Patterns formed by murder locations

[Phil H]

They were very close - I'd say that Berners Street is the farthest flung and that's not a million miles away, though far enough that guides seem to prefer to omit it from tours.

But if a local man was the killer, working from a central point - check out where Kosminski lived for example - it would explain the distribution.

Phil H

[Sherlock Holmes]

Kominski can you provide me his first name please

That would be most helpful
Sherlock Holmes

[Phil H]

He is the "polish jew" mentioned by Anderson (unnamed) and by Swanson in the marginalia. Also, listed as one of three possible suspects by Macnaghten.

Swanson does not (interestingly) provide a first name, but AARON Kosminski is the man investigated by researchers, and eventually incarcerated at Colney Hatch asylum.

Given that Swanson (and Anderson) appear to have different (confused?) information about Kosminski, it is possible (IMHO) that the lack of a first name in the marginalia might be significant. I don't know how or why.

Phil H

[Sherlock Holmes]

did he live somewhere in Goulston st?

Sherlock Holmes

[lynn cates]

epistemology

Hello Sherlock. Welcome to the boards.

"we do know they were all prostitutes"

Do we indeed?

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

wisdom

Hello Rivkah.

"we don't even know that they were all sex workers."

As has been said elsewhere, "For one who has not lived for even a single lifetime, you're a wise man, Van Helsing."

Cheers.
LC

[Phil H]

No, Sherlock, Aaron Kosminski did not live in Goulston Street.

I really think you should do some of your own reading and research on this. It's easily obtainable stuff and much more fun to find out for yourself.

Phil H

[RavenDarkendale]

No, Sherlock, Aaron Kosminski did not live in Goulston Street.

I really think you should do some of your own reading and research on this. It's easily obtainable stuff and much more fun to find out for yourself.

Phil H

I agree Phil

Sherlock you post like you are fishing for information. Casebook does have a section filled with essays and articles detailing the crimes, victims, suspects, and popular theories. Why not take a little time and explore them? Also much of the literature on JtR is available at used book stores for amazingly low prices. I have given as little as 1 cent for a very good copy of hardcover novels. Check and see. There are over a hundred JtR books available at any given time from amazon, Barns and Noble, ABE, Alibris, etc, Check them out. You may fill a bookshelf at a low cost to you. Some are on kindle or nook.

God Bless

Raven

[Robert]

Sherlock, if you're interested in the Polish Jew theory, there are essays on this site by Scott Nelson that are well worth reading (though as they were written before the latest Kosminski research, some of the genealogy now needs to be revised).

Here is a link to one of the essays, which mentions a Kosminski family on Goulston St :

http://www.casebook.org/dissertations/dst-isaac.html

[Victaella W.]

All this black magic hypothesising is plain nonsense. Although the fact that Edward, Prince of Wales is known to have been a high ranking black magician, and the bodies make the shape of St Edward's Crown (with it's dipped arches)which he would later wear, do make one think. Perhaps he was seeking to revive a flagging libido....

Phil H

Greetings, Phil.

This bit of information caught my attention. Would you happen to have a link to this information? I'm curious about this "fact" and would like to read more about it. I'd really appreciate it.

Cheers,
Victaella.

[Phil H]

I'm afraid it's priveleged information, Victaella.

The product of serious new research in the royal archives and the Tower - which as you know is only a "stone's throw" from the murder scenes.

The lead came from an almost casual reference in the Abberline diaries, (see Melvyn Fairclough's book) in which George Abberline records the Prince as saying (verbatim):

" Gor blimey me old ****, I'm wearin' the crown 'cos me and my make 'ere, Lord Esher, have been to a rave dahn the East End. It was rippin' fun. We managed half a pentateuch tonight..."

After that, my theory was just downhill all the way.



Phil H

[Sally]

I think that's very exciting Phil. I do hope you intend to publish; or perhaps write a play based upon your theory?

Fame would surely follow.

[Phil H]

Sally, it would probably "crown" my career - as in the sense of "crown" (to hit over the head quite hard) .

I have lots more - each member of the Cabinet of the day was to murder a different "unfortunate" in a specially chosen spot, so that Queen Victoria could look out from Big ben and see "Victoria Regina" written in blood on the streets of her capital. this would have youthened her and allowed her to reign forever.

They would have added "et Imperatrice" but they thought then they wouldn't be taken seriously.

Oh yes, and the Prime Minister of the day didnn't know the meaning of Magna Marta in English. in fact it means, as everyone knows, "a big milk float".

Phil

[RivkahChaya]

Hello Rivkah.

"we don't even know that they were all sex workers."

As has been said elsewhere, "For one who has not lived for even a single lifetime, you're a wise man, Van Helsing."

Cheers.
LC

Sometimes it feels that long.

On the "why them," I did note that if JTR wanted to be able to fish out a uterus in the dark, a middle-aged woman is probably his best bet, because she is likely to have been pregnant, and to have benign fibroids, but not to have any post-menopausal shrinkage of the uterus, and less likely than a younger woman to actually be pregnant (fertility drops with age). In other words, to have a uterus that is, compared to younger or older women, easy to locate by touch.

That would mean that if he was fishing for uteri, sometimes he missed. It would probably also mean that he had either a little book-learning, or experience, or both.

And, he may really have wanted to avoid targeting a woman who was pregnant. That sounds odd, but there are people who murder doctors who perform abortions, so go figure. Mutilating a woman's abdomen, and finding a fetus could be a mood-killer, not out of regret or guilt, but just because it brought another figure into the equation-- he might have seen it as competition, who knows?

I don't know if any of that is true, it's just as far as I'm going to go in suggesting that the women were targeted for any other reason then they got in his line of sight.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Hello Sherlock. Welcome to the boards.

"we do know they were all prostitutes"

Do we indeed?

Cheers.
LC

Yes i'm 98-99% sure they were all sex workers.


And please start writing "Sherlock Holmes" instead of "Sherlock" when addressing me as I don't want another user called Sherlock getting confused and replying to messages meant for me.

cheers
Sherlock Holmes