Have Ripperologists Been Polled As To Who They Think Jack Really Was?

[Hunter]

Maybe the killer read Krafft-Ebing's book. That would be considered a precedent I think. It preceded the Whitechapel murders; although I'm not sure such a killer would need external inspiration or precedent to follow.

[GregBaron]

Uknown perp...

Hello Greg. In which case I am perfectly content with murderer--a person, or persons, unknown.

Yes Lynn, on this we definitely agree. Not that I disagree with your other theses. Quite frankly, I don't know what to think.


I'm like the bartender in The Crying Game who's stock answer was ...."I have no opinion on the matter". Now that's something we don't hear much on the forums.


Greg

[lynn cates]

murderer

Hello Greg. In which case I am perfectly content with murderer--a person, or persons, unknown.

Cheers.
LC

[GregBaron]

Just a term...

So, what entitles us to do the same with Eddowes and "JTR"?

You're forgiven for the absent umlaut Lynn but thanks for mentioning it....

I'm not sure we need precedent or entitlement? Any term one wants is suitable; vampire, pervert, psycho......

The point is to put a name on someone who attacks poor prostitutes or even just poor women, targets the genitals and disembowels while removing internal organs.

These seems more than just the desire to eliminate someone..............


Greg

[lynn cates]

genus and species

Hello Greg. I daresay Vlad had his antecedents in Tiglathpileser. If I recall properly, there is a stele extant in which he was depicted to have impaled some enemy troops. Presumably, this was done for psychological reasons--terror, etc.

I guess my question has to do with fixing a genus from which to place the various species. I suppose that Kurten (forgive the absent umlaut--keyboard, you know) could serve as a paradigm for that genus. Now we know that, if a murder occurs today, approximating some of his, a lust murder could be possible. And Kurten is said to have studied the "JTR" case.

So, what entitles us to do the same with Eddowes and "JTR"?

Cheers.
LC

[GregBaron]

Blood Lust...

Hello Greg. And the obvious follow up is, Which "lust murder" preceded her?--for comparison purposes, of course.

There's always a first Lynn, the rebel without a cause. In this case it may be Vlad the Impaler.

[lynn cates]

inductive regress

Hello Greg. And the obvious follow up is, Which "lust murder" preceded her?--for comparison purposes, of course.

Cheers.
LC

[GregBaron]

Previous...

Can you tell me which previous "lust murder" I should look at in order to compare? I am always ready to research a new angle, given its plausibility.

I'm afraid the obvious answer is Eddowes Lynn.



Greg

[lynn cates]

luxuria

Hello Greg. That's fine.

Can you tell me which previous "lust murder" I should look at in order to compare? I am always ready to research a new angle, given its plausibility.

Cheers.
LC

[GregBaron]

Incongruous deduction...

Hi all,

I have great respect for the 2.1.1.1. reductionists.

But I struggle with accepting MJK as the victim of a boyfriend, overkill copycat or Fenian hit-man. The leisurely atrocity that occurred in that squalid room screams to me unfettered lust murderer. Just sayin...


Greg

[lynn cates]

essay

Hello David. Thanks.

Working on an essay about Isenschmid even now.

Cheers.
LC

[DVV]

Hello Jon. Well, if you are referring to the possibility of blackmail or such, you think correctly. She also may have acquired information inadvertently. Politics may also have played a part.

Besides being a flagrant aping of Chapman's slaying, this might lend a new dimension regarding Kate's belongings being rifled.

As they say, research is ongoing.

Cheers.
LC

Hi Lynn, when will the whole theory be exposed ?

[lynn cates]

blackmail?

Hello Jon. Well, if you are referring to the possibility of blackmail or such, you think correctly. She also may have acquired information inadvertently. Politics may also have played a part.

Besides being a flagrant aping of Chapman's slaying, this might lend a new dimension regarding Kate's belongings being rifled.

As they say, research is ongoing.

Cheers.
LC

[Wickerman]

Well, you are a man who understands symbolism. I have posted elsewhere a story about some who mutilated the face--in particular, the nose and ears.

The reason? "You put your nose where it did not belong."

Hmm, now that interpretation suggests to me that, you think that, the killer thought that, his victim thought that, she knew who he was.

Yes, No?

Jon

[DVV]

5 points to a pentagon, 5 murders and no more....maybe and maybe he died before he was about to kill again, or maybe he did kill another 5 and simply hid the bodies

Houlà !
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