What shall I call my novel about George Chapman?

[Simon Webb]

Hi Ripperologists

I've finished a first draft of my novel about George Chapman as Jack the Ripper and have now started revising it. So far, I think it's pretty good.

The idea is that the priest who visited Chapman in Newgate and Wandsworth (where he was waiting to be hanged for the Borough Poisonings) later abandoned the priesthood and wrote up his experiences with Chapman in a kind of memoir.

The real RC priest who visited Chapman (born Severin Klosowski in Russian Poland) was a man called Howarden, about whom I've been able to find out very little. So I've invented a Polish priest called Aron Wozniak, who hears Chapman's confession that he is Jack the Ripper.

I'm pretty sure I should call the novel 'Severin', but I'm struggling to find a sub-title. Any suggestions? Here's some I've got already:

The Real Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper Unveiled

A Jack the Ripper Novel

A Novel of Jack the Ripper

A Tale of Jack the Ripper.

Obviously the novel is inspired by Sugden: I find his arguments in favour of Chapman as Jack very powerful. Does anyone know what proportion of Ripperologists agree with Sugden?


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[Nemo]

Hi Simon

Good luck with the book

How about more stressing him as the Whitechapel murderer?

Is he responsible for any of the torso murders or non canonical Ripper victims, possibly American victims also in your book?

[Jason]

How abhout this?

" Severin all ties with Jack "

[Cogidubnus]

OK everyone's thought it, and nobody's said it, so I'll be the sicko muggins:

"Severin their throats?"

Dave

[Scott Nelson]

Servio and Aron's Big Mosquito Adventure

[Stephen Thomas]

As it happens....

Obviously the novel is inspired by Sugden: I find his arguments in favour of Chapman as Jack very powerful.

Sugden does not argue that Chapman was Jack the Ripper.

[sleekviper]

"Severin.....By George I think I've got it!"

[Robert]

The Barber of Severille.

[RavenDarkendale]

Severin: A Tale of Jack the Ripper

This only because you had to "invent" a priest as your attempted research couldn't find much fact on the real one. I'm not a George Chapman as Ripper fan, but best of luck with the novel!

God Bless

Raven

[Phil Carter]

Chapman.. a chip off an old block

[Carol]

Severin - A Whitechapel Murder Story

Carol

P.S. Good luck with your book!

[Simon Webb]

I've made him responsible only for the murders of Tabram through to Mary Kelly - I'm leaving 'Old Shakespeare' mysterious. I definitely want to put 'Jack the Ripper' in the title - not sure about 'Whitechapel' as well.

SW

[Simon Webb]

Excellent!

[Simon Webb]

Nice one!

[Simon Webb]

No, don't get it...