"Official Jack The Ripper Shop"

[Rosella]

Or cachous.....

[Cogidubnus]

£1,700 ...that's a heck of a lot of black jelly beans...

[Chris]

Premises available for rental:
http://www.tarn-tarn.co.uk/Property/.../Toynbee7.aspx

[gnote]

On a serious note this whole shawl business has harmed this fascinating subject a I know there are people on here who have books coming out shortly and I'm sorry to say these books won't sell as well because of Mr Edwards book people will think here we go again and not bother to buy them.

Agreed. Click on any random JTR related video on youtube and there is a good chance the first comment will be something along the lines of "this is already solved, DNA proved it to be a guy named Aaron Kosminski".

[pinkmoon]

G'day Pinkmoon



I am actually surprised that the public still buys any of them, after all t has been solves so many times now. I often wonder if it is only Casebookers that buy any of them.

I think some authors who in some cases spend years researching and formulating ideas convince themselves they've solved it and nothing or no one will convince them otherwise and some are just plain downright dishonest of course some act with great integrity.

[GUT]

G'day Pinkmoon

On a serious note this whole shawl business has harmed this fascinating subject a I know there are people on here who have books coming out shortly and I'm sorry to say these books won't sell as well because of Mr Edwards book people will think here we go again and not bother to buy them.

I am actually surprised that the public still buys any of them, after all t has been solves so many times now. I often wonder if it is only Casebookers that buy any of them.

[GUT]

Never mind the jelly beans what about the yoyos!

Saw a Coke Yo-Yo the other day in a 2nd hand shop.

[GUT]

On a serious note this whole shawl business has harmed this fascinating subject a I know there are people on here who have books coming out shortly and I'm sorry to say these books won't sell as well because of Mr Edwards book people will think here we go again and not bother to buy them.

I get my black Jelly Beans at Miss Lilly's Lollies at Morpeth, but that might be a bit far for you to go.

[pinkmoon]

On a serious note this whole shawl business has harmed this fascinating subject a I know there are people on here who have books coming out shortly and I'm sorry to say these books won't sell as well because of Mr Edwards book people will think here we go again and not bother to buy them.

[pinkmoon]

Any idea where I can buy my black jelly beans now?

Amanda

Never mind the jelly beans what about the yoyos!

[Amanda]

Jelly beans...

Any idea where I can buy my black jelly beans now?

Amanda

[pinkmoon]

I don't want to say "I told you so" when it comes to Mr edwards attempt to solve this case so I won't......I TOLD YOU SO!!!!!!!!!!!.Any one will sell lots of books if they state case closed and to mention the word D.N.A well it's a case of doubles all round I really think the police should have a look at this .

[eighty-eighter]

A decent Jack the Ripper museum would make a killing (excuse the pun). If an enterprising lottery winner were to successfully bid for the remaining memorabilia and then include some nice audio visual displays and some juicy waxworks a la London Dungeon, I'm sure it would appeal to all.

Even better some billionaire could build a Whitechapel 1888 theme park with a perfect copy of Ripper Town as it was then; gaslights, grime and all, a bit like that Victorian town up near Bridgenorth which is well worth a visit. Just imagine each crime scene could be recreated in detail with a waxwork body (and much fake gore) and you could have actors/actresses dressed in period clothes wandering about the place with proper cockney accents, how cool would that be? Reckon the best time to visit would be after dark! Add some sound effects and hey presto your transported back in time. Tourists would love it.

[GUT]

I wonder whether a small Jack the Ripper exhibition/bookshop would be a viable proposition. I'm not sure the tackier stuff would really have been that much of a draw, but I can imagine a fair proportion of those who go on Ripper tours being interested enough to buy a book or DVD afterwards, particularly if there was an interesting little exhibition to see. Perhaps it would depend on whether tour guides would cooperate with the "gift shop at the end of the tour" scenario. I suppose they'd want their cut.

Maybe their cut could be stocking their book or taking bookings for them and having brochures for their tours.

[Chris]

Maybe he sold out of Yo-Yos and Jelly Beans, or perhaps business is so good he is getting a bigger shop, or once people started to realise that his book was a load of BS and he hadn't solved a thing they stopped going there.

I wonder whether a small Jack the Ripper exhibition/bookshop would be a viable proposition. I'm not sure the tackier stuff would really have been that much of a draw, but I can imagine a fair proportion of those who go on Ripper tours being interested enough to buy a book or DVD afterwards, particularly if there was an interesting little exhibition to see. Perhaps it would depend on whether tour guides would cooperate with the "gift shop at the end of the tour" scenario. I suppose they'd want their cut.