American Conference 2016

[ChrisGeorge]

Newly added speaker for our Jack the Ripper Conference in Baltimore, April 8-10, 2016:

Sarah Beth Hopton, Ph.D. (above) speaking about "Jill the Ripper."

Dr. Hopton is the author of the upcoming book, Woman at the Devil’s Door: The Complete Case of the Hampstead Murders, about executed killer Mary Pearcey due to be published before the Baltimore convention.

See http://www.marypearcey.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJR1wbW_tYc

Full details on the April event to follow soon.

[ChrisGeorge]

At our upcoming Baltimore conference, April 8-10, 2016, Bob Anderson is going to do a presentation on the Long Island Serial Killer, an active serial killer case. Mark Ripper is also contributing but may not be with us in person. Bob says, "There are four of us working. Katja the AV, and Livia Trivia as well. We call ourselves Team Syphilis as a joke but we work as a team.....talk almost every day about a talk once we commit. And Trevor Bond helps with medical aspects and Jon Rees with psych issues." [As many of you may recall, Bob made a presentation on syphilis in the East End at the Salisbury convention last fall.]

As I told Bob via Facebook messaging, "As many people collaborate on the overall event and each individual session it can only improve the quality of what we have to offer."

Other speakers being signed up as we speak as we continue to crunch the numbers in terms of Friday night reception, Saturday night dinner, and hotel prices. Full details to follow.

Best regards

Chris

[ChrisGeorge]

We are looking at different options for entertainment on the night of the April 9 banquet. A possibility might be actor Tony Tsendeas or some other performer or performers. Nothing definite decided yet -- we are still analyzing prices for the weekend. Stay tuned. Meanwhile there is this event happening this Saturday in Baltimore, just to wet your appetite.

Actor Tony Tsendeas reads from "Berenice" at Edgar Allan Poe's grave at Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, Fayette and Greene streets, Baltimore

THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2015 beginning at 3:30 pm!

BALTIMORE PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF POE AT HIS GRAVE!

THIS UNIQUE TRIBUTE to Poe will feature popular actors Tony Tsendeas and Don Mullins.

THEY WILL PRESENT dramatic readings (excerpts) from many of Poe's most famous tales of horror, terror and science fiction. These tales include: "The Fall of the House of Usher," "Berenice," "The Black Cat," "The Premature Burial," "Some Words With a Mummy," "Liegia," "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Tell Tale Heart," and many more!

SEVERAL OBITUARIES OF POE will also be presented.

WE ARE PRIVILEGED AND EXCITED to include several cast members of MESMERIC REVELATIONS! OF EDGAR ALLAN POE who will delight us with excerpts and comments from this outstanding event coming to the Maryland Historical Society! Word is Virginia Poe will visit us from her grave and enchant us with her presence! We're waiting to find out who the other person is from Poe's life that will return to our world and help us honor Poe.

ACTUALLY WE AREN'T BEING VISITED by the ghosts of people that knew Poe unfortunately. Several actors from this outstanding interactive production will attend this event and present brief excerpts from this interactive play being held at the historic Enoch Pratt House sponsored by the Maryland Historical Society. Click on the link for the gruesome details.

http://www.myedgarallanpoe.com or http://mesmericrevelationsofpoe.tumb...ricrevelations

A GRUESOME EDGAR ALLAN POE DEATH CAKE will be given to a unlucky member of the audience. The chef at the House of Usher is making this cake and he assures us it's to die for!

A WREATH LAYING CEREMONY will conclude the tribute. Visitors are invited to bring their own flowers and wreaths for the ceremony.

THIS EVENT IS FREE but standing room is limited. Gates will be closed at 2 pm to allow the sound system to be installed. The gates will reopen at 3 pm.

THE EVENT WILL LAST approximately (depending upon the actors intensity and frenzy as they present the readings) one hour and 20 minutes.

