Top of the Flops...

[The Rookie Detective]

So here's a fun question to lighten the mood...

Name your FLOP 3 suspects?


Yes you read it right...name your 3 worst suspects...the ones who you consider to have absolutely no chance of being the murderer

BUT...it CAN'T be any suspect who already has a proven link to any of the alleged victims/crime scenes of the case.

e.g.
Barnett - MJK's Ex
Lechmere - discovered Nichols
McCarthy - MJK's landlord

Although technically you CAN include Hutchinson because he can't be PROVEN as a witness OR to having known MJK


Hopefully that makes sense.


So...flop 3 please?


I will give mine once the thread has kick started

Happy flopping!

[Aethelwulf]

The unknown/unamed suspect.

[Lewis C]

I think it can be factually stated that Michael Ostrog, Thomas Cream. and Prince Albert Victor have absolutely no chance of being the murderer. Herlock and I talked about this recently, and he also included Vincent Van Gogh. I'm sure he's right, but that leads me to the point that generally, famous people are ridiculous suspects. Francis Thompson is the only famous person that I would consider a viable suspect, and even him I wouldn't consider one of the top suspects.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Cue a certain poster to mention Druitt……….

[Fiver]

Hard to pick a worst three.

Prince Albert Victor
Lewis Carroll
Dr William Gull
Michael Ostrog
HH Holmes
Francis Tumblety
Thomas Barnardo
Randolph Churchill
Arthur Conan Doyle
William Gladstone
James Maybrick

I'll try to narrow it down later.

[erobitha]

Hard to pick a worst three.

Prince Albert Victor
Lewis Carroll
Dr William Gull
Michael Ostrog
HH Holmes
Francis Tumblety
Thomas Barnardo
Randolph Churchill
Arthur Conan Doyle
William Gladstone
James Maybrick

I'll try to narrow it down later.

For a start, Tumblety is hardly a flop suspect. He was in London at the time of the murders and was named by Littlechild of the Special Branch as a potential suspect. He remains a viable suspect, even though I believe he was most likely in custody at the time of MJK's murder, but that is not definite.

I won't even bite the bait of Maybrick.

[The Baron]

The worst suspect ever is Druitt.

Second is Macnaghten


* I don't consider Maybrick to be a suspect, not even a person of interest, although I would understand if someone added him to the list of the worst.


The Baron

[Fiver]

The worst suspect ever is Druitt.

Second is Macnaghten


* I don't consider Maybrick to be a suspect, not even a person of interest, although I would understand if someone added him to the list of the worst.


The Baron

First I've heard of Macnaughton being a suspect.

I agree that Druitt is a poor suspect, but he was young and fit, which puts him far more likely than an elderly recovering stroke victim like Gull. And while I think his suicide had nothing to do with him being the Ripper, the timing makes him more likely than someone like Lechmere, who lived three decades after the last victim was murdered.

[Enigma]

The aardvark
Prince Albert Victor
Lewis Carroll

[Pcdunn]

Vincent Van Gogh
Lewis Carroll
Francis Thompson

[Fiver]

The aardvark
Prince Albert Victor
Lewis Carroll

I see that wily aarvark has fooled yet another person.