Only in the Rippersphere

[Tom_Wescott]

How many victims according to Dave Clark?

He pitches his tent in the Ben Folds and Jackson camp. I refuse to debate with any of them.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[Wickerman]

The only person who really knows the true number is long dead, everyone else can only offer an opinion, that will never change.

[Fiver]

Hi Paul. The phrase is obnoxious because it's misleading and it's bad history. Macnaghten believed there were five victims and Fido believed it as well, therefore it's fact? I don't think so. I would suggest attributing that number to its primary source - Macnaghten, i.e. the Macnaghten Five. Adding Tabram you'd have the Anderson Six. The Arnold Four, Percy Clark Three, Reid Ten, Hawley Eighty-four, etc.

And I believe the Dew Seven. Plus many of the police did not say how many victims there were, IIRC, that includes Abberline, Littlechild, Monro, Swanson, Smith. And then there were the opinions of the doctors. Thomas Bond went with the C5 + Mackenzie. I'm not sure about the others.