Who was killed by Jack the Ripper?

[Fiver]

That's because there isn't enough evidence to eliminate very many suspects, so the old suspects remain, but as time goes on, people find new ones to add.

There's a thread on the other forum about this.

Suspects that can definitely be eliminated include:

* Robert Anderson - not in England at the time of some of the murders.

* Thomas Neill Cream - in prison in Illinois.

* Henry Hanslope - in the workhouse at the time of the first four of the C5 murders.

* Jacob Isenschmid - confined to a hospital during the Double Event.

* Michael Ostrog - in prison in France.

* John Pizer - was talking to a police constable at the time of the Nichols murder.

* Oswald Puckridge - investigated by the police, "he proved an alibi without the shadow of doubt".

* James Thomas Sadler - at sea at the time of the first four of the C5 murders.

* Walter Sickert - not in England at the time of some of the murders.

* Robert Donston Stephenson - confined to a hospital during the murders.

* Vincent Van Gogh - in France.

* Prince Albert Victor - not in London at the time of any of the murders.

Many others are wildly unlikely, but not 100% eliminated.

[Lewis C]

There's a thread on the other forum about this.

Suspects that can definitely be eliminated include:

* Robert Anderson - not in England at the time of some of the murders.

* Thomas Neill Cream - in prison in Illinois.

* Henry Hanslope - in the workhouse at the time of the first four of the C5 murders.

* Jacob Isenschmid - confined to a hospital during the Double Event.

* Michael Ostrog - in prison in France.

* John Pizer - was talking to a police constable at the time of the Nichols murder.

* Oswald Puckridge - investigated by the police, "he proved an alibi without the shadow of doubt".

* James Thomas Sadler - at sea at the time of the first four of the C5 murders.

* Walter Sickert - not in England at the time of some of the murders.

* Robert Donston Stephenson - confined to a hospital during the murders.

* Vincent Van Gogh - in France.

* Prince Albert Victor - not in London at the time of any of the murders.

Many others are wildly unlikely, but not 100% eliminated.

As a percentage of the total number of suspects, that's not very many, and I believe some were eliminated at the time. I'm glad to learn that about Hanslope, but if he can be eliminated on the grounds that he lived in a workhouse, Robert Mann also lived in a workhouse. Is there a reason why one can be eliminated but the other can't be?

Stephenson was in a hospital at the time, but it's my understanding that he had the ability to leave the hospital, and that the hospital was located in Whitechapel. I'll agree that I think it's unlikely that he could have left and returned 4 times without there being any evidence that that ever happened, but I'm not sure he can be 100% eliminated. I'll agree that he's a very weak suspect.