I've been a ripperologist since reading a rag sheet article when 12 years old. There was an instant morbid fascination that still lingers after 60 years. Love your channel and dispelling the myths.
It's almost a pity the name of the channel references "The Ripper" because it's actually a brilliant Victorian history channel that covers so much more than the murders and their perpetrator(s)? This was an excellent (as always) presentation. I have thoroughly enjoyed every episode I have watched.
It's because it started the other way around - first, Richard and his colleagues wanted to educate about Jack the Ripper, then they included other crimes and / or interesting facts about Victorian England 😊.
The police called the murderer the Whitechapel murderer. The only letter that I believe is legitimate is the from hell letters which never uses the phrase Jack the ripper that is a media created and public created name.
@@danielwebster5748 Yes the media called him Jack The Ripper. The Dear Boss letter I believe as many did was written by a journalist. The general public before that called him Leather Apron.
Isn't that refreshing on RUclips, it's creepy how many people want the creepiness rather than realising these were real women and this was a real murder that affected everyone of that time. I advocate for the truth to, which is horrendous enough on it's own 🙂✌️🦘🇦🇺🦘.
Agreed. This is the first time I've come across this channel and I am shortly going to look through it's previous output :) I too have an aversion to the sensationalist documentary presentation style, preferring unpadded, fact-driven narration that is calm and as relaxing as ASMR media attempts. A similar YT channel I love is "Well, I Never" for the same reasons.
I did a Jack the Ripper walking tour (not affiliated with this channel, I'm quite sure) in 2005 and during that tour nearly every myth stated in this video was given as fact. I've had the image of the top hat wearing, cart riding, aristocratic man stalking a group of friends in the streets of a foggy London etched in my mind for years, not by Hollywood, but by the very people who walk those streets daily. Great job setting the record straight. Love your channel!
If the Whitechapel Murderer had been trundling through the narrow streets in a coach and horses, he would have been very easy to spot, follow and identify!
There's even a so called medium who gives a tour and uploaded it on youtube that gave all these myths as facts. Making herself an obvious fraud. Whether there are mediums who get in touch with spirits or not is up for debate, but this one most obviously is telling lies..
To be fair, the killer would most likely used multiple different items of clothing so as to potentially throw off the police. Why it's true he didn't wear a top hat or cape during at least some of his killing, he may have worn this attire some time in his life. Just saying.
Superb! I knew the top hat and black bag would be dealt with, but the fog (and the contemporaneous weather forecasts) made me chuckle! Good job, Richard. 😉
I have always been kind of interested in Jack the Ripper and seen references to it various TV shows over the years, but really knew nothing about it. You have educated me on the crimes and the east end of London in the 1880's. In fact, have helped me make sense of the song West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys in the 1980's when they referenced East End Boys and West End Girls. You have given me so much information on the subject of Jack the Ripper I actually feel like I have a basic understanding of what happened. Also, as a fan of silent movies, I laughed when you showed the woman with an open door with the guy standing there all wrapped up with scarf and black bag in hand. I instantly knew that it was from 1927 since I have it in my collection. Thank you for all you work and research on this subject and other 1800's videos.
East end boys and West end girls alludes to rich girls liking a bit of rough, and poor lads liking well spoken, educated women out of their reach. Nothing to do with Jack the ripper mate. Bethnal green, east end boy speaking here.
When I was in London ( 2016 ) with My FamiLy trying to move there from Los Angeles. My Friend and I went to a pub on Old Bromptom road. And this distinguish Suit and Tie Man about in His 40 to 50 s told Us to go to a Pub called Molly's on Fuller. The next night We did , the Beers were over 10 pounds each , the Waitresses on rollerskates , a little dancefloor , very Sad and seedy though. So , I discovered what a M*lly \ means. ... We went outside , to get fresh air and this Dutch Technology Business owner struck up a conversation with Us , and then all of the sudden , a 40 something darkhair Man comes up and infiltrated the conversation ( about 5 minutes into it ) by intially saying He was from the East end , the armpit of London ". He made some wierd remark , like 666 code ' ?? They seemed as strangers too , after noticably kinda perturbed as We were conversing still , Me trying to Network for My Son also in Technology )))) and basically snatched the Person away , them both walking off. Um , I don't think necessary was into Westend Girls. We were staying Kennsington Chelsea , We got lost after the pub trying to walk back. Piccadilly square , the meat market " I found out about too . A book lately out about the 1950s and 666. Morrisseys Headmaster lyrics , description of the crude Environment there , and the harsh Education' System ... E ! Ehp Sra mfh H InKarmaeD! I was just listening to Petshop Be's ( I sometimes have to dovetail the lyrics to Good OnLy : ) 🤍🙏🩷
Stephen Knight was on the correct track but lacked real data so was shrugged off. Inspector Abberline told a reporter the solution lies at the TOP of society. Donald Swanson and Sir Robert Anderson both stated the culprit died in a lunatic asylum shortly after the murders. Only one suspect did. Sir William Gull. The best medium of 1888, Robert Lees, took detectives to Gulls house. A Google story a few weeks ago claimed an AI robot. given all available data on the case , claimed it was Sir William Gull. Gull did the cutting but not the initial killing. Several people are envolved. The final answer will be complex. But it does envolve the monarchy and Mary Kelly who has committed treason.
