Hello. Just joined up but been reading these forums for quite a while. I first became interested in JTR when on holiday in London as a child. It was the January when Peter Sutcliffe had just been arrested. There was a 'Ripper' book in the hotel shop so I asked my mum if it was about Sutcliffe. Growing up in the North East of England after the hoax tapes was big news regarding these murders. Every Tom Dick and Harry were getting questioned or asked to listen to that tape. To my surprise the book, as explained by my mum was not about Peter but about some unknown Victorian killer who stalked the streets of London. It even had the MJK picture in if I remember correctly. Although I was only nine my mum proceeded to tell me all about it with some rather gory details, I'm okay now though... honestly.
This sort of got me gripped on the story, of course the popular theory at the time was the Royal one so that is what I grew up to believe until I started to read more about it later in life.
I apologise as these questions will have been asked and debated to death across these boards but it's my starting point on my journey here.
1) Does any evidence support ALL c5 murders were committed by the same killer? To me they were not, especially Mary Kelly. The media (films etc) have suggested some of the murders being more gruesome than they were maybe to support this idea. Nichols was not as badly mutilated as often portrayed. Was the double event an actual double event? Any evidence to support what weapon was used, was it similar on all killings?
2) Motive. This has always seemed strange to me, what about motive, we are often told nowadays how important motive is. Like I said growing up we were fed the Royal theory because of the blackmail/cover up of Eddy’s illegitimate daughter, I think that is why it endured, and it was a good story, a good motive.
3) Linked to above, any truth regarding the Masons, where the bodies arranged to suggest a Masonic ritual? (Again fed this as a kid)
4) Why did he stop? Kelly was the ring leader of the blackmail group/witness to Cook’s child etc. Did he stop because they had all been silenced, I doubt this but why did he stop?
5) Will we ever know the truth?
Again apologies for asking questions that have no doubt been answered numerous times. This is a huge forum Thanks.
This sort of got me gripped on the story, of course the popular theory at the time was the Royal one so that is what I grew up to believe until I started to read more about it later in life.
I apologise as these questions will have been asked and debated to death across these boards but it's my starting point on my journey here.
1) Does any evidence support ALL c5 murders were committed by the same killer? To me they were not, especially Mary Kelly. The media (films etc) have suggested some of the murders being more gruesome than they were maybe to support this idea. Nichols was not as badly mutilated as often portrayed. Was the double event an actual double event? Any evidence to support what weapon was used, was it similar on all killings?
2) Motive. This has always seemed strange to me, what about motive, we are often told nowadays how important motive is. Like I said growing up we were fed the Royal theory because of the blackmail/cover up of Eddy’s illegitimate daughter, I think that is why it endured, and it was a good story, a good motive.
3) Linked to above, any truth regarding the Masons, where the bodies arranged to suggest a Masonic ritual? (Again fed this as a kid)
4) Why did he stop? Kelly was the ring leader of the blackmail group/witness to Cook’s child etc. Did he stop because they had all been silenced, I doubt this but why did he stop?
5) Will we ever know the truth?
Again apologies for asking questions that have no doubt been answered numerous times. This is a huge forum Thanks.
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