Spare a thought- The Double Event

[kensei]

I write this in the early morning hours of September 30th. Exactly 123 years ago Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes lay a few hours dead, London's finest were puzzling over a scrap of bloody apron and the meaning of strange words chalked on a wall and how so many of them could have possibly failed to get their man, and a killer sat somewhere gradually coming down from the thrill of success playing with some freshly excised human organs... possibly beginning to prepare one of them for breakfast.

So today we remember the victims of the Double Event, whether they were both killed by Jack the Ripper or not- one who often lied her way through life to try to get ahead, and the other often trying her best to find a laugh even in the worst of times, but both victims of poverty and demon alcohol who had resorted to prostitution. As much in common as they had differences, one might say. Would they have gotten along with each other? We'll never know. But though it might be a very strained comparison, the inscription on the crypt of Queens Elizabeth and Mary comes to my mind-

"Two Sisters- One Fate."

[Garza]

Well said Kensei! RIP Liz and Kate, hope you both found some peace.

[Adam Went]

Yes, very well said indeed, Kensei!

Thinking of Liz and Kate today, R.I.P.

Cheers,
Adam.

[mariab]

Wow, nice to remind us, Kensei. I've been so busy travelling for the last 3 days, I totally forgot to put 2+2 together.
RIP, ladies.

[Hunter]

"And a rose blooms, even from the ashes of despair"

On my way home, I think I'll stop and buy a red rose backed by maidenhair fern and give it to the person most dear to me and be thankful for the real blessings that we've shared in our mutual journey through life together.

[Archaic]

That's a cool idea Hunter.

Being kind and loving to a person in the present is the best and truest way to remember and memorialize a person who suffered and died in the past.

Best regards,
Archaic

[TheTypeWriter]

RIP ladies, I'm sure you have found peace.

[RavenDarkendale]

RIP Elizabeth and Catherine, may you have found the peace you were denied in life...

[Robert]

Hi Raven

You're a bit premature there.

[Barnaby]

Here we are on another anniversary. RIP Elizabeth and Catherine.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Here we are on another anniversary. RIP Elizabeth and Catherine.

Was it today?

eh mate your forgetting the 3rd victim; Stride's kid; she was pregnant when she was killed

[Beowulf]

Double Event, Jack's take:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3svW8PM_jc

Oh, that's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
When you take me by the hand,
Tell me I'm your loving man,
When you give me all your love,
And do it the very best you can,
Oh, that's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
When I get to be in your arms,
When we're all all alone,
When you whisper sweet in my ear,
When you turn, turn me on,
Oh, that's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Double Event, Jack's take:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3svW8PM_jc

Oh, that's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
When you take me by the hand,
Tell me I'm your loving man,
When you give me all your love,
And do it the very best you can,
Oh, that's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
When I get to be in your arms,
When we're all all alone,
When you whisper sweet in my ear,
When you turn, turn me on,
Oh, that's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.
That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh,
I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh.

explain please
Mr Holmes

[Beowulf]

explain please
Mr Holmes

It was his thing, he got into it, it answered something in his miserable twisted soul.

[Sherlock Holmes]

It was his thing, he got into it, it answered something in his miserable twisted soul.

So JTR murders because; to quote sergeant Sally Donovan "He gets off on it"?

Regards
Mr Holmes