Paul Begg: Revisited

[jmenges]

I want to complement all involved in the Rippercast podcasts, especially the recent Paul Begg episodes. A second listening was required for each, just to catch the names and books referenced by Mr. Begg and others during the episodes. (I find that taking notes while driving borders on ill-advised.) Another thing about these podcasts in particular, but the majority of Rippercasts is the collegiality that is shared among the participants, which make the 'casts all the more enjoyable.

Thanks, All!

Thank you for the great review RManny.

All the best,

JM

[RManny]

I want to complement all involved in the Rippercast podcasts, especially the recent Paul Begg episodes. A second listening was required for each, just to catch the names and books referenced by Mr. Begg and others during the episodes. (I find that taking notes while driving borders on ill-advised.) Another thing about these podcasts in particular, but the majority of Rippercasts is the collegiality that is shared among the participants, which make the 'casts all the more enjoyable.

Thanks, All!

[Losmandris]

Yes, I agree. I sometimes think I was hugely fortunate to have become involved in the 'Ripperverse' - to add another horrible word to our vocabulary - when I did. There was so much we didn't know, so much scope to make discoveries, and a lots of exciting things like the digitising of newspapers and genealogical databases we could search from home and that promised more discoveries. People like Debs and Chris Scott, websites like this and JTRForums, the creation of magazines like Ripperana, clubs like the Whitechapel Society, and conferences. And, of course, Rippercast. All the stuff we take for granted now. And the people I was lucky enough to have met who are no longer with us: Tom Cullen, Dan Farson, Colin Wilson, Paul Feldman, Martin Fido...

So very true! Thanks for all have done and continue to do. It is most appriciated.

[PaulB]

Really enjoyed both episodes! Thanks all. It has encouraged me to re listento some of the old episodes. Brilliant stuff. It's a real shame Chris Scott is no longer with us, he is such a character.

Yes, I agree. I sometimes think I was hugely fortunate to have become involved in the 'Ripperverse' - to add another horrible word to our vocabulary - when I did. There was so much we didn't know, so much scope to make discoveries, and a lots of exciting things like the digitising of newspapers and genealogical databases we could search from home and that promised more discoveries. People like Debs and Chris Scott, websites like this and JTRForums, the creation of magazines like Ripperana, clubs like the Whitechapel Society, and conferences. And, of course, Rippercast. All the stuff we take for granted now. And the people I was lucky enough to have met who are no longer with us: Tom Cullen, Dan Farson, Colin Wilson, Paul Feldman, Martin Fido...

[Losmandris]

Really enjoyed both episodes! Thanks all. It has encouraged me to re listento some of the old episodes. Brilliant stuff. It's a real shame Chris Scott is no longer with us, he is such a character.

[Ozzy]

No reason.

Most all of the episodes you hear are converted from lossless aiff to mp3 and at some point I changed the settings from 128kbps (64kbps mono) to 320kbps (160kbps mono) between converting the two episodes - probably doing something else- and I forgot and didn't notice.

JM

Thanks Jonathan.
I want to add, it wasn't a complaint so I hope you didn't take it as such.

[Ms Diddles]

I live in hope of a charity shop find.

It sounds like it was a very small print run, so that would be like finding a needle in a haystack.

Still, you never know (and mooching round charity shops is always good fun anyway!)

[Herlock Sholmes]

Yeah, from what I was seeing online, it looked a bit out of my price range, even if a copy could be sourced.

Oh well, back to the drawing board....

I live in hope of a charity shop find.

[Ms Diddles]

And I think that if you eventually find one Ms D you’ll be looking at big money.

Yeah, from what I was seeing online, it looked a bit out of my price range, even if a copy could be sourced.

Oh well, back to the drawing board....

[Herlock Sholmes]

I've spent a bit of time looking to track down a copy, but it appears there's nothing doing at the moment.

And I think that if you eventually find one Ms D you’ll be looking at big money.

[Ms Diddles]

I’ll keep an eye on the Mango Books site for that one.

I've spent a bit of time looking to track down a copy, but it appears there's nothing doing at the moment.

[Herlock Sholmes]

I was too busy with my crayons to review it. Funny thing, I'm sure I have it here somewhere. Not crayoned in, I hasten to add. Robert's book is very expensive, but I seem to recall that Adam Wood had planned to re-publish it. I don't know if that fell through though.

I’ll keep an eye on the Mango Books site for that one.

[PaulB]

Paul,

Could Rumbelow's knife be Coram's knife?

I think it seems to be accepted that it is most probably one of the Phoenix Park knives. If it isn't, maybe it could be Coram's, though I have a feeling it doesn't fit that knife's description.

[PaulB]

I’m still annoyed with myself for not getting the McLaughlin book when it came out. I’m pretty sure that it costs a fortune these days when available. I just looked on the price check site that I use and there isn’t one on sale at the moment. I was surprised at how many newish ripper books there are for sale that I’ve never heard of though. I resisted the temptation to buy James Munro Hunts The Ghost Of Jack The Ripper or Absinthe Jack. Or even a JTR colouring book which I don’t recall Paul reviewing.

I was too busy with my crayons to review it. Funny thing, I'm sure I have it here somewhere. Not crayoned in, I hasten to add. Robert's book is very expensive, but I seem to recall that Adam Wood had planned to re-publish it. I don't know if that fell through though.

[jmenges]

Thanks Paul and Jonathan.
Any reason for the difference in the 2 mp3 bitrates? Part 1 is 64kbps. Part 2 is 160kbps. I downloaded both the same way. In Firefox right-click the "clicking here" links and using "Save Link As...".

No reason.

Most all of the episodes you hear are converted from lossless aiff to mp3 and at some point I changed the settings from 128kbps (64kbps mono) to 320kbps (160kbps mono) between converting the two episodes - probably doing something else- and I forgot and didn't notice.

JM