the Ripper case in his stories.
As an example;
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box, 1892.
"Miss Susan Cushing, living at Cross Street, Croydon, has been made the victim of what must be regarded as a peculiarly revolting practical joke......
At two o'clock yesterday afternoon a small packet, wrapped in brown paper, was handed in by the postman. A cardboard box was inside which was filled with coarse salt. On emptying this, Miss Cushing was horrified to find two human ears, apparently quite freshly severed. The box had been sent by parcel post from Belfast.....
Some years ago, however, when she resided at Penge, she let apartments in her house to three young medical students.....
One of these students came from the north of Ireland.....from Belfast.
The word Croydon has been spelt originally with an i, which has been changed to a y. The parcel was directed, then, by a man - the printing is distinctly masculine - of limited education.
Bodies in the dissecting-rooms are injected with preservative fluid. These ears bear no signs of this."
The Lusk Kidney, mention of preservation fluids, an Irish connection, illiterate spelling, and "three medical students". Just a few examples of possible inspiration taken from the Whitechapel murder case.
Regards, Jon S.
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