American Conference 2016

[ChrisGeorge]

Wow that Brian Young fellah sounds good eh? what a voice!!!

Steadmund Brand

Just wondering, Brian. Do you have the build and muscles to be a boxing commentator?

Cheers

Chris

[GUT]

Wow that Brian Young fellah sounds good eh? what a voice!!!

Steadmund Brand

But I heard he has a good face for radio.

I must have a little listen.

[Steadmund Brand]

Wow that Brian Young fellah sounds good eh? what a voice!!!

Steadmund Brand

[ChrisGeorge]

Hello everyone

Robert Anderson and I appeared last night on the Talk 2 Q Radio Show podcast to discuss RipperCon in Baltimore, April 8-10. The podcast also features an appearance by Buffalo native Brian Young (aka Steadmund Brand)! To listen, go to alturl.com/buudf.

As announced earlier, there is a March 15 deadline to sign up for RipperCon. If you are interested in attending, do so now!

Best regards

Chris

[GUT]

This makes me want to "I freaking told you so" dance so hard. They are really worth a first hand look.

I'd love to see them.

Just not possible to get there.

[ChrisGeorge]

RipperCon speaker Michael L. Hawley announces the upcoming publication of The Ripper's Haunts. Mike is hoping to have copies available in time for his talk at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore during RipperCon April 8-10. For full information on the event, see http://RipperCon.com. Note March 15 deadline!

The Ripper’s Haunts is a compilation of Hawley’s research, much already published in Ripperologist, the Whitechapel Society Journal, and Casebook Examiner, plus new finds scheduled to be presented at RipperCon on suspect Dr. Francis Tumblety. These findings pertain both to Tumblety as a contemporary suspect in the Whitechapel murder case and the viability of him actually being Jack the Ripper. Of note is the macabre wax museum that operated just yards away from the Nichols murder site, in which the proprietor callously showcased explicit wax models of the fiend’s victims, presented to the public just hours after each untimely death. Also discussed is the clandestine police investigation that was being quietly pursued, based upon a Dr. Jekyll – Mr. Hyde theory that the killer was harvesting female organs in his quest to create an elixir of life. Actor-producer Richard Mansfield’s "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" was showing at the famous Lyceum Theatre in London during the 1888 Autumn of terror; incredibly, the employees of the theatre were members of an organization who were also in search of the precious elixir.

[Shaggyrand]

This makes me want to "I freaking told you so" dance so hard. They are really worth a first hand look.

[ChrisGeorge]

Bruce Goldfarb, public information officer for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the state of Maryland, will give a talk at RipperCon on "The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death." These extraordinary miniature dollhouse-size dioramas of death were created by "Frances Glessner Lee, who is widely believed to have been the inspiration for Jessica Fletcher, the character played by Angela Lansbury in 'Murder, She Wrote.' During the 1940s and 1950s, in a farmhouse in New Hampshire, Lee assembled these scenes of domestic dysfunction with skill and obsessive attention to detail." Quote from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...etectives.html. Today, these dioramas are used to instruct modern-day detectives on crime scene investigation. Mr. Goldfarb's talk will provide the perfect preparation for the Sunday bus tour in which attendees at RipperCon will have the privilege of being able to see the "Nutshell Studies" at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in person!

Deadline to sign up for RipperCon is March 15. Complete information on the event is available at RipperCon.com.

Frances Glessner Lee



One of the "Nutshell Studies" dioramas created by Frances Glessner Lee

[ChrisGeorge]

Hi all

Novelist Stephen Hunter (I, Ripper), previously announced as a speaker, is unable to appear because of a pressing writing commitment. Filling Stephen's spot, we are delighted to welcome as a speaker Mikita Brottman who will talk about "Why We Love True Crime." Dr. Brottman is a psychoanalyst and professor in the Department of Humanistic Studies at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She is the author of Meat is Murder! (1998), a study of cannibalism in myth, crime, and film; and the true crime collection Thirteen Girls (2013). Her next book, The Maximum Security Book Club: Reading Literature in a Men’s Prison, will be published in June 2016 by HarperCollins (for more information, see http://www.mikitabrottman.com).

Mikita Brottman will talk about "Why We Love True Crime" at RipperCon on Friday afternoon, April 8 in France Hall at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore.

Our website gives the complete rundown of speakers and times:

http://rippercon.com/rippercon-speakers/

http://rippercon.com/rippercon-schedule/

Registration cost and bus tour price are given on the main page --

http://rippercon.com/

As noted, our base hotel for RipperCon is the Mount Vernon Baltimore Hotel, a block east of the Maryland Historical Society where the talks will take place 1 pm to 6 pm on Friday, April 8 and 9 am to 5 pm on Saturday, April 9, with the bus tour taking place on the morning of Sunday, April 10 as the last event of the weekend.

Rooms can be booked at the Mount Vernon Baltimore Hotel for the special price of $119 a night by going to Rippercon.

Note deadline of March 15 to sign up for RipperCon. I have also been informed that the Mt Vernon Hotel has a March 13 deadline to take advantage of the special room rate, so if you are interested in attending our event, sign up now! Thanks!

Best regards

Chris

[ChrisGeorge]

Eleven days left to sign up for RipperCon in Baltimore April 8-10 starring Martin Fido (The Complete Jack the Ripper A to Z) -- deadline March 15! Don't miss out on this unique event! If you are interested in coming, sign up now! Complete information at RipperCon.com.

Our guest of honor is Martin Fido, co-author of A to Z and author of other true crime books including the groundbreaking The Crimes, Detection and Death of Jack the Ripper. Martin will give a presentation on "Ripperology and Anti-Semitism" and will also be a panelist when we talk about Jack the Ripper suspects.

