I think I have found him.

[Pierre]

Peeair, does your theory involve the story of the american trying to procure specimens of the organs?

No, it doesn“t. I believe he comitted the murders exclusively for emotional reasons.

Regards Pierre

[pinkmoon]

I'm pretty sure a lot of light will be shed on this subject in the not to distance future.

[evertonmarc]

Don't we all have our own pet theory who JTR is? I have a possible but no one mentioned him yet (and the evidence is circumstancial). However I don't really want one - I was more interested in finding out who MJK really was! In fact I hope they don't find JTR - would spoil all the fun!

Don't you start going all cryptic on us as well mate!!!!

[MysterySinger]

Don't we all have our own pet theory who JTR is? I have a possible but no one mentioned him yet (and the evidence is circumstancial). However I don't really want one - I was more interested in finding out who MJK really was! In fact I hope they don't find JTR - would spoil all the fun!

[RockySullivan]

Peeair, does your theory involve the story of the american trying to procure specimens of the organs?

[evertonmarc]

Exactly!

I've followed the history for years (although I do not research myself), watched several documentaries (different suspects each time) and read several books. Still none the wiser!

If I had the time (and the brains) to research myself, I'd love to give it a stab (excuse the pun)......or even help someone research in my spare time

[Rosella]

It makes it interesting though, doesn't it? It would be quite boring if there were only two or three suspects and we had to go through everything about them with a fine tooth comb year after year, with nothing else in view.

[evertonmarc]

Looking forward to some fresh theories, once they are allowed to spill the beans! (wether it is Pierre or the "Grampton group", or anyone else for that matter).

I find it quite scary that there can be so many compelling theories about who Jack was.
Ok so some of them may have twisted the data slightly or made info "fit" but the fact there are that many suspects is mind boggling!

[Elamarna]

Thank you Pinkmoon

I know you won't comment.
Having looked at all the posts from I presume members of your group I wonder if you have a group of possible suspects at an institution. You are not sure yet which one to name.
I wonder if you are waiting for what normally happens each new year with regards to archived records?
Probably wrong but just an idea? If we didn't like trying to solve historic problems we would not be here would we?

Hope you get what ever it is you are waiting for
Regards

[Pierre]

All I can offer you is my love and ask for your patience I now know Pierre knows nothing about grampton.

I wish you luck too and hope you are right!

Regards Pierre

[pinkmoon]

Dear Pinkmoon

Obviously you don't want to say anything but would it be fair to say that your first mention of Grampton was due to the fact that the list of vague hints given by Pierre and including his comments about motive by that I mean suspect not insane but everything planned, matched many parts of your theory?

Obvious as Pierre's hints helped noone, your confirmation or not of this would similar give nothing away.

As a long time (since 1973) student of the murders I have seen all the theories come and go. I would love to have a clear idea of the murderer but long ago came to the conclusion this was impossible.

If you have found the right suspect I think many would be pleased. However I am concerned that some of your group are calling it "The Solution " this sounds like the claims of the Royals, the diary and Sickert. By that I mean the proponents of these ideas also called their theories " the solution " and or course they were not.

I do hope you will get some peer review, even if private, before proclaiming your group have done it after all these years.



Sincerely the best of luck.

All I can offer you is my love and ask for your patience I now know Pierre knows nothing about grampton.

[Elamarna]

Dear Pinkmoon

Obviously you don't want to say anything but would it be fair to say that your first mention of Grampton was due to the fact that the list of vague hints given by Pierre and including his comments about motive by that I mean suspect not insane but everything planned, matched many parts of your theory?

Obvious as Pierre's hints helped noone, your confirmation or not of this would similar give nothing away.

As a long time (since 1973) student of the murders I have seen all the theories come and go. I would love to have a clear idea of the murderer but long ago came to the conclusion this was impossible.

If you have found the right suspect I think many would be pleased. However I am concerned that some of your group are calling it "The Solution " this sounds like the claims of the Royals, the diary and Sickert. By that I mean the proponents of these ideas also called their theories " the solution " and or course they were not.

I do hope you will get some peer review, even if private, before proclaiming your group have done it after all these years.



Sincerely the best of luck.

[pinkmoon]

Rocky agree 100%.

I have been wondering the same thing about the "solution ". Particularly given that Pinkmoon started that spoof thread in pub talk.

Whatever is going on is causing great damage to this forum I fear.

For all the rest of you. PLEASE stop playing games.

Regards to all

Not playing games was just a bit concerned that Pierre had found out about grampton I'm pretty certain he hasn't anyway he couldn't he's been to busy chasing barmaids!

[SirJohnFalstaff]

There were articles in radical newspapers like the Star as well as letters from socialists at the time though weren't there, to the effect that if Duchesses and other well born ladies had been ripped up in their West End mansions something much more in the way of effort would have been expended to catch the fiend.

Instead, because it was the very poor who were affected, the government didn't care. Not true, but this letter continues the theme. The police and radical press probabably received hundreds of such letters from all over the country.

A jury foreman expressed himself quite clearly about it.


St James Gazette, 18 september, about the Nichols inquest:

"The foreman of the jury said that if a substantial reward had been offered in the first case he believed that the last two murders would never have been perpetrated. Of the matter was put before the Home Secretary, and a large reward was promised, he (the foreman) would willingly give £25. Had the murdered persons belonged to the rich and aristocratic class, a reward would immediately have been offered."

[Rosella]

This letter refers to hearing about him possibly operating in the West End, though. Also Brighton was a fashionable winter resort for the upper classes in the 19th century.