When I joined this forum exactly one year ago (or rather re-joined it, having been a member about 15 years ago prior to a catastrophic meltdown: of the forum, not me, I hasten to add) I did not expect to carry out any JTR related research. I simply wanted to discuss issues around Charles Cross following the TV documentary that I had watched.
But that discussion led me to try and dig out newspaper reports of the Nichols inquest which led me to the London Evening Post, a much neglected resource, and this led me to some new stories on Tumblety, which led me to look for more Tumblety documents at the National Archives which led to an interest in stories that Tumblety had been investigated by a Scotland Yard detective in America which led me to researching my Suckered! Trilogy (and Quadrilogy).
In the process of carrying out the research, there were various other bits of information which I came across, none of which I felt could be fitted into any articles for publication but which might have some interest nonetheless. As I really now need to do other things, non-JTR related, I thought I would put them all up onto my website. At the very least, it will give you something to read while waiting for Pierre's next tantalising post. And there is quite a lot of reading material that I have put up here, so you might want to set aside some time if you want to go through (and hopefully enjoy) it all.
The new articles, which are exclusive for members of this forum (wow!), can only be accessed via this link:
The articles are as follows:
Anderson and The World
Contains some possible new insights into Robert Anderson's thinking due to his friendship with the editor of an influential journal.
Fred Jarvis and the Secret Cypher
Reveals the discovery of an interesting new document about secret service spying on Irish Nationalists.
Tumblety’s Bail Revisited
An important correction to my article in Ripperologist 144 which I hope everyone interested in the subject of Tumblety's bail will read.
Some Thoughts
Contains the following, fairly random, sub-articles:
The Escape of ‘Frank Thompson’
New JTR Suspect Identified [N.B. Not William Ripper and not to be taken too seriously but still genuine]
The Curious Case of the Fake Pensioner
On The Trail of the Bloodhounds
Not So Fixed Points
The Missing Hour, Found!
Reading the Writing on the Wall
They All Love Jack
My views on some of the issues raised in Bruce Robinson’s recent book, with sub-articles as follows:
The Disappearing Grapes
The Phantom Night Courts
The Phoney Police Officers
Elizabeth Stride’s Mouth
No Rewards
Police Rewards
Bad Argument
Free Postage!
Two Frightened Ladies
The Unlikely Forgery
The Two Bromleys
Letters from Mike
Jack the Singer
The Bent Death Certificates
The Conduit Street Clue
Mrs Briggs’ Something
Excluding Evidence
What Killed James Maybrick?
It Clearly Wasn’t Arsenic
Florence Maybrick’s Secret
Whispering Voices
A Grand Footnote
Operating on the Appendix
But that discussion led me to try and dig out newspaper reports of the Nichols inquest which led me to the London Evening Post, a much neglected resource, and this led me to some new stories on Tumblety, which led me to look for more Tumblety documents at the National Archives which led to an interest in stories that Tumblety had been investigated by a Scotland Yard detective in America which led me to researching my Suckered! Trilogy (and Quadrilogy).
In the process of carrying out the research, there were various other bits of information which I came across, none of which I felt could be fitted into any articles for publication but which might have some interest nonetheless. As I really now need to do other things, non-JTR related, I thought I would put them all up onto my website. At the very least, it will give you something to read while waiting for Pierre's next tantalising post. And there is quite a lot of reading material that I have put up here, so you might want to set aside some time if you want to go through (and hopefully enjoy) it all.
The new articles, which are exclusive for members of this forum (wow!), can only be accessed via this link:
The articles are as follows:
Anderson and The World
Contains some possible new insights into Robert Anderson's thinking due to his friendship with the editor of an influential journal.
Fred Jarvis and the Secret Cypher
Reveals the discovery of an interesting new document about secret service spying on Irish Nationalists.
Tumblety’s Bail Revisited
An important correction to my article in Ripperologist 144 which I hope everyone interested in the subject of Tumblety's bail will read.
Some Thoughts
Contains the following, fairly random, sub-articles:
The Escape of ‘Frank Thompson’
New JTR Suspect Identified [N.B. Not William Ripper and not to be taken too seriously but still genuine]
The Curious Case of the Fake Pensioner
On The Trail of the Bloodhounds
Not So Fixed Points
The Missing Hour, Found!
Reading the Writing on the Wall
They All Love Jack
My views on some of the issues raised in Bruce Robinson’s recent book, with sub-articles as follows:
The Disappearing Grapes
The Phantom Night Courts
The Phoney Police Officers
Elizabeth Stride’s Mouth
No Rewards
Police Rewards
Bad Argument
Free Postage!
Two Frightened Ladies
The Unlikely Forgery
The Two Bromleys
Letters from Mike
Jack the Singer
The Bent Death Certificates
The Conduit Street Clue
Mrs Briggs’ Something
Excluding Evidence
What Killed James Maybrick?
It Clearly Wasn’t Arsenic
Florence Maybrick’s Secret
Whispering Voices
A Grand Footnote
Operating on the Appendix
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