@@nbenefiel It's always a bit of a Red Flag when a book or documentary (or RUclips channel...) claims to have "Finally Proven" the identity of The Whitechapel Killer. Especially when, 5 minutes in, you realise that the words, "If" "Maybe" "Perhaps" and "assuming you ignore/believe..." are doing most of the heavy lifting in what amounts to at best an abstract theory, and at worst a fairy story..
amazing work like always :) I have a video suggestion which I think is quite good. The video suggestion is about the whole speculation about Frederick George Abberline walking stick of the head of Jack The Ripper and how Detective Abberline thought the face of Jack The Ripper was the same on the walking stick.
Jack the Ripper escaped in H.G. Wells’ Time Machine to the early 1980s where he was caught by Wells and sent into Infinity. There was a really good documentary on it years ago.
I did a book report my sophomore year in school (1975) on the Ripper. This led to my hobby in true crime. Now I’m retired and have more time to dedicate to this “hobby!!”
So, if there wasn't fog, does that mean that there also would have been no smog from the coal fires? It sounds like it was unseasonably cold which would have increased the number of people needing to keep warm 🤔 How much was the air quality of London affected by the fires? I know that the density of the population should signify, but I also know that there were much fewer factories than people think...I don't know if the shipping would have contributed...? It doesn't necessarily need to be foggy to have trouble seeing at night, does it? IDK, I'm from Florida, so I don't really understand a lot about pollution and weather and smoke and their effects on air quality.
Wow, #10 was news to me. Myths 1-9 I wholeheartedly agree with, and #10 makes a great deal of sense. Thanks for the new info (#10) and reasserting the info I already knew, 1-9. I think any neophyte JTR "investigator/fan" should view this video.
That film clip was from one of Hitchcock's early career, it was titled, "The Lodger; A Story Of The London Fog". Unsurprisingly, it was the first real successful film that the British film industry produced. (EXCELLENT movie, too!)
Also, "Spring Heeled Jack" kinda morphed with "Jack the Ripper." Spring Heeled Jack was kind of a boogie man/Loki creature who wore a top hat and cape.
Pleasantly rational. Thanks for dispelling the myths. Whoever the murderer was, I'll bet he wouldn't have imagined people would be intensely interested in his crimes and identity 135 years later.! Human beings hate mysteries to be unsolved, don't we?
Hiya Richard, this vlog is one of your best in the last few months, it covered everything I wanted to know, if the girls new each other, that sort of thing, I'm going to London next year and I'm definately doing a Jack The Ripper Tour, it'll be brilliant, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
the woman who owned the Batty Street Lodge who said she seen a 2:00 a.m. a man coming her lodging house with a black bag and her husband found the black bag in the room with cufflinks a knife covered in blood. In his room. Also said that he was an American never identified.
Jack The Ripper kind of reminds me of DB Cooper in the sense that both of them never gave themselves those names. DB Cooper gave his name as Dan Cooper. A reporter got his name wrong and called him DB Cooper and the name stuck.
Some are named by the media and some come up with their own names like BTK or The Zodiac. I agree with you that most don't come up with their own names though.@@normandavidtidiman9918
I've seen it reported that there were numerous gangs in the area; indeed, one of the early, non-canonical victims described being attacked by 2 or 3 men. Could it be that these killings were some sort of gang iniation ritual? Each committed by a new individual or small group, but under general instructions, explaining the common modus operandi? I also think, if it was one individual responsible for all, a constable may have been the perpetrator. That would easily explain how easily he evaded capture. Did constables receive much training in anatomy, first aid, etc? I do believe "Jack" must have had anatomical knowledge to locate and harvest trophies. A non-pregnant uterus is not large, and located deep in the pelvis. I'm an M.D. and I couldn't find one without really good lighting, especially in a matter of minutes. With today's tech, the kidney sent to Lusk would have had DNA analysis to see if it truly matched the victim.
