Jeff Mudgett TED Talk

[Al Bundy's Eyes]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MvvFYPE397M

Just found this little gem, it predates the truly awful series he did.
I particularly like his montage of contemporary images of the ripper that match Holmes, including a sketch of the Johnny Gill crime scene?
Bonus points if you can get through the full 20 minutes without flying into a rage!

[celee]

My issue with the theory that Holmes was JTR is that Holmes was bright. He went to great lengths to conceal his murders. He did not want to get caught. I doubt he would take the chances that Jack took.

[jmenges]

My issue with his theory is that there’s pretty good evidence from multiple sources that H.H. Holmes was in Chicago in the Autumn of 1888 and zero evidence he was anywhere else.

JM

[Abby Normal]

My issue with the theory that Holmes was JTR is that Holmes was bright. He went to great lengths to conceal his murders. He did not want to get caught. I doubt he would take the chances that Jack took.

lol. and yet he got caught and the ripper did not. brilliant comparison

[c.d.]

lol. and yet he got caught and the ripper did not. brilliant comparison

It was a botched insurance scam that led to Holmes being caught.

c.d.

[Abby Normal]

never mind

[Abby Normal]

It was a botched insurance scam that led to Holmes being caught.

c.d.

no **** sherlock. whats your point?

[Al Bundy's Eyes]

lol. and yet he got caught and the ripper did not. brilliant comparison

And yet, thanks to the wonderful hard work of Jeff Mudgett we can all breathe a sigh of relief knowing that "Jack The Ripper" was ultimately brought to justice. Or something. Cheers Jeff.

[c.d.]

no **** sherlock. whats your point?

Why such a rude response?

c.d.

[Abby Normal]

Why such a rude response?

c.d.

sorry cd. i though you were being intentionally snide to me. apologize if i missed your point.

anyway if you can expound on what you meant then would appreciate it!

[c.d.]

sorry cd. i though you were being intentionally snide to me. apologize if i missed your point.

anyway if you can expound on what you meant then would appreciate it!

Ok. No problem. I simply meant that had not Holmes tried to be a little too slick and add an insurance scam to his murder that he might have continued on without being caught. The investigation of the insurance scam lead to the search of the so called "Murder Castle."

c.d.

[Abby Normal]

Ok. No problem. I simply meant that had not Holmes tried to be a little too slick and add an insurance scam to his murder that he might have continued on without being caught. The investigation of the insurance scam lead to the search of the so called "Murder Castle."

c.d.

ahhh. got it. yes he was an odd one. mix of killing for financial gain and " pleasure".

[celee]

Abby Normal, Jack The Ripper killed on the street. He took great risk the fact that he did not get caught is amazing. He was very fortunate. Holmes went to great lengths not to get caught. He built a hotel to hide his murders and torture his victims. If you can not see the difference in the style of killings fair enough.

[Al Bundy's Eyes]

I get the impression Abby see's no similarities at all. When it comes to Herman, style of killing is the least concern. One of the worst candidates for Whitechapel ever. Worse than that, he was a reprehensible, vile, selfish ego maniac who keeps getting notoriety because people like Jeff keep promoting him for their own ends.
I'm not a fan.

[Abby Normal]

I get the impression Abby see's no similarities at all. When it comes to Herman, style of killing is the least concern. One of the worst candidates for Whitechapel ever. Worse than that, he was a reprehensible, vile, selfish ego maniac who keeps getting notoriety because people like Jeff keep promoting him for their own ends.
I'm not a fan.

yes-except for the fact that they were both serial killers, they were totally different in almost every aspect.