The Gogmagog letter was very revealing because it demonstrated beyond any doubt that far from taking the approach of a scientist or historian, Pierre takes the approach of a cheap amateur treasure hunter looking for clues or hidden meanings in everything (and magically finding them).
In the case of Gogmagog, he read a letter in a newspaper referring to Lord Mayor’s Day but he didn’t understand it so naturally thought it was written by Jack the Ripper and contained hidden meanings which, when deciphered, would reveal information about the murder which took place on Lord Mayor’s Day.
We see the same thing in all of his threads. Pawn tickets in a mustard tin found at the scene of the crime must contain a hidden meaning – a message sent to the police by the killer - which only Pierre can work out. The lyrics to Sweet Violets in a newspaper were planted by the killer and contain a hidden meaning – a message to someone - which only Pierre can work out. The writing on the wall, when adjusted to read what Pierre wants it to read, contains a hidden message from the killer which only Pierre understands. The words spoken by Cross to PC Mizen contained a hidden meaning that Cross had seen Nichols being murdered by a police officer even though Cross never said anything like it and there was no way that Mizen could have understood it.
Pierre has not, of course, ignored the JTR letters and he’s lasered in on two which he likes. Both of them, of course, contain clues with hidden meanings for the police to solve. In one he is telling them he will be at work in the Minories (the hidden meaning being that dates are not dates but numbers of victims) even though there was no murder in the Minories and, in the other, a letter sent to the Great Yarmouth police, references to 'piers' mean 'pubs' and 'closing time' means the time of closing the roads.
When Pierre speaks of "sources" he simply means documents or oral testimony in which he has been able to extract hidden meanings. This is why he goes on and on about what his "sources" are telling him. It’s also why he never reveals the content of his "sources", as he did not in this thread.
Far from being a historian, Pierre is a lover of 'serial killer movies' as he told us in one unguarded moment in October 2015. I have no doubt that he likes the movie Zodiac and thought to himself that serial killers send hidden messages to the police so if he only he can find those sent by Jack the Ripper he could crack the case wide open.
As Henry Flower has shown, Pierre’s thinking is hopelessly misguided and reveals an unrealistic understanding of how a serial killer operates. He leaps to conclusions time and again without giving any real thought to whether those conclusions are sensible.
In the case of Gogmagog, he read a letter in a newspaper referring to Lord Mayor’s Day but he didn’t understand it so naturally thought it was written by Jack the Ripper and contained hidden meanings which, when deciphered, would reveal information about the murder which took place on Lord Mayor’s Day.
We see the same thing in all of his threads. Pawn tickets in a mustard tin found at the scene of the crime must contain a hidden meaning – a message sent to the police by the killer - which only Pierre can work out. The lyrics to Sweet Violets in a newspaper were planted by the killer and contain a hidden meaning – a message to someone - which only Pierre can work out. The writing on the wall, when adjusted to read what Pierre wants it to read, contains a hidden message from the killer which only Pierre understands. The words spoken by Cross to PC Mizen contained a hidden meaning that Cross had seen Nichols being murdered by a police officer even though Cross never said anything like it and there was no way that Mizen could have understood it.
Pierre has not, of course, ignored the JTR letters and he’s lasered in on two which he likes. Both of them, of course, contain clues with hidden meanings for the police to solve. In one he is telling them he will be at work in the Minories (the hidden meaning being that dates are not dates but numbers of victims) even though there was no murder in the Minories and, in the other, a letter sent to the Great Yarmouth police, references to 'piers' mean 'pubs' and 'closing time' means the time of closing the roads.
When Pierre speaks of "sources" he simply means documents or oral testimony in which he has been able to extract hidden meanings. This is why he goes on and on about what his "sources" are telling him. It’s also why he never reveals the content of his "sources", as he did not in this thread.
Far from being a historian, Pierre is a lover of 'serial killer movies' as he told us in one unguarded moment in October 2015. I have no doubt that he likes the movie Zodiac and thought to himself that serial killers send hidden messages to the police so if he only he can find those sent by Jack the Ripper he could crack the case wide open.
As Henry Flower has shown, Pierre’s thinking is hopelessly misguided and reveals an unrealistic understanding of how a serial killer operates. He leaps to conclusions time and again without giving any real thought to whether those conclusions are sensible.
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