The non canonical victim was named Emma Elizabeth Smith. She was attacked in the early hours of Tuesday the 3rd of April 1888. Subsequently Emma died on the 4th of April at 9 am in the London Hospital Whitechapel.
Might a butcher in a meat factory transfer his organ removal skills to a human. Brutally delicate work, Mitre Square, night of double event, that quick and all in darkness?
@@davekeating. Charles Allen Lechmere worked for Pickford's a slaughter house, he delivered meat. His mother also owned a cat's meat business that slaughtered horses.
Late to the party on this one, but I must note the significance of "some authors" using the Top Hat image on their books. Now Mr. Jones, what fine producer of historical videos, with decades of doing JTR tours in London and highly regarded expertise on the topic, would publish a book with such a trope on the cover? Blame it on the publisher! Nevertheless, another enjoyable contribution to the channel, sir!
That hour went by quickly. Admittedly, i knew the majority of those facts, but your narration was very entertaining nonetheless. When are we going to do our videos on Jack The Ripper films, Richard? I think I might send you an email to set a date.
as in star trek.when scottie is accused of murdering three women on a distant planet.when it turns out it was some sort of an alien being who thrived on sheer terror.and thus had lived through time,and had killed though out the centuries,including the Whitechapel murders.
Another almost certain myth about the killer is that he was left-handed. This is based on the remarks of one of the physicians who examined one of the bodies and expressed the opinion that the direction of the wounds suggested that they were the work of someone who may have been a sinistral.
I live around the corner, have done my whole life Ten Bells is still there but a joke of a tourist pub, if you want a good old London boozer try the pride of spitalfield just off Brick lane. It's in the middle of all the killings.
we dont know if the white chapel murderer was caught. We only know he / she / they weren't caught for the series of murders that's famous. Its possible they may have been caught elsewhere for different crime's
Charles Allen Lechmere has been my top suspect since I watched the 1988 100 year special on uk television. Actually I knew him as Cross back then, but after reading the statements of Robert Paul and him, I was sold 😊
Was there not a myth that the two brass rings were found in the possession of Francis Tumblety? Also was he not suspected of being the batty street lodger?
Yes, supposedly he was buried with 2 cheap rings. And a woman running a doss house on Batty st (around the corner from where Liz Stride was killed) claimed that an American with a fair mustache who had rented a room with a bloody shirt during the night. Of course, no real evidence of this.
I was hoping to find out the truth on whether or not Jack the ripper was actually the lockness monster. I remember seeing it in a movie and it made alot of sense to me.
I've always agreed that JTR was a media sponsored serial killer. The news hit the London papers and they ran with it massively. I know that other papers did cover the case but in a much smaller way and without all the sensational artwork. The other murderers you mentioned as preceding JTR but having higher body counts were mostly from the 'provinces' and wouldn't have bothered the London press. Interesting side note and may also be a myth - Apparently the residents of Rugeley applied to the Home Office to have the town name changed after Palmers conviction due to the notoriety. The Home Secretary at the time shared the same surname so offered to rename the town Palmerston. Small wonder the residents declined. One for you to check out Richard if you are interested.
That is really interesting about the Rugeley name change suggestion, Sharron. I had not heard that, so will definitely check it out. Thanks for alerting me to it.
At 22:54 Jack the Ripper appears in what he most likely would have looked like & been wearing, a bowler hat. He appears as a larger than life figure looming over the streets he terrorised, disguised as a chimney of some sort! Or maybe it's a chimney disguised as JtR!
Still convinced there was no 'Jack' at all. I concede it is possible a couple of them were murdered by the same killer, but there were plenty of murders before and after. The whole thing was hysteria and a media hype circus. That is my take.
I'll state my reasoning why. Attacks on prostitues were pretty common, as arguably as today. Having some fun and taking a few coins was an easy nights entertainment for scumbags in a destitute area. Sticking with the canonical 5 - The first murder was very likely to be Lechmere and what details we know about him, he seemed level headed enough to keep his head down, ruling him out of the others imo. Cutting a throat and removing body parts are 2 different skill sets. Jumping to Mary Kelly, this absolutely screams out ( no pun intended ) as a copycat, by this time hysteria was at its height and just doesnt fit with the others. As for the doctors, forensic medicine was primitive at best, being able to state they were all killed by the same person was impossible. I'm going to say that it was mostly just copycats, they wanted to murder some destitutes. So join in when you have alibi's for the other killings and get away with it.
