"Expedition Files" JtR was Hyams??

[Pcdunn]

"Expedition Files" is a new Discovery Channel show from my favorite explorer, Josh Gates.
It usually does short segments on three mysteries.

On the episode "Monsters Unmasked", there's a story about Jack the Ripper possibly being identified as Hyam Hyams.

Researcher Sarah Bax Horton is the great-great-grand-daughter of a Victorian policeman, Harry Garrett. Apparently she had access to his reports which provide details I've never heard before, such as a description of a suspect with a stiff arm and leg. She also researched Colney Head Asylum and found reports on Hyams.

This is all new information to me. What does the Ripperologist community think??.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34237752/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

[Lewis C]

"Expedition Files" is a new Discovery Channel show from my favorite explorer, Josh Gates.
It usually does short segments on three mysteries.

On the episode "Monsters Unmasked", there's a story about Jack the Ripper possibly being identified as Hyam Hyams.

Researcher Sarah Bax Horton is the great-great-grand-daughter of a Victorian policeman, Harry Garrett. Apparently she had access to his reports which provide details I've never heard before, such as a description of a suspect with a stiff arm and leg. She also researched Colney Head Asylum and found reports on Hyams.

This is all new information to me. What does the Ripperologist community think??.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34237752/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Hi PAt,

I think Hyams is a viable suspect, but not one of the very best suspects. I first herd about Horton's book about a year ago I guess, but haven't read it. I'll watch the video - thanks for the link. I'm especially curious about the witness description of a suspect with a stiff arm and leg, because I don't know of any witness that said that. Schwartz said that BS man walked like he may have been drinking, so it is possible that he was seeing someone that always walked in that manner.