WE ARE STILL COLLECTING donations to help fund this event and the January Birthday Tribute to Poe. Please consider a donation to help us continue to pay homage to Poe in this unique way. Baltimore is the ONLY Poe city that can do this kind of tribute because we have Poe's BODY!

The producers of the upcoming PBS film EDGAR ALLAN POE: BURIED ALIVE have made a generous offer to donate $250! IF we can raise matching funds by Friday, October 9th! Will you help us reach that goal?

Please help us make this match to successfully finish the fund-raising drive for our events!

CLICK HERE TO CONTRIBUTE: http://www.gofundme.com/s543f947.

THERE WILL BE UPDATES and additions to this program. Visit "Edgar Allan Poe: Evermore" for regular updates.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS regarding this event or wish to donate privately please contact me at: purplerustling@juno.com.

IF YOU WISH To send a check, bypassing the online donation, send it to: Jeff Jerome, PO Box 1226, Severna Park, MD 21146.

PLEASE BE ASSURED THAT DONATIONS WILL BE USED FOR THIS EVENT AND THE JANUARY GRAVESIDE BIRTHDAY SALUTE TO POE.

ALL OF US HERE at Evermore thank you for your continued support throughout the many years of these popular events.

Your most obedient servant,

Jeff Jerome
Curator Emeritus
Formerly with the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum

[ChrisGeorge]

Hi all

As noted, in the next few days we will be tying down what local hotels have to offer us as to reduced rates for delegates attending the April 8-10 event as well as where the Friday evening reception and the Saturday night banquet will be held. Stay tuned. Also information on speakers will be available shortly.

Best regards

Chris

[ChrisGeorge]

Sounds great!!! I am excited already... as I said work and health permitting I will be there..my 1st Ripper conference...

Any idea what hotel yet? I may think about booking well in advance


Steadmund Brand

Hi Steadmund

The Wyndham Hotel is on Cathedral Street is just round the corner from the Maryland Historical Society but we are looking into which hotels may give us the better deal on rooms and the cost of the Friday evening reception and Saturday night banquet. We should have that information by the end of next week so hold off for now in booking your hotel.

Chris

[Steadmund Brand]

Sounds great!!! I am excited already... as I said work and health permitting I will be there..my 1st Ripper conference...

Any idea what hotel yet? I may think about booking well in advance


Steadmund Brand

[ChrisGeorge]

Awesome news!

Given that it is in Baltimore, maybe a speaker with some expertise on Poe? It is unfortunate that he died long before the murders, but the circumstances surrounding his death are mysterious....And while he would be rather old to be the Ripper, he wouldn't be much older than William Gull. Given these facts, I find it curious that he cannot be placed - alive - outside of Whitechapel during the dates of the murders. He cannot be excluded.

Seriously, given his literary genre, this would be a nice extension for the conference to pursue. I actually have an expert who has published two books on Poe in mind; if the organizers are interested please feel free to contact me.

Hello Barnaby

Given that Edgar Allan Poe passed away in October 1849 I think we can safely remove him from the list of Jack the Ripper suspects. I am planning to give a talk at the conference on the last days of Edgar Poe. There are a couple of theories that have it that Poe's enemies may have done away with him... or perhaps he just died of natural causes. In any case, we will talk about all the possibilities.

Best regards

Chris

[ChrisGeorge]

Baltimore Jack the Ripper Convention, April 8-10, 2016

Hi all

Glad to see that there is already interest in our upcoming event. As many of you will know, I was an organizer of the first American Jack the Ripper conference, held by Casebook Productions, Inc., in Park Ridge, New Jersey in April 2000. I have been thinking for some time of reviving the U.S. conferences and believe that this is now the time.

Well, I inked some paper this morning. The conference venue, where the main talks will take place, will not be, as earlier anticipated, at the University of Baltimore but rather at the Maryland Historical Society in the France Hall Auditorium in Baltimore's historic Mount Vernon District. See photographs below. We will have talks in France Hall 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Saturday, April 9 and 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm Sunday, April 10, with a bus tour of downtown Baltimore on Sunday morning for those who don't have sore heads from Saturday night festivities.
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Here is what we will be offering:

• Friday night reception at local hotel.
  
