Jack the Ripper's real identity was poet Francis Thompson, teacher claims

[Beowulf]

England's most notorious serial killer may have been renowned poet Francis Thompson, according to one teacher who claims to have cracked the century-old murder mystery.

Thompson penned poetry by day and butchered prostitutes by night under the guise of legendary murderer Jack the Ripper, Australian teacher Richard Patterson claims.

The 45-year-old educator says research from an exhaustive 20-year study shows the artist is the legendary culprit behind the grisly 1888 slays of five London prostitutes during a 10-week killing spree...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/jack-ripper-renowned-poet-francis-thompson-teacher-article-1.2425706

[Majic]

Crikey, another suspect to consider

[Chris2307uk]

Unfortunately, this will probably go under the heading of 'If you were or are now famous and in London at the time you must have done it'!

I am in the camp of these crimes being done by a nobody and who will in all likelyhood never be discovered

[Damaso Marte]

is that you, Pierre?

[kookingpot]

We actually have an entire subforum devoted to this suspect. And in addition, the author of that book posts on this forum.

http://forum.casebook.org/forumdisplay.php?f=44

So this isn't anything particularly new to the people here, since Richard Patterson has been quite upfront with his findings (unlike some).