13:37 Jack The Ripper didn’t wear a top hat! Next you’ll be telling me he didn’t have a moustache and didn’t twist the ends of his moustache while waiting in the shadows while waiting for his next victim or after a kill!!!
Myth Nine rings true in some respects. Two rings forcibly removed. Something I didn’t know. This had to be the killer. Souvenirs? Ripper known for removing body parts, not personal belongings. But who removed victim’s rings from the murder scene? And why? Why not the doctor or police if they saw potential symbols of Freemasonry? The graffiti at another location was removed by order of police. Was killer(s) laying a false trail - this time pointing suspicion at Freemasonry, and not International Jewery, but the coppers weren’t having any of it?
Great research - though I think a mistake was made regarding the date on a newspaper. At around the 27 min mark, it shows the date on The Eastern Post being in October, not November.
These women were attacked from behind, slit open and had their intestines and organs scrambled. It was a demeaning death for them after a life of suffering and poverty.
I am a total beginner and wish to get an answer here. I always wanted to ask this question: If majority of the canonical 5, the most likely Jack the Ripper murder victims, did not die in Whitechapel (correct me if I am wrong but only Nichols and Stride were found murdered in Whitechapel but the other 3, Chapman, Eddowes and Kelly were not murdered in Whitechapel), why do we still consider Jack the Ripper murders happened in Whitechapel? 2 murders were also committed in Spitalfields (Chapman and Kelly), why don't we consider these murders happened in Spitalfields instead? Hope to get an insight here. Thanks
I live in a small town in the Midwest with a population of about 1,000. We don't know everyone in town. I remember talking to a neighbor who had grown up here commenting in how there were a great many people living here that she didn't know. We are nowhere near as populated as that area in Whitechapel.🇺🇸
It was obviously someone local - George Hutchinson for instance . Central. It's a long walk from Romford after a days work and walking back again and hanging around Dorset street in the rain 🤔
I would argue the saddest myth about the Whitechapel killings is that the victims were all prostitutes. It's touched on briefly here, but Hallie Rubenhold's 'The Five' does a very good job of stating the case that only Mary Jane Kelly was what we either now, or what the police at the time, call a prostitute. The other 4 of the Canonical 5 were just poor women who went through some terrible struggles, but would probably be massively offended that we now deem them prostitutes.
My opinion. Jack the ripper was a group of killers, everyone forgets about the woman who was attacked by the 3-5 people before the rest of this happened.
Jack the ripper was insane but also very intelligent. He would have known that a couple of men had gotten lynched by carrying a black bag he would be an imbecile to carry one. The reason I believe he is so smart is there was no way for him to get out of the alley but somehow he alluded the police after the first murder. I believe Charles linchmere who was seen leaning over the body and pulling the skirt down might have been Jack the ripper. If he was however he was even more intelligent than I give him credit for as he fooled the cops. The reason I think he might have been the man is every prostitute with the exception of Mary Kelly that was done indoors was done on a path that he would have been using and at the time he would have been using the path. Add to this the fact that there was no blood when Bob Paul came by about 5 minutes after lechmere and Bob Paul thought she might have been sleeping and suggests they prop her up. Lechmere who may have known she was dead said I am not touching her. So there was no blood a few minutes later when Bob Paul was really looking for a police officer in lechmere acted like he was another officer independently found the body. Although this was only a couple of minutes later he knew instantly that she was dead as there was blood all underneath her head. What this shows is before Bob Paul came on the scene she had only been dead for minutes maybe even seconds. By the time the police officer came three minutes later all the blood had leaked out suggesting that all the cuts were done after death. The cop even said I don't understand how Jack the ripper got away well I propose that he didn't get away that he was standing right there with the police. However I am not ignorant of the fact that a fellow Jew positively identified Aaron kosminski as the man seen talking to one of the murder victims moments before she was murdered. He said there was no doubt about it and he is absolutely certain that that was the man. When he found out the man was a fellow Jew he refused to testify against him. Add to that the DNA evidence that also identified cause Minsky and that makes him a very very strong suspect too like lechmere. And I will never believe Martha tabram was a victim of Jack the ripper first of all she lived for days after her attack if I'm not mistaken. Also her and her friend were in the presence of a couple of soldiers and they believe the weapon that killed Abram was actually a bayonet both soldiers possessed bayonets.