Martin Fido, co-author, The Complete Jack the Ripper A to Z

[ChrisGeorge]

Twelve days left to sign up for RipperCon in Baltimore April 8-10 starring Martin Fido (The Complete Jack the Ripper A to Z) -- deadline March 15! Don't miss out on this unique event! If you are interested in coming, sign up now! Complete information at RipperCon.com.

Yes! After a regrettable gap of a number of years, there is to be a new American Ripper convention coming up in the Mount Vernon historic district of Baltimore April 8-10 with talks at the Maryland Historical Society and Friday reception plus Saturday banquet at the Mount Vernon Baltimore Hotel.

Our guest of honor is Martin Fido, co-author of A to Z and author of other true crime books including the groundbreaking The Crimes, Detection and Death of Jack the Ripper. Martin will give a presentation on "Ripperology and Anti-Semitism" and will also be a panelist when we talk about Jack the Ripper suspects.

We will also have a presentation by best-selling novelist Stephen Hunter, author of the recently published I, Ripper, and Tumblety expert Michael Hawley promises new revelations about the controversial Dr. Francis Tumblety who lived in Baltimore in 1900 and left money in his St Louis will to fellow Irish American James Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore as well as (in an earlier Baltimore will) a bequest to the Home for Fallen Women on North Exeter Street.

Other speakers are Robert Anderson on "The Long Island Serial Killer"; Sarah Beth Hopton on "Mary Pearcey, the Hampstead Murders, and Debunking the Myth of Jill the Ripper"; David Sterritt on "The Ripper, the Lodger, and Hitchcock’s Existential Outsider"; Howard Brown on "Diamonds in the Rough: A Positive View of the Contemporary Papers"; Christopher T. George will discuss “The Last Days of Edgar Allan Poe — Murder or Something Else?”; Janis Wilson will lead a panel on Ripper Fiction with Stephen Hunter, David Sterritt, and Lenne Miller; Janis and Chris will lead a discussion on "The Ripper, Sherlock Holmes, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle"; we will also have a discussion between the speakers and the audience on "The State of Ripperology Today."

Our M/C's for the event are Ally Ryder, administrator of "Casebook: Jack the Ripper" and Robert Anderson. Jonathan Menges has had to back out because of personal commitments.

The schedule and costs, hotel information, etc., are at RipperCon.com.

Best regards

Chris

Severn Teackle Wallis statue, Mt Vernon Historic District, Baltimore, with the city's Washington Monument (foundation stone laid 1815) in the distance. Wallis was a Baltimore lawyer and kinsman of Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor. At the beginning of the Civil War, Wallis was imprisoned in Fort McHenry for his Southern sympathies, along with Mayor George W. Brown and Police Chief George Kane, there having been a major riot on Pratt Street in the city on April 19, 1861 when a pro-South mob attacked Federal troops going to the defense of Washington, D.C.

[ChrisGeorge]

Thirteen days left to sign up for RipperCon in Baltimore April 8-10 starring Martin Fido (The Complete Jack the Ripper A to Z) -- deadline March 15! If you are interested in coming, sign up now! Complete information at RipperCon.com.

[Steadmund Brand]

For those who are still in the fence....I hope you sign up...a chance to attend an American conference shouldn't be passed up....plus seeing Martin Fido speak, to me, is worth the price of admission.....and from what I've heard from Mike Hawley....his talk is not to be missed......and lets face it, Baltimore is a beautiful city.....and it's not just "Jack" but we will get talks about Holmes/ Doyle, Poe, Hitchcock, the Long Island Ripper, Mary Percy etc.....oh yeah...and I'll be there as well....which should make the tickets be worth at least twice as much ��

In all seriousness, it should be a fantastic weekend and I hope to meet as many fellow casebookers as possible..

Steadmund Brand

[ChrisGeorge]

Help us determine the identity of Jack the Ripper! Come to RipperCon: Jack the Ripper convention in Baltimore, April 8-10, 2016 starring Martin Fido (The Complete Jack the Ripper A to Z). DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS MARCH 15! DON'T MISS OUT! In addition to to talks on the Whitechapel Murders, we will discuss the Ripper in terms of the perspective of Sherlock Holmes as well as Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's own views on the Ripper case, plus analyze the circumstances of the mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe in Baltimore in October 1849. For complete info, go to http://rippercon.com/.

Registration for RipperCon is $250 payable by Paypal to editorctrip@yahoo.com or by check made out to Christopher T. George, 3800 Canterbury Road, Apt 3E, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. US Funds only please. Sunday bus tour of Baltimore, Maryland, including Edgar Allan Poe Grave and House, Tumblety and John Wilkes Booth associated sites and Nutshell Studies, is $40.00 extra. Tour includes on your own lunch at a restaurant. Registration of $250 includes talks and panels Friday 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm and Saturday 9:00 to 5:00 pm at the Maryland Historical Society including lunch on Saturday and refreshments both days; Friday night reception at the Mount Vernon Baltimore Hotel, and Saturday night banquet at the hotel. Post-dinner entertainment after the Saturday night banquet at the Mount Vernon Hotel is the acclaimed "Poe's Last Stanza" by C. J. Crowe.

[ChrisGeorge]

Hi all,

For further enticement; it looks like I will be able to fit the Tumblety/Charles Dunham new finds in my lecture, and many will be quite surprising. To be honest, though, these are less significant finds that some of the others specific to Tumblety's suspect status with Scotland Yard AND today. You can blame some of these on David Barrett and Howard Brown for giving me leads (although they didn't know it). And of course, I will be adding finds from Roger and Joe. I need skeptics in the crowd for peer review!

Sincerely,

Mike

This all sounds great, Mike! I am greatly looking forward to your presentation, as well as your participation in the suspects panel with Martin Fido and Robert Anderson to be moderated by Jonathan Menges.

Cheers

Chris