Survey/Intro

[FrankO]

born in Germany, lived in SW London (-ish) for 30 years, currently residing in North Holland.

Little side-track, but...

Where are you at in my old home province, Svensson?

[Herlock Sholmes]

1. I live in (Western) Germany, born and grown up in Eastern Germany (near the Polish border)
2. Think Iīve watched some TV reports as a child/youth, it is possible that I also have read an article in a (East German) magazine during that period
3. Das Tagebuch von Jack the Ripper (James Maybrick)
4. 7 victims
5. "Kosminski", Cohen and Levy
6. The Seaside Home- identification, when did it take place?
7. The PC near Mitre Square
8. I am always open-minded. Today I am not convinced that Schwartz (nor Lawende) was the Seaside Home- witness
9. Misplaced ambition I donīt like
10. Who knows...
11. All the books that I have read
12. Steven Blomer. No one knows how old he is. He knows too much.

Karsten

Thanks Karsten. I’ve met Steve…..a very suspicious character.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Yeah, Barn is here and I think we have Fantomas too.

So, as far as I'm aware the Glasgow contingent stands at four.

One more and we could start a five a side team!

Apparently a polo team has 4 players. Do they have horses in Scotland?

[Ms Diddles]

Apparently a polo team has 4 players. Do they have horses in Scotland?

Well yeah, but we could embrace the cultural stereotype and play on hieland coos instead!

[Herlock Sholmes]

Well yeah, but we could embrace the cultural stereotype and play on hieland coos instead!

[Svensson]

Little side-track, but...

Where are you at in my old home province, Svensson?

Stuttgart. Even though I have not lived there since 1991, I am a proud Maultaschen-fresser to this day.

[S.Brett]

...a very suspicious character.

Indeed, Michael...

[FrankO]

Stuttgart. Even though I have not lived there since 1991, I am a proud Maultaschen-fresser to this day.

Thanks, Svensson. I didn't know there was a North Holland in Germany too. I'm from North Holland in The Netherlands. Oh well, it's never too late to learn something new...

[Al Bundy's Eyes]

I ain't telling you nuthin' and you can't make me!

[Lewis C]

I don’t know if anyone will respond but I thought I’d give it a go. Twelve questions.

1. Location (country will do but if you want, you could add your country of birth too if you want to)
   United States (Indiana)
2. How did you first discover the case?
   My 1st exposure was when I was about 11, a chapter about JtR in a kids book, I think called Strange But True. The chapter gave Prince Albert Victor as a possible suspect, without mentioning any others, but also without saying that it was definitely him. Next was an episode from the original Star Trek series in which JtR was a non-humanoid life form that came aboard The Enterprise in the body of a human. When I was in high school, The Book of Lists came out, with lists of possible victims and possible suspects.
3. What was the first book(s) that you read on the case?
   The above-mentioned Strange But True, but that was just a chapter. I generally don't read books from cover to cover; I read parts of books that interest me at the moment.
4. If you had to pick a number what would be your choice as the likeliest number of victims?
   7 or 8. The C5 plus Tabram plus 1 or 2 wildcards.
5. Of the named suspects which, if any, do you think are the likeliest?
   Here's my current top 9: 1. Bury, 2. Chapman, 3. Levy, 4. Hutchinson, 5. LeGrande, 6. Cohen, 7. Kelly, 8. Kosminski, 9. Deeming. I'm constantly adjusting this list though. There are about 12 others that I think are longshots but definitely possible. And yes, Druitt is one of those.
6. This has been asked on another thread but….if you could be given the answer to one particular aspect of the case (not who did it) what would you choose?
   I'll go with my later question from that thread: Which of the witnesses that we think might have seen JtR just before a murder actually did see him?
7. If you had the opportunity to question one of the witnesses in the case who would you choose?
   That's a toughie, but I guess Schwartz. I'll likely have a different answer to this a month from now.
8. Is there any important aspect of the case that you’ve changed your mind about of the years?
   I sometimes will lean slightly one way on an issue and later lean slightly the other way. I now lean slightly toward McKenzie not being a JtR victim and the later TOD for Chapman, but I used to lean the other way on both.
9. Do you have any pet hates about the case or how we look at it?
   In a discussion of any issue, I don't like extreme bias or intellectual dishonesty. Slight bias is almost inevitable, so I can live with that.
10. How likely/unlikely do you think it is that the case will ever be solved?
    Unlikely, but not impossible.
11. What books would you recommend to someone new to the case?
    I actually did this recently. Someone I know was interested in reading a book about the case, so I recommended Jack the Ripper The Facts by Paul Begg. I figured it should be a general survey of the case, and Begg's book is probably the most recent first rate general survey.
12. Is there anyone in the case that you feel might be worth closer investigation as a possible suspect?
    Maybe the person most worthy of a closer investigation is someone that I wouldn't have thought of, maybe even never heard of. I don't know enough about the available unexplored source material to know what suspects have the greatest potential for us to be able to learn more about them.