• Weekend of expert talks and panel discussions
  
• Exclusive Baltimore USA Ripper conference 2016 conference pack
  
• Buffet lunch on Saturday and Sunday
  
• Delegates only 3-Course banquet Dinner Saturday night
  
• Saturday night entertainment
  
• Sunday morning bus tour of Baltimore Ripper and Poe sites and other sites of historical interest
  
• Tea/coffee or soda breaks throughout the weekend
  
• Discounted room rates at local hotels.

Any questions, address them to me via editorctrip@yahoo.com or via private message.

Really looking forward to welcoming many of you April 8-10, 2016 in Baltimore!

Thanks

Chris



France Hall dinner at MdHS



Park Avenue Entrance, MdHS

More photographs of events at MdHS -- https://www.flickr.com/photos/119412551@N02/albums

[Hunter]

Thinking seriously about making this one...

Go Cardinals!!!

[Steadmund Brand]

That story is awesome (especially the Yankees scoring 2 runs.... GO YANKEES!!!)

I've only been to Baltimore once before... so looking forward to this...anyone else think they will be going?

Steadmund Brand

[Patrick S]

I'm up for a game.... I love the ballpark in Baltimore!!!! plus I love baseball in general, so even if it isn't the Yankees I would love to go... (prefer American League to National.. which is why I said Baltimore before Washington )

Steadmund Brand

As it get's closer, we'll set it up. Of course, the 2016 schedule won't be out until early next year. It's likely one of the teams will be home. A buddy of mine I played ball with played for the O's. If Baltimore is in town I'll see if he can get me a block of tickets.

I love Camden Yards. STORY TIME!

My friend was a pitcher and just got called up from AAA and he was living in a hotel by the ballpark. He started a game at home against the Yankees. I went to Baltimore to watch him throw and we were hanging out the day of the game (it was a night game). We got on the elevator at his hotel and Paul O'Neil got on with us. We made small talk and O'Neil gets off. My friend - who I had caught for years - asked me how I'd call an at-bat to O'Neil. I said I'd throw him fatballs up and breaking stuff down and away. That night, he walks two guys and O'Neil comes up. His first pitch was a fastball on the inside part and O'Neil just drops the bat-head on it. Double up the gap. Two runs score.

Lots of drinking later. Good times.

[Steadmund Brand]

I shall be there! Let's hope the Orioles or Nationals are in town, as well.

I'm up for a game.... I love the ballpark in Baltimore!!!! plus I love baseball in general, so even if it isn't the Yankees I would love to go... (prefer American League to National.. which is why I said Baltimore before Washington )

Steadmund Brand

[Pcdunn]

I will think about this-- Poe was one of my favorite writers! And my mother's ancestors had some Maryland roots, but I've never been to the east coast.

[Patrick S]

You heard right. A conference is planned for April 8-10 in Baltimore. We will be providing details soon but will be happy for any suggestions on speakers and entertainment. Thanks so much for your interest. We look forward to seeing you.

I shall be there! Let's hope the Orioles or Nationals are in town, as well.

[Steadmund Brand]

Oh come on GUT if I can fly 1 1/2 hours to go you can fly 15 hours to go!!!!

Amazing news... Can't wait to hear more details!!! I think I will make this one (work and health permitting) may even drag my brother (Like I did on the ripper walk when we were in London... actually he loved it... said after " huh that was really cool... maybe your not crazy after all" )

Hope to get to meet up with so many folks from the boards...perhaps we may even get a few Rippercasts out of this....

A Poe expert sounds like a great idea to me!! If anyone wants a boxing person for a discussion I'll do it

Look forward to more details and really look forward to meeting so many people I feel I know thru the boards

Steadmund Brand