I wonder how much criminal profiling went on at the time, I imagine not much. It seems pretty obvious the torso murders were not by the same person, given how they just don't fit the clear pattern. It is more blurry on earlier victims though, as these sprees tend to start crude and escalate into very elaborate types of killings as they perfect their 'monstrous art'.
FWIW: There is an interesting 'take' on The Ripper in the episode _"Comes The Inquisitor"_ {Season/Series 2, Episode 21} of the science fiction TV show *BABYLON 5.*
Have you ever addressed the suggestions of Hallie Rubenhold that the targets of the Whitechapel Murderer were killed while sleeping rough? I found the idea very interesting.
My favourite myth is that there is no proof one person was responsible for all 5 five murders. Over 135 yrs of fascination, interest and curiosity about a serial killer that may never existed at all
As wayward as the myths and tropes were(are), there can't be anyone who was not dazzled and have their interest in the case, at least in part, because of them. They are a great play on the imagination. That's where the interest begins.
So I guess I’ll have scrap the short story I’m working on about a doctor called Jacques de Ripper who travels around by coach and horses through the thick London fog at night, dressed in a topper, ready to grab his Gladstone Bag as the driver comes upon another fallen woman! Ah well!
it would be apparent ,this ripper chap needed an umbrella,at some stage,during the night,and a decent overcoat.good to know what the weather was doing in 1888.
Anymore watch the docu recently with prof David Wilson & Emilia Fox using today's police procedure which the most likely person is Kosminski to be jack the ripper, pretty fasinating how they came to this conclusion but it did make sense to me how they came to this conclusion. Worth watching if your interested in the Ripper.
I have an AI app in which there are multiple drawing styles available.For sheets and giggles I put in "if Jack the Ripper was a vampire. Almost all had the top hat and a cape-like jacket. One was a cat for some reason.
The guy who lied to the police about his name and fixnt eant the other guy to move the body so I think its charles cross aka Alan lecmore or what his name is
I've been a ripperologist since reading a rag sheet article when 12 years old. There was an instant morbid fascination that still lingers after 60 years. Love your channel and dispelling the myths.
Same for many of us, I first grew interested in the white chapel murders after seeing reruns of the royal conspiracy episode of "In Search of."
It's almost a pity the name of the channel references "The Ripper" because it's actually a brilliant Victorian history channel that covers so much more than the murders and their perpetrator(s)? This was an excellent (as always) presentation. I have thoroughly enjoyed every episode I have watched.
It's because it started the other way around - first, Richard and his colleagues wanted to educate about Jack the Ripper, then they included other crimes and / or interesting facts about Victorian England 😊.
Me too!!
The police called the murderer the Whitechapel murderer. The only letter that I believe is legitimate is the from hell letters which never uses the phrase Jack the ripper that is a media created and public created name.
@@danielwebster5748 Yes the media called him Jack The Ripper. The Dear Boss letter I believe as many did was written by a journalist. The general public before that called him Leather Apron.
Fantastic video. No hyperbole. no sensationalism, just your listenable voice calmly spitting facts and exploding myths about JtR.
Isn't that refreshing on RUclips, it's creepy how many people want the creepiness rather than realising these were real women and this was a real murder that affected everyone of that time. I advocate for the truth to, which is horrendous enough on it's own 🙂✌️🦘🇦🇺🦘.
Does that mean ONE DAY in the far future YT might be, where we go to watch videos we want to watch? 🤣
Agreed. This is the first time I've come across this channel and I am shortly going to look through it's previous output :)
I too have an aversion to the sensationalist documentary presentation style, preferring unpadded, fact-driven narration that is calm and as relaxing as ASMR media attempts. A similar YT channel I love is "Well, I Never" for the same reasons.
If his name really was Jack The Ripper I'd expect that the police would have picked him up easily.
Easy to trace his mail. Had a friend named named David Hass. People thought "H" was his middle initial.
lol, with a name like that, who else could he be?
@thecritic8096whoosh
It was an alias. His real name was. jack T ripper. The cops like today couldn t connect the dots
at least we know his Christian name...you only need his surname...to complete the puzzle.
I did a Jack the Ripper walking tour (not affiliated with this channel, I'm quite sure) in 2005 and during that tour nearly every myth stated in this video was given as fact. I've had the image of the top hat wearing, cart riding, aristocratic man stalking a group of friends in the streets of a foggy London etched in my mind for years, not by Hollywood, but by the very people who walk those streets daily.