Hi Herlock,

See responses above.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Hi Herlock,

See responses above.

Thanks Lewis.

[etenguy]

Hi Herlock

Nice survey.

[*]Location (country will do but if you want, you could add your country of birth too if you want to)

Originally from Essex but now in the east end of London - not Whitechapel, but not far.

[*]How did you first discover the case?

I'm not sure - certainly TV but also just general knowledge.

[*]What was the first book(s) that you read on the case?

Can't remember which was the first I read, but the one which I have flicked through most often is the A-Z

[*]If you had to pick a number what would be your choice as the likeliest number of victims?

I add Millward and Tabram to the canonical 5 to make a minimum of 7.

[*]Of the named suspects which, if any, do you think are the likeliest?

I am not convinced the murderer is amongst the named suspects, but there are a few who are a little more likely than others, and I would include Kosminsky, Bury, Lechmere and Levy as a little ahead of the field.

[*]This has been asked on another thread but….if you could be given the answer to one particular aspect of the case (not who did it) what would you choose?

Who was killed in Miller's Court.

[*]If you had the opportunity to question one of the witnesses in the case who would you choose?

There are a few but if I had to pick just one - Caroline Maxwell (followed closely by Maurice Lewis). Though if he were included in the witness category I would dearly like a conversation with Inspector Abberline.

[*]Is there any important aspect of the case that you’ve changed your mind about of the years?

The victims, I had for a long time accepted the C5 as the full set of victims, but now more inclined to add to the list.

[*]Do you have any pet hates about the case or how we look at it?

I hate that the records about this case were not better maintained.

[*]How likely/unlikely do you think it is that the case will ever be solved?

Some police officials say it was solved, but I think it unlikely it will be compellingly solved now.

[*]What books would you recommend to someone new to the case?

For someone new to the case, the complete history of Jack the Ripper - or any of the good objective non-suspect books by authors others here have mentioned - but once they had their feet under the table The Bank Holiday Murders by Tom Westcott

[*]Is there anyone in the case that you feel might be worth closer investigation as a possible suspect?[/LIST]

Is there a butler associated with the case - if not, I don't have a name to add.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Cheers Eten.

[Enigma]

I don’t know if anyone will respond but I thought I’d give it a go. Twelve questions.

1. Location (country will do but if you want, you could add your country of birth too if you want to)
2. How did you first discover the case?
3. What was the first book(s) that you read on the case?
4. If you had to pick a number what would be your choice as the likeliest number of victims?
5. Of the named suspects which, if any, do you think are the likeliest?
6. This has been asked on another thread but….if you could be given the answer to one particular aspect of the case (not who did it) what would you choose?
7. If you had the opportunity to question one of the witnesses in the case who would you choose?
8. Is there any important aspect of the case that you’ve changed your mind about of the years?
9. Do you have any pet hates about the case or how we look at it?
10. How likely/unlikely do you think it is that the case will ever be solved?
11. What books would you recommend to someone new to the case?
12. Is there anyone in the case that you feel might be worth closer investigation as a possible suspect?

1. Aussie, born and bred in Victoria.
2. Dunno, I somehow became aware of it at a young age.
3. Not too sure, if not a book disremembered from long ago, maybe Stephen Knight's farrago.
4. Six including Martha Tabram.
5. Take your pick, I'm doubtful about all the named suspects.
6. Was the kidney sent to Lusk really from a victim?
7. Hutchy. His description seems too good to be true and detailed under the circumstances he claimed he witnessed the suspect with MJK.
8. No.
9. The personal attacks sometimes directed at other members of this forum when opinions differ.
10. Highly unlikely.
11. A - Z
12. No, since in my opinion, the perpetrator is unknown and has never been under suspicion.
    
    Regards Gazza

[Herlock Sholmes]

Thanks Gazza.