Generational Ripperologists

[corey123]

Hello Justin,

I agree. I have figured that age is no boundery to anything(at least most things) and that it should not deter anybody from pursing their interests.

Just to let you know your not alone, funny, what grabbed my attention of this website was the huge "Jack the Ripper" dear boss signiture. I thought it looked neat.

[corey123]

Hello Stewart,

I agree. However, I was still woundering if there were any Ripperologists near my age, because I, at that time, hadn't met anyone out of this forum that shared my interest. I still have yet to meet one but I have realized there are many "younger" posters.

Funny thing is I have met even less on here who share what you call my "Niche" or special interest in the case.

Thanks for replying.

Yours truly

[Stewart P Evans]

Not Sure

I'm not sure that 'Ripperology' should be, or is, anything to do with generation or age.

When I first became interested it was as a young teenager interested in all things Sherlock Holmes and Victorian mystery and I enjoyed reading about it. The mystery intrigued me and as I result I began collecting books on the subject. Then it was not the 'social hobby' that it has become today with all the interaction with like-minded enthusiasts and easy research on the Internet.

So, although it is much changed in certain respects I do not think that at a basic level it is really that different - apart from the fact that much more accurate, and also peripheral, information is now available. Everyone should seek their own niche and level of interest.

[Jdombrowski89]

Hello Casebook,

I have been thinking about this alot. Am I the only member of the youngest generation of Ripperologists? I have never truly given my age on here, but I am young. Very young, yet I am perceieved just a well as anyone else on here. I even have a essay to be published in December(hopefully) and I have yet to hit the age of 20.

Yes, I am under the age of twenty. Do not bias me by my age. Knowledge has no bounderies and age is defently not one of them. If someone is inquisitive about something, if they put their mind to it, nothing can get in the way of their pursuit of knowledge. I like to hold that philosophy in the highest rank next to others. Again, do not take me less seriously than you would say Tom Wescott or Neil Sheldon, I am just as capable of accomplishing anything a older ripperologist can.

I joined this community in 2009 and I have to say it was one the greatest decisions I have ever made. Next to finding my passion(criminology, ripperology, psychology) I also gained imminse wisdom and friendship from those around me. I want to tahnk all those who have helped me with this. I remember my first post here(against my better judgment at which I wish I could forget it ) and it was horrible. I can't even stand to try and count how many bad responses I obtained from it. However, unlike some, I have worked hard at perfecting my posting style, at learning all that I could learn, and trying to fit in with such a high intellegent crowd.

Anyhow, is there any serious Ripperologist(other than myself) that is in the same predicament as me? Belonging to the new generation of Ripperologists? I believe this history and this community is worth keeping alive.

Again, please don't think any different of me becuase of my age(which I still shall not reveal ) because age is no boundary to knowledge. This I know.

Thank you.

Corey Browning

I agree with others around here as well when there is said that there is just something about Old Jack. That much is true. I started looking into The Ripper around 2001 When I bought the book "The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Companion" because I thought it had a cool cover. To me at the time, The Ripper was exactly the myth that everyone made him to be. A man in a top hat, Gladstone bag, deeply shrouded in the London Fog of 1888. I was surprised and blown away at the mistorted facts which actually drew me closer to the mystery itself. I'm 21 now and haven't let up yet.

It's great to see younger posters who are being drawn into the case, so I doubt you'll ever be biased by most because of your age. Because most of us have come from the same deck, being drawn in at an early age.

Best wishes,
Justin

[corey123]

That comment was intended as a joke but now that you mention it.....

[belinda]

New Romantic Ruffles and Lace very Victorian

[Errata]

I am now totally getting a pipe.

[Phil Carter]

Hello Robert,

Heavy Funk Ripperology..

Funkendetumbelty vs The Anderson Syndrome

(by Parliament, of course)



best wishes

Phil

[Robert]

Let's not worry too much about labels, or we'll be getting New Wave Ripperology (punk Ripperology) ; New Romantic Ripperology (lots of make-up) ; easy listening Ripperology (pipe and slippers) ; and god knows what else.

[Monty]

Hello Monty,

So I guess I am the new school?

For now Corey.

Though Im not sure if being part of the 'new school' is a positive or negative.

Monty

[Phil Carter]

Hello Corey,

You know, new school is mixed with old here. I myself am a full pack of cards. There are those who have been around many a year in all genre, yet some do not post at all on Casebook, nor any other site. Some dislike the discussion aspect, some shy away from the theorising, and some, a few, are just interested enough to follow the avenues of research.

I read these boards for well over 18 months before I joined, (and still miss seeing things, as the input is overwhelming)... But have been involved, in a written sense, for about 15 years. Before that, the interest started at the tender age of 10 or 11.

There is one thing I do know. The earliest contacts I made within Ripperology are, were and have been, unfailingly kind and generous. It would be wrong for me to name them, but a recent example of this shows what this community's individuals are all about is how that generosity extends itself out into other interests within one's life. I have had, very recently, most thankfully, a most pleasant experience or two totally unconnected to JTR. (Not THAT you lot... )

Young fart or old fart, it matters not in my view. Allowances for younger bursts of input are made, as are those for the oncoming of Alzheimers.

Now... where was I?.. Oh yes.. Chelsea Football Club.. wonderful batsmen..great bowlers... I remember the time.... Churchill?... great centre forward.. scored goals like .. Charlie Warren... fine fellow.. army you know.. same cricket team as.. what's his name... ummm.. oh blast.. confounded memory... oh yes Colney Hatch FC. Lovely grass there you know! Now where the devil is my pipe?... Monty!.. leave my ciggies alone!..(he breaks them up and pours the tobacco into the bowl in his piepe you know.. 20 a day man.. Sobrane cocktails.. likes the green ones best..)


best wishes, or whiskies, or vodkas

Phil

[corey123]

Theres not many of the Old School left now Tom,

ED, Graziano, Yahzoo, the Rabbi have disappeared and Mr Radka has sadly passed away. The greatest influence on me, from these boards, was the late great Adrian Phypers (Viper as we knew him). A thoroughly generous, intelligent and humourous contributer with no hang ups what so ever.

A lovely guy and still greatly missed by me.

Monty

Hello Monty,

So I guess I am the new school?

[Magpie]

Theres not many of the Old School left now Tom,

ED, Graziano, Yahzoo, the Rabbi have disappeared and Mr Radka has sadly passed away. The greatest influence on me, from these boards, was the late great Adrian Phypers (Viper as we knew him). A thoroughly generous, intelligent and humourous contributer with no hang ups what so ever.

A lovely guy and still greatly missed by me.

Monty

I agree Monty. I can still remember the shock when I returned to the casebook after a long absence and discovered Adrian had died. I still miss him and all his kindness and generosity.

I remember my early days here, when the address was still sprydernet, oy vey!

[belinda]

Another much missed is Diddles (Jules Rosenthal) who has also sadly passed.

[Monty]

Theres not many of the Old School left now Tom,

ED, Graziano, Yahzoo, the Rabbi have disappeared and Mr Radka has sadly passed away. The greatest influence on me, from these boards, was the late great Adrian Phypers (Viper as we knew him). A thoroughly generous, intelligent and humourous contributer with no hang ups what so ever.

A lovely guy and still greatly missed by me.

Monty