Great job setting the record straight. Love your channel!
If the Whitechapel Murderer had been trundling through the narrow streets in a coach and horses, he would have been very easy to spot, follow and identify!
There's even a so called medium who gives a tour and uploaded it on youtube that gave all these myths as facts. Making herself an obvious fraud. Whether there are mediums who get in touch with spirits or not is up for debate, but this one most obviously is telling lies..
Bloody well said
To be fair, the killer would most likely used multiple different items of clothing so as to potentially throw off the police. Why it's true he didn't wear a top hat or cape during at least some of his killing, he may have worn this attire some time in his life. Just saying.
@@thylacinegamer6314 If he was english he would have atleast owned a top hat, monicle and cape - thats a given
Superb! I knew the top hat and black bag would be dealt with, but the fog (and the contemporaneous weather forecasts) made me chuckle! Good job, Richard. 😉
First! Love this channel. The narrator is perfect for this subject!
Thank you Rich for another informaitve and pleasantly narrated video. Keep it up!
This was a fantastic and thorough documentary. This channel is one of the finest on RUclips and bests documentaries I have seen on proper cable.
10/10 as usual Richard, jusr love this channel 👍
Love this channel amazing job. 👍🏻
I love the self-shade you throw at yourself Richard, it was hilarious. As always youve put out an interesting video with many things to think about
Fascinating. You really do do a great job on this subject. Thanks.
I have always been kind of interested in Jack the Ripper and seen references to it various TV shows over the years, but really knew nothing about it. You have educated me on the crimes and the east end of London in the 1880's. In fact, have helped me make sense of the song West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys in the 1980's when they referenced East End Boys and West End Girls. You have given me so much information on the subject of Jack the Ripper I actually feel like I have a basic understanding of what happened. Also, as a fan of silent movies, I laughed when you showed the woman with an open door with the guy standing there all wrapped up with scarf and black bag in hand. I instantly knew that it was from 1927 since I have it in my collection. Thank you for all you work and research on this subject and other 1800's videos.
East end boys and West end girls alludes to rich girls liking a bit of rough, and poor lads liking well spoken, educated women out of their reach. Nothing to do with Jack the ripper mate.
Bethnal green, east end boy speaking here.
@@matthewmckever2312 I know, what's he going on about.
When I was in London ( 2016 ) with My FamiLy trying to move there from
Los Angeles. My Friend and I went to a pub on Old Bromptom road. And this distinguish Suit and Tie Man about in His 40 to 50 s told Us to go to a Pub called Molly's on Fuller. The next night We did , the Beers were over 10 pounds each , the Waitresses on rollerskates , a little dancefloor , very Sad and seedy though. So , I discovered what a M*lly \ means. ... We went outside , to get fresh air and this Dutch Technology Business owner struck up a conversation with Us , and then all of the sudden , a 40 something darkhair Man comes up and infiltrated the conversation ( about 5 minutes into it ) by intially saying He was from the East end , the armpit of London ". He made some wierd remark , like 666 code ' ?? They seemed as strangers too , after noticably kinda perturbed as We were conversing still , Me trying to Network for My Son also in Technology )))) and basically snatched the Person away , them both walking off. Um , I don't think necessary was into Westend Girls. We were staying Kennsington Chelsea , We got lost after the pub trying to walk back.
Piccadilly square , the meat market " I found out about too . A book lately out about the 1950s and 666. Morrisseys Headmaster lyrics , description of the crude Environment there , and the harsh Education' System ... E ! Ehp Sra mfh H InKarmaeD!
I was just listening to Petshop Be's ( I sometimes have to dovetail the lyrics to Good OnLy : ) 🤍🙏🩷
Stephen Knight criticising anybody else for their own 'invented details and baseless speculation as definite fact' is beyond ironic.
I initially put an image of a pot and kettle on that section of the video, but then took it off. I'm glad you spotted the irony of the quote!
The Final Solution turned out to be garbage. None of Knight’s claims could be substantiated. It sounded good at the time but none of it panned out.
Stephen Knight was on the correct track but lacked real data so was shrugged off. Inspector Abberline told a reporter the solution lies at the TOP of society. Donald Swanson and Sir Robert Anderson both stated the culprit died in a lunatic asylum shortly after the murders. Only one suspect did. Sir William Gull. The best medium of 1888, Robert Lees, took detectives to Gulls house. A Google story a few weeks ago claimed an AI robot. given all available data on the case , claimed it was Sir William Gull. Gull did the cutting but not the initial killing. Several people are envolved. The final answer will be complex. But it does envolve the monarchy and Mary Kelly who has committed treason.
