Lets get Lechmere off the hook!

[rjpalmer]

To quote our old friend Melville Macnaghten, "I think I can discern the stained forefinger of the journalist."

Happy New Year.

[John Wheat]

Can someone find me an example on here of a poster diagnosing 'bad taste' in connection with anyone else being named as a murder suspect, Ripper or otherwise? Maybrick? Sickert? Prince Eddy? Sir William Gull? Dr Barnardo? The Zodiac suspects? The real Boston Strangler? Anyone at all, ever? I'd be delighted to examine the complete collection.

Thanks.

M.

I think it's in bad taste to accuse someone of murder with no evidence. Therefore in my opinion it is in bad taste to accuse Maybrick, Sickert, Prince Eddy, Sir William Gull or Dr Barnardo of murder.

[The Baron]

It is fascinating that ‘bad taste’ suddenly becomes the rallying cry when Lechmere is mentioned.

Are we pretending Ripperology has ever been a tasteful pursuit? This is a field where speculation is the currency, and no theory is too absurd to entertain.

If you are trying to gatekeep bad taste in Ripperology, you might want to shut the gates a century too late.



The Baron