ripper lore

[tnb]

How about universal poverty in the area or that this was the worst area in London? Dave

How did I miss that one? The idiocy of that should be burned into every 'Ripperologists' mind. Unfortunately it is often not.

[protohistorian]

That prostitution must be an operational feature in an explanation of the crimes. Dave

[tnb]

Abberline being in charge?

[protohistorian]

Good one Trevor!

[protohistorian]

criminality

Criminality was not rampant, Whitechapel was not thunderdome. Dave

[protohistorian]

Here's a myth. The Macnaghten sequence is accurate or useful. Dave

[protohistorian]

Here is another myth, the Times was inherently without bias. Dave