The Jack the Ripper Mystery is Finally Solved — Scientifically

[Ms Diddles]

It's not me, it's the originator of the posts. And a group of us are attempting to prevent this from getting any worse. As I said in my first post, it is much appreciated if people desist from adding fuel to the fire.

Thank you.

Message received and understood.

[New Ford Shunt]

OK, in that case I apologise.

I will say no more on the subject, other than I wish you well.

It's not me, it's the originator of the posts. And a group of us are attempting to prevent this from getting any worse. As I said in my first post, it is much appreciated if people desist from adding fuel to the fire.

Thank you.

[Ms Diddles]

Or perhaps the person in question is suffering from a relapse in mental health issues and REALLY doesn't need people taking the piss out of him on here.

OK, in that case I apologise.

I will say no more on the subject, other than I wish you well.

[New Ford Shunt]

Perhaps!

Or perhaps it simply tells us that they have a rather low tolerance for such self-indulgent, over-stated rhetoric.

Or perhaps the person in question is suffering from a relapse in mental health issues and REALLY doesn't need people taking the piss out of him on here.

[Ms Diddles]

I am unwilling to spell things out on a public forum but I'd ask, respectfully, that people desist with this thread.

Perhaps, when someone posts these type of comments it's telling us far more about them than just Ripperology.

Perhaps!

Or perhaps it simply tells us that they have a rather low tolerance for such self-indulgent, over-stated rhetoric.

[The Rookie Detective]

Ugggghhh!

What a load of overblown, hyperbolic twattery!

I agree the world needs more truth and beauty, but it also needs less of this self- indulgent nonsense!

"Twattery" is now my new favourite word.

Simply sublime, and rolls off the tongue with ease...

(ahem...cough...cough)

"Er...more tea, vicar?"

[John Wheat]

It proves he was at least a better suspect than say Druitt, Lechmere, Maybrick, Cutbush ,Bury , Hutchinson .

How is he a better suspect than Bury?

[New Ford Shunt]

I am unwilling to spell things out on a public forum but I'd ask, respectfully, that people desist with this thread.

Perhaps, when someone posts these type of comments it's telling us far more about them than just Ripperology.

[Ms Diddles]

⸻
IN SHORT — this is the moment.
The sooner this spreads, the greater the good it does — for truth, for justice, for history, for the memory of the five women, and for our collective cultural health.
Those who share and support this now will be seen as the vanguard of that change. Their names will be remembered — not as people who doubted or delayed, but who helped truth win.
Please — take this moment. Share. Speak. Help carry this breakthrough forward.
Beauty is truth, truth beauty — and the world needs more of both.

Ugggghhh!

What a load of overblown, hyperbolic twattery!

I agree the world needs more truth and beauty, but it also needs less of this self- indulgent nonsense!

[FISHY1118]

He proposed this theory over 10 years ago. He recently began copy and pasting all of this exact same waffle onto the JtR Reddit group, I asked if he'd managed to actually gather any new, actual evidence since 2012, he got angry and buggered off.

"This is no longer a theory. It is now backed by the first scientific-level mathematical analysis of the case — hard, testable, repeatable, and overwhelming in its clarity."

I'm sorry, but that's just absolute bollocks. I'm not saying Thompson isn't a viable suspect, but there's nothing there which can actually prove that he was the killer.

It proves he was at least a better suspect than say Druitt, Lechmere, Maybrick, Cutbush ,Bury , Hutchinson .

[Mike J. G.]

He proposed this theory over 10 years ago. He recently began copy and pasting all of this exact same waffle onto the JtR Reddit group, I asked if he'd managed to actually gather any new, actual evidence since 2012, he got angry and buggered off.

"This is no longer a theory. It is now backed by the first scientific-level mathematical analysis of the case — hard, testable, repeatable, and overwhelming in its clarity."

I'm sorry, but that's just absolute bollocks. I'm not saying Thompson isn't a viable suspect, but there's nothing there which can actually prove that he was the killer.