@@nbenefiel It's always a bit of a Red Flag when a book or documentary (or RUclips channel...) claims to have "Finally Proven" the identity of The Whitechapel Killer. Especially when, 5 minutes in, you realise that the words, "If" "Maybe" "Perhaps" and "assuming you ignore/believe..." are doing most of the heavy lifting in what amounts to at best an abstract theory, and at worst a fairy story..
amazing work like always :) I have a video suggestion which I think is quite good. The video suggestion is about the whole speculation about Frederick George Abberline walking stick of the head of Jack The Ripper and how Detective Abberline thought the face of Jack The Ripper was the same on the walking stick.
Jack The Ripper-Bob The Builder-same middle name. Coincidence?
Very interesting indeed! Many thanks :)
Jack the Ripper escaped in H.G. Wells’ Time Machine to the early 1980s where he was caught by Wells and sent into Infinity. There was a really good documentary on it years ago.
Apparently he ran into Shergar and went for a trot but ended up in Wales before he knew it.
I did a book report my sophomore year in school (1975) on the Ripper. This led to my hobby in true crime. Now I’m retired and have more time to dedicate to this “hobby!!”
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
I love your videos Richard 👍🇮🇪
That's crazy! I had no idea there was that much dissent between ripper-ists about the victims. Thanks.
No top hat, not black bag, no fog?!?! Oh, Richard, you've gone and ruined it all!
My sincere apologies, Brandon. Wait till you see my video on Santa Claus!
Oh know, I do hope you're not a Santa skeptic!
Great video as ever 😂
Excellent video, as always. Thank you.
So, if there wasn't fog, does that mean that there also would have been no smog from the coal fires? It sounds like it was unseasonably cold which would have increased the number of people needing to keep warm 🤔 How much was the air quality of London affected by the fires? I know that the density of the population should signify, but I also know that there were much fewer factories than people think...I don't know if the shipping would have contributed...? It doesn't necessarily need to be foggy to have trouble seeing at night, does it? IDK, I'm from Florida, so I don't really understand a lot about pollution and weather and smoke and their effects on air quality.
Another excellent video
Excellent Richard 👍
Absolutely brilliant 👍
Wow, #10 was news to me. Myths 1-9 I wholeheartedly agree with, and #10 makes a great deal of sense. Thanks for the new info (#10) and reasserting the info I already knew, 1-9. I think any neophyte JTR "investigator/fan" should view this video.
That film clip was from one of Hitchcock's early career, it was titled, "The Lodger; A Story Of The London Fog". Unsurprisingly, it was the first real successful film that the British film industry produced. (EXCELLENT movie, too!)
That was quite interesting and very welcome
I'm fascinated, you're the best ! History will appreciate your position. Thank you sir.
Also, "Spring Heeled Jack" kinda morphed with "Jack the Ripper." Spring Heeled Jack was kind of a boogie man/Loki creature who wore a top hat and cape.
This wss great! Very informative!
Pleasantly rational. Thanks for dispelling the myths. Whoever the murderer was, I'll bet he wouldn't have imagined people would be intensely interested in his crimes and identity 135 years later.! Human beings hate mysteries to be unsolved, don't we?
Hiya Richard, this vlog is one of your best in the last few months, it covered everything I wanted to know, if the girls new each other, that sort of thing, I'm going to London next year and I'm definately doing a Jack The Ripper Tour, it'll be brilliant, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
Hi Choppy. Glad you enjoyed it. I was pleased with it. Looking forward to seeing you next year.
the woman who owned the Batty Street Lodge who said she seen a 2:00 a.m. a man coming her lodging house with a black bag and her husband found the black bag in the room with cufflinks a knife covered in blood. In his room. Also said that he was an American never identified.
Fabulous, my watch this evening Richard 👏
Always love watching things about Jack
The Ripper!
Jack The Ripper kind of reminds me of DB Cooper in the sense that both of them never gave themselves those names. DB Cooper gave his name as Dan Cooper. A reporter got his name wrong and called him DB Cooper and the name stuck.
Erm,isn't that the same with most serial killers? The Yorkshire Ripper, The Green River Killer,Zodiac,Jack The Stripper,and plenty more
@normandavidtidiman9918 The moonlight murderer. The best low-budget horror film about the crimes. "The Town that dreaded sundown" the original movie.
