39 stabs - a frenzy?

[Fisherman]

No, David, I would not; "revolvrar" is the plural form! "Revolver" in Swedish reads - revolver!

But you seem to be getting a grip - "David Uppskäraren" goes to prove it!

The best!
Fisherman

[DVV]

I myself am currently learning Swedish with Glenn's book.
"Revolver" is "revolvrar".
Would you believe it?

Amitiés,
David Uppskäraren

[Fisherman]

David!

I´m currently trying to help my fourteen-year old boy with his school French, so I will stay as long away from any discussion on shortcomings language-wise as I possibly can...

The best!
Fisherman

[DVV]

How could I write "frenziness"?
What an ugly peak of broken English...!
I go now for your "premeditated frenzy".
Nice words.
Sorry again for frenziness... would be: frénésanceté in French...almost science fiction.

Amitiés,
D

[Fisherman]

David asks:

"Jack wasn't completely cool, was he?"

Not if you ask me, he wasn´t. "My" Jack shivered with anticipation as he brought his knife out.

Anyways, although this article and case is truly interesting and a warning to those who need to see a frenzy in the Tabram deed, I do not think it represents some sort of parallel to Tabrams fate. As I have already hinted at in a few posts, I think that what really happened to her can find a very neat explanation, firmly placing her in Jack´s tally.

The how´s and why´s are disclosed in the upcoming number of Ripperologist, and I think that there are two distinctive advantages in not telling the story as yet:
1. Since the staff at Ripperologist have been most gracious to me, I think they should fire the starting gun, and
2. As long as it all is unpublished, I can enjoy my fifteen minutes of fame as a truly ingenuous detective . Once them fifteen minutes are over, though, I realize what destiny awaits me

The best, David!
Fisherman

[DVV]

Hi Fish,
Very interesting. I've always thought that the alleged "frenziness" of MT' s murderer, even if true, wasn't a decisive point (as it has been used "against" Tabram). Why should it be so relevant?
Frenziness or not, that is not the "key" of this murder, which I don't see as a complete and "frenzied" improvisation.
Jack wasn't completely cool, was he?

Amitiés,
David

[Fisherman]

Hi all!

Todays evening papers here in Sweden top their stories with an article headlined:

"Killed by 39 stabs"

... and that would attract the attention of most Ripperologists, I should say. 39 stabs - that was exactly what was dealt to Tabram in George Yard buildings more than 120 years ago, and the sheer amount of wounds has always led researchers to theorize that the stabs must have been dealt in a frenzy.

The case from todays papers offers refreshing insights in that respect. It is all about a 22-year old girl who had set a date with a 25-year old man, in her place. He says that he cannot remember how the girl got the stabs, he only remembers that they were talking, had some beers, went into the sleeping room and "played" with a knife. Then he supposedly blacks out, and cannot remember anything until he steps out of his shower in his own apartment. End of story.

Sounds like a probable frenzy, does it not? Very archetypically Tabramish - up to the moment when the cops searches his apartment and finds his diary with a passage written four days before the murder: "Soon a murder - know who, when and how".

The police also found a photo of an earlier fiancée of the man, lying on the floor, chained to a radiator, naked and seemingly lifeless. Over her body ketchup had been poured to resemble blood. Apparently the man and his fiancée did this photo session in collaboration with each other, and the likeness of the scene to the one where the killed 22-year old was found is said to be striking.

A premeditated frenzy, perhaps? Or something quite, quite different?

All the best,
Fisherman