Killing Times

[etenguy]

I think you can forget moon phases and the like, but the fact that no murders, or recorded attempts, take place between the 10th of any month to the 30th of said month may well be relevant. This type of schedule would fit men onboard vessels coming and going to London. As HRH herself suggested.

Quite possibly Michael.

[etenguy]

I've encountered the lunar aspect elsewhere, that kind of thing is appealing to some of the more outlandish theories. Light wise, a full moon makes a difference in open countryside, what effect it had in an urban rookery is debatable.

I don't personally think a weekend / month end killer needs to be away for the intervening time, that implies he'd kill weekly if he was home. Seems to be a more natural break in the killings, downtime if you will. Followed by caution. But the weekend / Bank Holiday connection has to be more than coincidence. For me, it suggests a full time job. And quite likely a local. There is some consistency, but if you favour Stride for the C5, twice in one night is totally at odds.

It's one of the few aspects of the case that might actually point to something of substance.

Hi Al

I think so, the more you look at the dates and elapsed time between murders, the less random they seem. If there is a pattern there might be a reason for the pattern and that in turn might provide some insight into the murderer.

[etenguy]

Hi eten,
Could the killing pattern relate to the moon cycle ?
Jack did not attack when there was a full moon.
Tabram August 7 (no moon), Nichols August 31 (half moon), Chapman September 8 (no moon), Stride / Eddowes September 30 (quarter moon), Kelly November 9 (half moon). If Alice Mackenzie was a victim – July 17, 1889 was half moon.
Could he have avoided full moons so he wouldn't be seen ?
Craig

I do not see a pattern in the moon cycle - there are dates throughout the month that might avoid a full moon, if he was concerned about that. Though he may indeed have wanted darker nights - though if you look at the pattern of days of the murder for the C5, they do not happen randomly at weekends but in sequence - Friday, then Saturday then Sunday and back to Friday again.

[etenguy]

hey eten
ive often said the same. i think he had employment and was out of town in tje middle of the month too. now what job would entail that?

Hi Abby

Or the opposite, that he only came to London at certain times.

[Michael W Richards]

The FBI profile suggested that JTR likely had a Monday to Friday job, inferred because all the C5 murders took place at weekends. But there is another timing pattern. All the murders took place alternately at the end or one week into the month (dates 31/08 then 08/09 then 30/09 then 09/11) and if you believe Martha Tabram was a JTR victim, then her murder fits the pattern also (07/08).

Is this a coincidence or is there a reason? If there is a reason, what is it? A working pattern perhaps?

I think you can forget moon phases and the like, but the fact that no murders, or recorded attempts, take place between the 10th of any month to the 30th of said month may well be relevant. This type of schedule would fit men onboard vessels coming and going to London. As HRH herself suggested.

[Al Bundy's Eyes]

Hi eten,
Could the killing pattern relate to the moon cycle ?
Jack did not attack when there was a full moon.
Tabram August 7 (no moon), Nichols August 31 (half moon), Chapman September 8 (no moon), Stride / Eddowes September 30 (quarter moon), Kelly November 9 (half moon). If Alice Mackenzie was a victim – July 17, 1889 was half moon.
Could he have avoided full moons so he wouldn't be seen ?
Craig

I've encountered the lunar aspect elsewhere, that kind of thing is appealing to some of the more outlandish theories. Light wise, a full moon makes a difference in open countryside, what effect it had in an urban rookery is debatable.

I don't personally think a weekend / month end killer needs to be away for the intervening time, that implies he'd kill weekly if he was home. Seems to be a more natural break in the killings, downtime if you will. Followed by caution. But the weekend / Bank Holiday connection has to be more than coincidence. For me, it suggests a full time job. And quite likely a local. There is some consistency, but if you favour Stride for the C5, twice in one night is totally at odds.

It's one of the few aspects of the case that might actually point to something of substance.

[NotBlamedForNothing]

hey eten
ive often said the same. i think he had employment and was out of town in tje middle of the month too. now what job would entail that?

Perhaps he was a commercial traveller, like Joseph Lawende?

[Craig H]

Hi eten,
Could the killing pattern relate to the moon cycle ?
Jack did not attack when there was a full moon.
Tabram August 7 (no moon), Nichols August 31 (half moon), Chapman September 8 (no moon), Stride / Eddowes September 30 (quarter moon), Kelly November 9 (half moon). If Alice Mackenzie was a victim – July 17, 1889 was half moon.
Could he have avoided full moons so he wouldn't be seen ?
Craig

[Abby Normal]

The FBI profile suggested that JTR likely had a Monday to Friday job, inferred because all the C5 murders took place at weekends. But there is another timing pattern. All the murders took place alternately at the end or one week into the month (dates 31/08 then 08/09 then 30/09 then 09/11) and if you believe Martha Tabram was a JTR victim, then her murder fits the pattern also (07/08).

Is this a coincidence or is there a reason? If there is a reason, what is it? A working pattern perhaps?

hey eten
ive often said the same. i think he had employment and was out of town in tje middle of the month too. now what job would entail that?

[etenguy]

The FBI profile suggested that JTR likely had a Monday to Friday job, inferred because all the C5 murders took place at weekends. But there is another timing pattern. All the murders took place alternately at the end or one week into the month (dates 31/08 then 08/09 then 30/09 then 09/11) and if you believe Martha Tabram was a JTR victim, then her murder fits the pattern also (07/08).

Is this a coincidence or is there a reason? If there is a reason, what is it? A working pattern perhaps?