Rippercast- The Jack the Ripper Podcast

[Monty]

Debs,

Ive done nothing really. I find your work fascinating (as stated) and I always learn something new.

I was mailing Jake the other day and we both agreed that we find such topics, those that are connected to the case though not on the well worn track, an wonderful education that enhances our understanding of the period.

I feel you cannot tackle this case without understanding the life (and deaths) of the time. The tools to do the job.

Monty

[jmenges]

Episode #11

Hi all,

The next episode of Rippercast will feature special guest Martin Fido. Plus, joining us again this Sunday will be Paul Begg.

If you have any questions or comments you would like us to direct to these gentlemen please get them to me no later than Sunday, 12 noon CST-US, that's 6pm in the UK.

We thank Martin Fido (as well as Paul, of course) for being on this weekend's show and all look forward to the conversation.

JM

[Debra A]

Thanks Rob and Monty... for the support and for all the help you've both given me.

[Monty]

Rob,

Youre not wrong are you?

Utterly compelling.

Monty

[Rob Clack]

Fascinating talk by Debs, my knowledge of the Torso Murders has improved immensely. The description of an abortion made my eyes water, the things some women have to go through.

Rob

[Monty]

Oh yeah,

Cant wait for this one.

Monty

[jmenges]

Episode #10

Hi all,

Episode #10- He is not Dead but Liveth- The Thames Torso Murders, with special guest researcher and author Debra Arif, is online now.

http://www.rippernet.com/Rippercast/Podcast/Podcast.html

We wish to thank Debra Arif for being a guest on the show this week to discuss this overlooked, but important, case of unsolved crimes that occurred simultaneously with the Jack the Ripper scare.

Thanks also to Robert, Howard and Mike (as always).

We hope you listen and enjoy the show,

JM

[Yatish]

Hi Jonathan,

Yes, I couldn't subscribe directly from the Itunes store. Instead I had to go to the Rippernet.com site and initially subscribe that way for the first time. But after that, on a Monday morning I only have to go my list of podcasts in Itunes, right click your one, and then select "update podcast", and it downloads immediately from Itunes that way.

Thanks
Yatish

[jmenges]

Hi Yatish,

We're planning to have Stan back on a Sickert suspect show. How much of his theory he'll reveal is up to him since, yes, he has a book he's working on. It may in fact be finished. I believe that because of this there is plenty that Stan is holding back.

My off-the-cuff guess would have been Anderson, and I would have been wrong, I'm sure of it. Stan said on the show that I would not have guessed the high placed person, and since Anderson is already a part of the Royal Conspiracy lore, my guess would have been the obvious one I think.

We're excited to have Debra Arif on this weekend. So much so that I'm buying a new headset, which will make it #4. I think you'll find that over the next few months our topics will vary widely, which is what we wanted.

As you may know, Yatish, iTunes no longer updates its podcast page for us due to a broken RSS feed that will not be fixed for a few months. I'm glad you were able to figure out how to find us at our site and subscribe from there.

Thanks for your feedback

Jonathan

[Yatish]

Mike & Howard,

It's good to hear such a broad base of personalities and opinions on the show - it keeps a really nice balance. And even the "debate" last Sunday was a lot more civil than the way in which some threads here tend to escalate towards
Amazing what happens when there is a more "human" element towards a conversation

What also fascinated me was Stan's theory, particularly when he mentioned about who he thought the GSG was aimed at (3 people), and also the one specific person in "high" society who JK and WS had a specific hatred towards (I thought you were itching to guess, Jonathan!). Is he planning to reveal these names in an upcoming book, or are they widely known amongst these boards?

Thanks guys, and I'll have a drink tonight to the "unpaid proletarian dupe(s)"!

Yatish

[jmenges]

Episode #10- The Thames Torso Murders

Hi all,

The subject of Episode 10 of the Jack the Ripper podcast will be the discoveries of female torsos and body parts in London that are popularly referred to as the Thames Torso Murders. We're very pleased to have as our special guest for this episode, researcher Debra Arif.

If you have any questions or comments you would like addressed on this topic, please get them to us no later than Sunday, 20 April, by 2pm USEST, or 6pm in the UK.

Thanks for listening to the show as we get into the double-digits!

JM

[Howard Brown]

Dear Yatish:

Thanks for the nice remarks ! Glad to see you back on Casebook

We've done 9 episodes ( 9 unpaid episodes over here,Yatish...like working with Simon Legree with an abcessed tooth and erectile dysfunction ) in all...and I would think that they all are still downloadable. They sound very good on discs,too. Even though I am working with amateurs, don't they sound rather good?

This is good news you bring, since you "accidentally" found out about the program by typing in "ripper". When you type in " unpaid proletarian dupe", only my name appears.

I'm going to mention the program in an ad I have placed in the next MENSA bulletin ( Don't ask who I had to shtup in order to get in with those cats...) which will be seen by potentially 100,000 eggheads.

Media mogul Menges has Mike Covell wearing a sandwich board in Hull, while Robert Mclaughlin is out on the tiles with Jehovahs Witnesses ( strength in numbers or some such theory he has ) in Alberta,Canada going door to door proselytizing the Word of Whitechapel to the heathen civilian masses.

Thanks again for the nice remarks

How

[Mike Covell]

Hi Yatish,

As far as I know there is no counter to tell us how many shows have been downloaded, Jonathon Menges might know though.

The show was a good one, Stan Russo and Paul Begg are so passionate, Jonathon, Howard, Robert and I were just happy to listen to their debate!!

I am glad you enjoyed the show, we have some really good stuff lined up, I am very excited about the show coming up this sunday!!

[Yatish]

That was an incredibly enjoyable podcast, which one really didn't want to end to be honest! An interesting theory as well...

Do you by any chance know what the total number of downloads have been for the podcasts so far? I used to be on Casebook years ago, but not the message boards - just reading the dissertations more than anything, then sort of drifted away from the case in recent years. Only by chance when I was in the Itunes store a few weeks ago, I used the search engine in the podcast section, typed in "ripper", and came across this one. There could be quite a few "non forum" guys discovering the podcast through this way as well.

Anyway, already looking forward to the next one,
Yatish

[jmenges]

Episode #9 Online Now

Hi all,

Is The Solution At Hand? -A Talk With Stan Russo

is available to download at http://www.rippernet.com/Rippercast/...t/Podcast.html

With myself, Howard Brown, Mike Covell, Robert Mclaughlin and Paul Begg in a discussion with...you guessed it...special guest Stan Russo!

Hope you all enjoy this lively conversation,

JM