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Just thought I´d put a character out here that may be of some little interest: James Bardeleben.
The police picked up his trail when Bardeleben worked as a counterfeiter, and only later realized that he could be linked to more severe crimes too.
He currently is jailed for 300+ years, on a number of abductions, rapes and counterfeiting convictions, but the police think he may be responsible for a string of murders too.
What is interesting to me is that this man committed his sexual assaults both out on the streets as well as in a bolthole of his. This may - or may not - mirror what the Ripper/Torso man did.
Further to this, he was a man obsessed with order. He wrote everything down on notes, including how to impress women - and how to torture them once he had them in his claws.
Charles Lechmere differs from many of the East End characters by seemingly have filled out all the forms and documents put in front of him. Edward, who has researched him diligently, says that he differs in this way from the ordinary Eastender, who is more likely to pop up in the records here and there, but disappearing for years on end inbetween.
The last point is how Bardeleben was found by the Secret Service after years of search, at a stage when they only thought he was a counterfeiter. He was observed in a mall, and ran for it when the police approached him. After running through a construction site for a new shop in the mall, he emerged on the outside, where two policemen saw him coming out. When they approached him, he said that he had only just been questioned by a colleague of theirs. Before the policemen could let him go, however, the Secret Service agents caught up and could secure their man.
It´s an interesting parallel with what is suggested in the Mizen scam.
Bardeleben has been married five times. He took trophies from his victims, as well as photos of them during torture, and he recorded the acts on taperecorder, keeping all the material afterwards.
He posed as a policeman in order to persuade his victims to come along with him.
The police picked up his trail when Bardeleben worked as a counterfeiter, and only later realized that he could be linked to more severe crimes too.
He currently is jailed for 300+ years, on a number of abductions, rapes and counterfeiting convictions, but the police think he may be responsible for a string of murders too.
What is interesting to me is that this man committed his sexual assaults both out on the streets as well as in a bolthole of his. This may - or may not - mirror what the Ripper/Torso man did.
Further to this, he was a man obsessed with order. He wrote everything down on notes, including how to impress women - and how to torture them once he had them in his claws.
Charles Lechmere differs from many of the East End characters by seemingly have filled out all the forms and documents put in front of him. Edward, who has researched him diligently, says that he differs in this way from the ordinary Eastender, who is more likely to pop up in the records here and there, but disappearing for years on end inbetween.
The last point is how Bardeleben was found by the Secret Service after years of search, at a stage when they only thought he was a counterfeiter. He was observed in a mall, and ran for it when the police approached him. After running through a construction site for a new shop in the mall, he emerged on the outside, where two policemen saw him coming out. When they approached him, he said that he had only just been questioned by a colleague of theirs. Before the policemen could let him go, however, the Secret Service agents caught up and could secure their man.
It´s an interesting parallel with what is suggested in the Mizen scam.
Bardeleben has been married five times. He took trophies from his victims, as well as photos of them during torture, and he recorded the acts on taperecorder, keeping all the material afterwards.
He posed as a policeman in order to persuade his victims to come along with him.
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