Robert J. Lees Biography, Photos, Ripper Story, etc

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Hello everyone. I recently came across a variety of interesting websites, articles and photographs about Robert James Lees, the Spiritualist who is purported to have had a psychic encounter with Jack the Ripper. They don't seem to have been posted before so I decided to put them up.

The following website devoted to Lees is very extensive:

http://www.rjlees.co.uk/

It describes itself as "An objective investigation and assessment of the life and work of author, journalist, social reformer and spiritualist, Robert James Lees "

There's an index on the left which will take you to many interesting sub-topics, including a biography of Lees penned by his daughter, the tale of Jack the Ripper being spotted by Lees on an omnibus, Lees and Spiritualism, even Lees and 'Spirit Photography'.

The attached 'Spirit Photo' of Robert James Lees was taken by Robert Boursnell in 1896.

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Archaic

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Photos of Robert James Lees

The following photos are:

Lees in 1929

Lees and Family, 1896

Lees and His Wife Sarah, 1912

Funeral of Robert James Lees, 1931

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Archaic

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Photos of Robert James Lees, 1891 Census Record, Birthplace

Lees in 1912

Lees with His Dog in 1899, Photo Inscribed "The Mahatma and His Ogre"

Lees in 1891 Census

Lees Birthplace In Hinckley

Lees Plaque On Birthplace


> Link to an excellent Dissertation on Lees written by Jennifer Pegg titled 'Robert James Lees and Visions From Hell': http://www.casebook.org/dissertation...eroo-lees.html

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Archaic

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Link To Lees Thread

Here's a link to another Robert James Lees thread that Writerboy started recently on the question of "How is Lees Regarded Now By Ripperologists?"

Lees thread: http://forum.casebook.org/showthread.php?t=4455

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Archaic