How falsities about MJK are spread in Ripperology

[Phil Carter]

Hello all,

Just thought I'd pop this one in.. as yet another piece of garbled nonsense appeared before my eyes. Much shaking of the head ensued...

http://www.petemcdonald.com/downloads/irelandfacts.pdf

Here it states...

IRISHWOMAN Mary Kelly was the last victim of Jack the Ripper in 1888. It was her liver the the killer posted to Scotland Yard.

(my italics and emphasis)

Oh dear

best wishes

Phil

[Madam Red]

Where on earth did that author find such fanciful tales?

[Phil Carter]

Hello Madam Red,

That just about beats a drug induced Abberline, high as a kite, in love with MJK.

best wishes

Phil

[Adam Went]

Maybe he knows something that we don't....

Cheers,
Adam.

[Phil Carter]

Maybe he knows something that we don't....

Cheers,
Adam.

Hello Adam,

I sincerely hope not. Then, we are all up the creek without the proverbial paddle.

best wishes

Phil

[Adam Went]

Phil:

Yes, we would be. Having said that, i'd imagine that it is just a genuine confusion with the Eddowes kidney....although a very poor one.

Cheers,
Adam.

[The Good Michael]

How do we know that Scotland yard didn't get Kelly's liver, but kept that a secret? Really we don't. Now we DO know.

Mike

[Addy]

Hi all,

It does indeed seem to be a garbled version of the Eddowes' kidney. Probably someone who wants to retell the story from hearsay.

Greetings,

Addy

[j.r-ahde]

Hello you all!

This is, how the urban legends begin with this case of ours and the others...

All the best
Jukka

[Phil Carter]

How do we know that Scotland yard didn't get Kelly's liver, but kept that a secret? Really we don't. Now we DO know.

Mike

Hello Mike,

Hahahaha!
Yup, the game is up...lol. As the name of the website is attributed to a McDonald, then I suppose we can somehow connect this to Roderick McDonald.
Let's really go to town.

best wishes

Phil-

[Phil H]

Listen to any conversation, in a pub/office/on a bus, between members of the public who have only the most casual interest in or knowledge of the JtR case, and you'll hear some howlers!!

They tend to have only a vague idea of how many victims, an no names, cling to the mental picture of the "toff" or doctor with top hat/cape and Gladstone bag, and retail the information from the most recent TV documentary they have seen, and even that in a garbled way.

Our writer with kelly's liver on his mind, had obviously read a little at some time, but in a way that macnaghten would have sympathised with, relied on memory not notes.

He knew it was an organ - guessed liver, not kidney.

he had seen the pic of MJK's body on the bed, knew she had been dismembered and disembowelled, and guessed it was her whom the otgan belonged to.

Finally it would be logical to assume the killer sent his "gift" to the police. I doubt that he would be aware of "Mishter" Lusk and his Vigilance boys or the central News Agency (as with the JtR letter).

So he penned a line that is almost true in essence, yet false in every fact!!!

That will never stop.

Phil

[j.r-ahde]

Hello Phil!

Guess, how many times my friends and acquaintances have been wondering, that why am I studying a case, "that has already been solved"?!

All the best
Jukka