New Book: The Maybrick Murder and the Diary of Jack the Ripper

[erobitha]

Surely the use of an anachronistic phrase in the diary should be proof enough?

I am agnostic to the diary. I actually believe it has challenges with the handwriting. Also whilst I believe Maybrick was JTR I do not believe he wrote the Dear Boss letter.

What I debate on is assumptions like this. That’s not conclusive at all about using anachronisms. Here is probably not the thread to have those debates - there are plenty of others elsewhere.

I am very interested in who wrote it and why. Mike or Anne Barrett certainly didn’t!

[John Wheat]

Surely the use of an anachronistic phrase in the diary should be proof enough?

I disagree and the Diary's Provenance is immaculate.

[Herlock Sholmes]

I'm simply giving Chris and his team the chance to present the evidence he believes that fully demonstrates that the diary is a modern hoax. It is something yourself and Orsam have fallen short with, despite your own self-congratulatory back-slapping antics.

Perhaps someone genuinely has the absolute proof now.

Perhaps not.

At least Onoda was committed to doing things properly, even if others did find it amusing.

Surely the use of an anachronistic phrase in the diary should be proof enough?

[rjpalmer]

Although it is primarily concerned with the question of Florence Maybrick's guilt or innocence, it might be noted that Chris Jones briefly touches on the Maybrick Hoax in the following Rippercast:

Casebook: Jack the Ripper - Podcast - Whitechapel Society presents Chris Jones: Motive, Means & Opportunity: Did Florence Maybrick commit murder?


The relevant passage runs between 1:10:13 and 1:14:04, commencing with a reference to the Eddie Lyons/Battlecrease provenance being a "load of rubbish."

It is interesting to note that the floorboards in Battlecrease are very heavy and were nailed down with brass nails, the originals still existing.

[erobitha]

Um, put to bed? Is that where we are at?

Are you familiar with the story of Hiroo Onoda?

I'm simply giving Chris and his team the chance to present the evidence he believes that fully demonstrates that the diary is a modern hoax. It is something yourself and Orsam have fallen short with, despite your own self-congratulatory back-slapping antics.

Perhaps someone genuinely has the absolute proof now.

Perhaps not.

At least Onoda was committed to doing things properly, even if others did find it amusing.

[rjpalmer]

Should be interesting to see what new revelations they have uncovered that can put the whole diary mystery to bed once and for all.

Um, put to bed? Is that where we are at?

Are you familiar with the story of Hiroo Onoda?

[erobitha]

Interesting to see Christopher Jones has written this with a clinical psychologist. I believe this doctor has collaborated with Christopher before and has a keen interest in the life and times of Florence Maybrick.

Should be interesting to see what new revelations they have uncovered that can put the whole diary mystery to bed once and for all.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Will the book be available in the shops Adam? I’m asking because I have a friend with a book voucher which can only be used in the shops?

[AdamNeilWood]

New book alert:

THE MAYBRICK MURDER AND THE DIARY OF JACK THE RIPPER: THE END GAME
by Christopher J.M. Jones and Dr Daniel L. Dolgin

In 1889 Victorian England was shocked to its very core by a scandalous murder case in Liverpool. A young American woman, Florence Maybrick, was found guilty of killing her much older husband James by poisoning him with arsenic extracted from flypapers. It was a story that had everything: sex, drugs and adultery. Queen Victoria and three American presidents were to be caught up in the drama, and Florence was to spend fifteen years in prison for the crime - but did she really murder her husband?

In 1992, the story took a new and even more dramatic twist. A diary was found, allegedly written by James Maybrick, in which he supposedly confessed to being the world’s most notorious serial killer: Jack the Ripper.

The diary has proved to be one of the most controversial historical documents of all time. To some the diary is a true account, a window into the mind of the killer. To others, it is an obvious and transparent hoax.

Using a large amount of new material and research, the authors of this book present their evidence which they believe finally solves two of the greatest mysteries in the annals of crime.

Hardcover, 300 pages, illustrated in colour throughout.

To be published 12 September 2022.

Pre-order before 9 September 2022 to receive a signed and numbered edition.

https://www.FlorenceMaybrick.com