Who do you think could solve the Ripper case?

[Sam Flynn]

Love the idea of Columbo speaking Magyar.

"I'd just like to say sumth'n... annyira azé nem kéne elszállni a múlttól, mer az önmagába semmit nem ér, inkább teperni kéne h a jövőben képesek legyünk vmi nagyra".

[Robert]

I can just see George Dixon catching Jack in the act and exclaiming "allo, allo, allo, what's going on here then?"

Columbo would be good as a victim. Jack disembowels Eddowes and goes home. Five minutes later Eddowes taps on his door and says "There's just one thing that bothers me."

Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple wouldn't solve the case but would put an end to the attacks. Inevitably she'd dress herself as a streetwalker and offer herself as bait. This would put the fear of God into Jack and force him to take up stamp collecting instead.

[kensei]

Lilly Rush- after all, it would be the ultimate "Cold Case," with "Only a Violet I Plucked from Mother's Grave" playing in the slow motion final scene.

Or if superheroes count, it's BATMAN all the way!
(Or V from "V for Vendetta," though he wouldn't so much "solve" the case to where anyone would get to hear about it, he'd just encounter Jack while stalking the same alleyways and put an end to him while reciting some appropriate Shakespeare.)

[Mort Belfry]

Poirot - before he was private.

[celee]

Poirot - before he was private.

Hi,

I think that MI6 would get involved and the man the British would most likely send on a mission of this importance would be their agent James Bond.

We could only hope that Monk would be on vacation in London to lend a hand.

Your friend, Brad

[Robert]

The Victorians had their own Bond.

"The name's Bond, Thomas Bond. Licensed to kill (I'm a doctor)."

[ianincleveland]

Columbo for me,hed know whod done it within a few hours and then hound JTR while he worked out how he escaped etc.

[celee]

Columbo for me,hed know whod done it within a few hours and then hound JTR while he worked out how he escaped etc.

LOL, Ofcourse Columbo would be on to the Killer straight off. He would follow Jack around "Just one more question Sir" that would be funny.

Your friend, Brad

[caz]

It's got to be Inspector Monkfish:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/fastshow/characters/monkfish.shtml

He'd have stopped Jack before he could start by getting every potential victim to put her knickers on and make him a nice cuppa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnNrwmk2RIk

Love,

Caz
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[Mike Covell]

Del Boy and Rodney, dressed as Batman and Robin!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYq-Ljwov_s

[ianincleveland]

How about Roscoe from Dukes of Hazzard ???

Hed most likely blame the Dukes and let JTR off

[Robert]

The trouble is, Colombo's too good. He'd have caught Jack straight after Nichols. You'll notice that nearly all the TV tecs have to let several people die before the answer hits them - normally as a result of something their wives say to them while they're eating dinner. Colombo's an exception.

[ianincleveland]

As a big fan of Columbo,the format of knowing who the killer is but watching Columbo work out how he did it fascinates me,Columbo has one main advantage that he wouldnt have dealing with JTR in that in every Columbo case the victim and killer were at least known to each other in some capacity.

To the best of our knowledge JTR murdered strangers.

But i certainly think Columbos methods would have unnerved JTR as Columbos reputation went around the East End

[c.d.]

I'm trying to think of someone but I can't seem to get past that whole Scully in a corset image. Of course knowing the X Files it would probably be Mulder.

c.d.

[Robert]

Ellery Queen would have solved it, but Simon Brimmer would have got the wrong man with great elegance and style.