[GBinOz]

✅ Key unique matches between Thompson and the Ripper profile include:
→ He was medically trained (passed his medical exams, lived with a surgeon, knew dissection techniques).
bladder

I think this aspect has been understated. Thompson's father complained of being called on to fund what he considered to be excessive numbers of cadavers for his son to dissect. Muscle memory would have been a factor in the removal of Eddowes uterus in the dark WITHOUT damage to the bladder, and the removal of Kelly's heart from the pericardium via the abdomen - a little known technique taught by Virchow to, among others, Francis Thompson.

[Paddy Goose]

...Church of Charles Cross...

Diary obsession

and we should collectively weep for the state of ripperology.

Weep? Au contrare. I salute those who have made hundreds upon hundreds of posts here about Cross, even if against the suspect theory. You kept the subject alive to infinity and beyond. Think about it. You can't have a sporting event with only one team. As for the Diary, you Hurley are now firmly ensconced as one of a select cadre of Surviving Diarists for your great many constant, never ending, never once stopping posts (and still counting) on Diary threads. It takes hard work, stamina, and patience. Staying power!

Yes Richard posted here and I remember him well. A good natured lad from Down Under. And we had another Aussie too in days of yore, Jonathan Hainsworth of whom I have fond memories. They were good sports.

Again I salute you new current posters and your perseverance. And I agree with most of you to boot.

[Fiver]

✅ Key unique matches between Thompson and the Ripper profile include:
→ He was medically trained (passed his medical exams, lived with a surgeon, knew dissection techniques).
→ He had a documented history of psychotic violence toward women — including written hatred of prostitutes and dark fantasies of killing them.
→ He lived within 100 metres of the 1888 murder sites.
→ He was an active arsonist and fire-starter — linked to sadistic psychopathy.
→ He wrote essays at the time describing prostitutes as “putrid ulcers,” “blasphemies,” and called for them to be drowned in the Thames.
→ He delighted in reading and writing about the killing of women with blades — even his own play had this as its central scene.
→ His movements align perfectly with the timeline of the murders and when they ceased (he was removed from the area right after the final killing).
→ He was a known night-wanderer, dressing in disguises, carrying scalpels, and writing about his “prowling by night.”
→ His writings match both the tone and the sadistic psychological profile seen in the Ripper letters.

I see the source does not understand the meaning of the words "unique" or "matches".

* Plenty of suspects were medically trained, so this cannot be unique. Assuming that the Ripper had medical training is an a assumption, and was strongly disagreed with by many of the doctors who actually examined the victims.
* There is no documentation of Thompson being violent with anyone. The source appears to be outright lying about this.
* Thompson appears to have lived within 100 meters of 1 of the murder sites. This is true of many of the suspects and we have no evidence about how close Ripper lived to his victims. IIRC, we don't even know where, if anywhere, that Thompson was living for most of the murders, since he was frequently homeless.
* I've seen claims that Thompson was an arsonist. I've yet to see any evidence that he was.
* Thompson is hardly unique in saying negative things about prostitutes. The sources omits that Thompson also described a prostitute as his savior in his poetry. And the source is assuming the victims were killed because they were prostitutes, when they may have been killed because they were easier targets that the authorities were less likely to care about.
* The majority of people who write about violence towards women are not serial killers.
* We have no idea of his movements during the time of the murders. Thompson didn't leave London until 1889. He is far from the only suspect who died, was incarcerated, or left the area after the Kelly murder.
* Plenty of homeless would be considered night wanderers, including some of the victims. Being homeless is not proof of being a serial killer.
There is no evidence that the Ripper wore disguises and I doubt that a homeless addict like Thompson did.
The Ripper victims were not killed with a sclapel - this is a point against Thompson being the Ripper.
There is no evidence that the Ripper ever wrote about being homeless.
* There is no agreement on if any of the Ripper letters were authentic. Thompson far from the only person whose writing is claimed to match some of the Ripper letters.

[Herlock Sholmes]

There’s no evidence that he was in Whitechapel at the time of the murders. There’s no evidence that he was an artist and, again if I recall correctly, he had a problem with flowing blood which was why he never became a doctor.