Finding Jack the Ripper

[Trevor Marriott]

Hello Trevor. Not spending any money? Even better!

(The Scots are the men who won't be paying for nothing.)

Seriously, well done for all that.

Cheers.
LC

The follow up programme will be called "We tried to find JTR but couldnt find him because he didnt exist"

[lynn cates]

the wife

Hello Maria.

"For God's sake, Lynn, I hope not to your wife again,"

And why not? Whom better? (Heh-heh) Well, not much damage with a cardboard and styroform knife.

That sample is in a very bad hand--hard to decipher. Looks almost like the Maybrick diarist.

Cheers.
LC

[mariab]

"In all seriousness, his hiring of two experts to give evidence on just what was involved and how long it would take to remove the kidney from Eddowes was very intriguing and thought-provoking. I'm surprised this hasn't been done before now."
Yes, indeed. I'd love to see much more of this sort of thing done.

For God's sake, Lynn, I hope not to your wife again, while filming it and posting it as a YouTube? ;-)

PS.: I'll look at WHH's hand as soon as my visitor leaves, tomorrow. Thank you very much for sending it.

[lynn cates]

Och, I did nae pay.

Hello Trevor. Not spending any money? Even better!

(The Scots are the men who won't be paying for nothing.)

Seriously, well done for all that.

Cheers.
LC

[Trevor Marriott]

Hello Tom.

"In all seriousness, his hiring of two experts to give evidence on just what was involved and how long it would take to remove the kidney from Eddowes was very intriguing and thought-provoking. I'm surprised this hasn't been done before now."

Yes, indeed. I'd love to see much more of this sort of thing done.

Cheers.
LC

Hi Lynn
To put the record straight none of the experts were paid a fee for their services. I thought i would mention this to silence those who might suggest they were paid to say what they said.

Since that programme I bumped into another retired surgeon who also had an interest in the case. He agreed totally on the conclusions of the team of experts.

Just for good measure i should mention this point because it was not mentioned in the documentary that a Master Butcher also gave his opinion on being able to remove these organs from a human body in almost total darkness. Interestingly enough he also stated he could not do it. Giving his reasons in statement form as did the medical experts used in the making of the programme.

[lynn cates]

more reproductions

Hello Tom.

"In all seriousness, his hiring of two experts to give evidence on just what was involved and how long it would take to remove the kidney from Eddowes was very intriguing and thought-provoking. I'm surprised this hasn't been done before now."

Yes, indeed. I'd love to see much more of this sort of thing done.

Cheers.
LC

[Tom_Wescott]

The Trevinator Takes Manhattan

Hi Bridewell. Since the program was 'Jack the Ripper in America', Trevor needed parallels between Carrie Brown and the Ripper murders. Since Carrie had an 'X' carved into her flesh, thus Eddowes' V's became X's.

I watched this documentary recently for the first time and have some comments:

1) Trev gained mucho macho points for how he stared down the Atlantic ocean with his best Dirty Harry grimace.
2) Trev lost some macho points for the white button-down shirt with the half-sleeves. Seriously bad wardrobe choice.
3) Trev gained those lost points back and a few extra as well for flirting with the cute girl while he pretended to ask questions about the case.
4) In all seriousness, his hiring of two experts to give evidence on just what was involved and how long it would take to remove the kidney from Eddowes was very intriguing and thought-provoking. I'm surprised this hasn't been done before now.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[Bridewell]

The Cheek Wounds

I too watched the programme and found it interesting. What puzzled me was (if I've remembered it correctly) the wounds to Kate Eddowes' cheeks were shown as being X shaped, when my understanding, from the contemporary accounts and sketches, is that they were inverted V or U shaped (I think one of each in the sketches). Did anyone else pick up on this or is my memory at fault here?

[Monty]

Indeed MF

It's what might be called Mad Scientist Syndrome.

Distort the evidence so it fits your theory

And from an Ex Detective too Stephen.

Shameful.

Monty

[Tecs]

I wasn't refrencing his book in this thread. I thought he was posting about the TV program if he wasn't then I apologize
Jordan

No need to apologise friend,

Regards,

[Steadmund Brand]

Thanks Hunter, I'll check that out....American narrator eh... how do I get that gig... I am told that I have an amzing voice... for a yankee

[Hunter]

Hunter, may I ask, what is the British cousin to this, is it something we in the states missed? And was it any good (judging by the fact that you called it a "documentary" I'm guessing not )

Basically, the same program aired in the UK a couple of months back called "Jack the Ripper- The German Connection". The American version had some different sequences but the same people and an American narrator. It can be found on Youtube.

[ChainzCooper]

I wasn't refrencing his book in this thread. I thought he was posting about the TV program if he wasn't then I apologize
Jordan

[Tecs]

When in the program did he say that about the organs? I must have missed that part because I don't remember that
Jordan

Hi CC,

I can't remember what Trevor said on the program, but if I remember rightly, he suggested it in his book and on the podcast he did?

The way Mad flex worded it doesn't actually say he said it in the program, although that may have been a mistake???

regards,

[ChainzCooper]

I think it is laughable that Marriot dismisses the pathologist evidence (because it doesn't fit his suspect) and suggests that the organs were removed during the post mortem.

When in the program did he say that about the organs? I must have missed that part because I don't remember that
Jordan