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  • Herlock Sholmes
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    Originally posted by AdamNeilWood View Post

    Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it.

    I have a couple of projects to get done first, but the next 'big' book will be a similar biography of Wynne Baxter - Life and Times of a Victorian Coroner.
    I look forward to it Adam. I don’t know if my memory is tricking me but its telling me that Gary Barnett told me that his grandfather was once up in front of Baxter?

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  • AdamNeilWood
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    Originally posted by Herlock Sholmes View Post

    Congratulations on the Swanson book Adam. Excellent stuff. Macnaghten next? Or Warren? Or Anderson?
    Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it.

    I have a couple of projects to get done first, but the next 'big' book will be a similar biography of Wynne Baxter - Life and Times of a Victorian Coroner.

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  • Herlock Sholmes
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    Originally posted by AdamNeilWood View Post
    Congratulations on the Swanson book Adam. Excellent stuff. Macnaghten next? Or Warren? Or Anderson?

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  • AdamNeilWood
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    It's out now!

    When playing the game of Name the Ripper, many authors start with a suspect and attempt to make them fit the facts; some can't even be proved to be in London at the time of the murders. What is required is an ordinary man local to the East End; a man who suffered mental illness, and was known to prowl the streets at ni

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  • Harry D
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    Originally posted by The Baron View Post



    But staying near the murdered woman, and keeping the knife on himself, and searching for a policeman are all things to be happy about!

    Strange world this ripperology



    The Baron
    Yes, the irony is delightful

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  • Abby Normal
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    Originally posted by The Baron View Post
    The new book, Jacob the Ripper, by Neil and Tracy I’Anson is coming out soon.

    New informations were discovered!



    The Baron
    and what new information is that?

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  • The Baron
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    Originally posted by Fisherman View Post

    He would have passed many a doorway on his way home, and son it would be taking an unnecessary risk to prolong his stay on the streets. It is what it is, so let's not try and change it.

    Saying that an Englishman home is his castle is kind of silly. If it is, then surely he would prefer not having that castle raided by policemen? He would have INVITED trouble, and it IS illogical to do so.


    Look who is writing this! a Lechmerian!



    The Baron

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  • The Baron
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    Originally posted by Fisherman View Post

    It still involves doubling back. And it still involves discarding the apron piece in very close proximity to his own doorstep. That is nothing much to be happy about.


    But staying near the murdered woman, and keeping the knife on himself, and searching for a policeman are all things to be happy about!

    Strange world this ripperology



    The Baron

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  • The Baron
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    The new book, Jacob the Ripper, by Neil and Tracy I’Anson is coming out soon.

    New informations were discovered!



    The Baron

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  • Fisherman
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    Originally posted by Sam Flynn View Post
    Taken over from the "Geoprofiling" thread
    Thanks, Josh

    Taking this revised location on Middlesex Street, there was an even shorter walk between Levy's shop and where the apron was jettisoned, whether one went via Wentworth St or New Goulston Street. Take your pick; the distance is about the same either way.

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    It still involves doubling back. And it still involves discarding the apron piece in very close proximity to his own doorstep. That is nothing much to be happy about.

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  • Sam Flynn
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    Taken over from the "Geoprofiling" thread
    Originally posted by Joshua Rogan View Post
    Checking the relevant Goad maps, there appear to be two addresses of "36 Middlesex Street", one on each side (though this may possibly be due to renumbering as the maps are from different years). The one Sam selected is shown as a tea warehouse on the 1890 map. On the 1887 map showing the opposite side (which incidentally is in the City as the boundary runs along the middle of the street) 36 is a shop, one shop down from the corner of Stoney Lane.
    Thanks, Josh

    Taking this revised location on Middlesex Street, there was an even shorter walk between Levy's shop and where the apron was jettisoned, whether one went via Wentworth St or New Goulston Street. Take your pick; the distance is about the same either way.

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  • Fisherman
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    Originally posted by Sam Flynn View Post
    Not if he felt the need to scrub the blood/faeces off his hands or simply to jettison the large piece of bloody, $hitty rag before entering his house. From his deep familiarity with the area around Middlesex Street, Levy would have known that there were handy dark doorways in Goulston Street to duck into, and do whatever he felt necessary, safe in the knowledge that he was only a minute away from safety once he was done.Levy had his own premises, and an Englishman's home is his castle. "I don't remember seeing or hearing anything unusual that night, officer." - "Thank you, Mr Levy. Sorry to have troubled you."
    He would have passed many a doorway on his way home, and son it would be taking an unnecessary risk to prolong his stay on the streets. It is what it is, so let's not try and change it.

    Saying that an Englishman home is his castle is kind of silly. If it is, then surely he would prefer not having that castle raided by policemen? He would have INVITED trouble, and it IS illogical to do so.

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  • MrBarnett
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    I did a bit of digging into the name ‘Jack’ a while back.

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  • Sam Flynn
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    Originally posted by Fisherman View Post
    Actually, thinking it through is what tells us that [Levy depositing the apron in the Goulston St doorway] IS illogical. Not impossible in any way, but less logical than a beeline to home from Mitre Square.
    Not if he felt the need to scrub the blood/faeces off his hands or simply to jettison the large piece of bloody, $hitty rag before entering his house. From his deep familiarity with the area around Middlesex Street, Levy would have known that there were handy dark doorways in Goulston Street to duck into, and do whatever he felt necessary, safe in the knowledge that he was only a minute away from safety once he was done.
    how logical is it to summon the police for a door-to-door in your neighborhood by disposing of the rag so close by?
    Levy had his own premises, and an Englishman's home is his castle. "I don't remember seeing or hearing anything unusual that night, officer." - "Thank you, Mr Levy. Sorry to have troubled you."
    Last edited by Sam Flynn; 12-14-2018, 07:34 AM.

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  • Pcdunn
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    Hi, Rosella: True observations! And the name was probably invented by a journalist, anyway. . .

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