Was Mackenzie a copycat?

[GregBaron]

Pardon me Sailor...

To answer Greg's question : no, I don't think it was a copycat.
Imo she's a Ripper-victim.

Wow, DVV, you're a bold man...bye bye Druitt, Cohen, Tumblety...
who else? I think Koz was still walking the dog....?

Like all american ones look like James Cagney - or is that too far back for you? maybe I should take Marlon Brando instead!

Oh I remember both C4, I think Grainger looked like Popeye, he goes back too...


Greg

[DVV]

To answer Greg's question : no, I don't think it was a copycat.
Imo she's a Ripper-victim.

[curious4]

Hello again Greg,

Like all american ones look like James Cagney - or is that too far back for you? maybe I should take Marlon Brando instead!

Best wishes,
C4

[GregBaron]

Sorry Seamen...

Hello Greg,

Which apparently they tried to do...

Best wishes,
C4

Good point C4, I suppose nailing a British sailor for everything would have
pleased the authorities...

I get Sadler and Grainger mixed up, I guess all those old British ruffians
look alike...


Greg

[curious4]

All on his plate

Hello Greg,

Which apparently they tried to do...

Best wishes,
C4

[GregBaron]

Vulnerable victims of vice...

But is that WHY they were selected? What if not?

That's just it Lynn, I can't imagine them being selected at all...I
can't fathom a reason...

But was it? If Sadler, say, killed Frances, just an extra cut or two and that could deflect suspicion. It didn't, but not bad spur of the moment thinking.
LC

It's not like a couple of abdominal mutilations made the cops declare "Oh
the ripper did it, no reason to investigate"...It could even backfire, if the
Mackenzie killer was caught, they may have thrown the whole lot on his
plate...



Greg

[curious4]

Escaped

Maybe a copycat, maybe an attempt by the original killer to return to his old hobby, only to realize that his heart was no longer in it, resulting in a half-assed effort.

Hello Damaso,

Or, having escaped from where he was confined, still feeling the effects of whatever he was being given to keep him calm.

Best wishes,
C4

[lynn cates]

unknown

Hello Cris. Thanks.

Quite. And he would be the first chap I'd look into, were I in charge. But I'm not sure he would have known that.

Cheers.
LC

[Hunter]

If Coles had been ripped to pieces Sadler would still likely have come under police suspicion due to his actions on the night of the murder. After all, they did try to fit him with the others despite the lack of abdominal mutilations on Coles.

[lynn cates]

prostitutes

Hello Greg.

"what possible motivation
could there be for murdering poor prostitutes?"

But is that WHY they were selected? What if not?

"And why copycat, it wasn't like the cops had any idea who the
ripper was. It was easy to get away with such murders."

But was it? If Sadler, say, killed Frances, just an extra cut or two and that could deflect suspicion. It didn't, but not bad spur of the moment thinking.

Cheers.
LC

[GregBaron]

Why why why...

That's what I struggle with gentlemen, what possible motivation
could there be for murdering poor prostitutes?

And why copycat, it wasn't like the cops had any idea who the
ripper was. It was easy to get away with such murders...

It seems it's either sexual deviancy or spontaneous anger..

The I Spy stuff has yielded little...


Greg

[lynn cates]

Cadfael

Hello Phil. Thanks.

No, no. YOU don't kill them. You allow other/s to do that. Then you kill ONE and sort into the wrong pile.

Think of Brother Cadfael, "One Corpse too many."

Cheers.
LC

[Phil H]

Kill ten anonymous victims to hide the only one you really wanted to kill... That's a bit too "Agatha Christie" for me I'm afraid Lynn.

Phil

[lynn cates]

piles

Hello Phil. Thanks.

The point is to allow your "one off" to get sorted into a different pile.

Cheers.
LC

[Phil H]

Not obvious to me - sorry.

Phil