Some are named by the media and some come up with their own names like BTK or The Zodiac. I agree with you that most don't come up with their own names though.@@normandavidtidiman9918
The only serial killer I'm aware of that gave himself a name was BTK.
@@MakerInMotion And The Zodiac killer gave his own name too. And Son of sam..
“Some authors, who really should know better…” That raised a smile, love the self deprecating humour Richard. 😁
this is around 140 years old,,,, I watch these because I find this interesting WE WILL NEVER KNOW WHO REALLY WAS THE RIPPER
I have my opinion on who Jack is and the more I learn the more I don’t know. 🤷🏼♀️ I love all the stories.
I've seen it reported that there were numerous gangs in the area; indeed, one of the early, non-canonical victims described being attacked by 2 or 3 men.
Could it be that these killings were some sort of gang iniation ritual? Each committed by a new individual or small group, but under general instructions, explaining the common modus operandi?
I also think, if it was one individual responsible for all, a constable may have been the perpetrator. That would easily explain how easily he evaded capture. Did constables receive much training in anatomy, first aid, etc?
I do believe "Jack" must have had anatomical knowledge to locate and harvest trophies. A non-pregnant uterus is not large, and located deep in the pelvis. I'm an M.D. and I couldn't find one without really good lighting, especially in a matter of minutes.
With today's tech, the kidney sent to Lusk would have had DNA analysis to see if it truly matched the victim.
The non canonical victim was named Emma Elizabeth Smith. She was attacked in the early hours of Tuesday the 3rd of April 1888. Subsequently Emma died on the 4th of April at 9 am in the London Hospital Whitechapel.
@@f.o.c.s.1028 Martha Tabram as well.
Might a butcher in a meat factory transfer his organ removal skills to a human. Brutally delicate work, Mitre Square, night of double event, that quick and all in darkness?
@@davekeating. Charles Allen Lechmere worked for Pickford's a slaughter house, he delivered meat. His mother also owned a cat's meat business that slaughtered horses.
@walkawaycat431 I think she fits with the others. Very possibly same killer
Late to the party on this one, but I must note the significance of "some authors" using the Top Hat image on their books. Now Mr. Jones, what fine producer of historical videos, with decades of doing JTR tours in London and highly regarded expertise on the topic, would publish a book with such a trope on the cover? Blame it on the publisher! Nevertheless, another enjoyable contribution to the channel, sir!
That hour went by quickly. Admittedly, i knew the majority of those facts, but your narration was very entertaining nonetheless. When are we going to do our videos on Jack The Ripper films, Richard? I think I might send you an email to set a date.
Thank you for the video 🍻👍
Great video, on an interesting side note there is an episode of Babylon 5 that features a character who is implied to have been Jack The Ripper.
as in star trek.when scottie is accused of murdering three women on a distant planet.when it turns out it was some sort of an alien being who thrived on sheer terror.and thus had lived through time,and had killed though out the centuries,including the Whitechapel murders.
Another almost certain myth about the killer is that he was left-handed. This is based on the remarks of one of the physicians who examined one of the bodies and expressed the opinion that the direction of the wounds suggested that they were the work of someone who may have been a sinistral.
That’s crazy that JTR was wearing a Sherlock Holmes hat.
Those hats were extremely popular
He wore a cloth cap with a peak like all the poor wore at that time.
When I heard that people honestly believe that Jack the Ripper was the murderer's actual name I felt my brain cells dying.
How many of the pubs mentioned still exist?
The Ten Bells is the only one that is still a pub. The Queen's Head, Bricklayers Arms and Frying Pan are still standing but are no longer pubs.
@@JackTheRipperTours Thank you for replying
I live around the corner, have done my whole life Ten Bells is still there but a joke of a tourist pub, if you want a good old London boozer try the pride of spitalfield just off Brick lane.
It's in the middle of all the killings.
we dont know if the white chapel murderer was caught. We only know he / she / they weren't caught for the series of murders that's famous. Its possible they may have been caught elsewhere for different crime's
Charles Allen Lechmere has been my top suspect since I watched the 1988 100 year special on uk television. Actually I knew him as Cross back then, but after reading the statements of Robert Paul and him, I was sold 😊
you will find,aaron kosminski was JACK THE RIPPER.eyewitness account,identifys him.but he was Jewish, and so was the ripper.....
Wow even before you knew about the House of Lechmere and the name " evidence " - why not p c .Neil ? .
at 11:58 is that Steve Coogan?
I do love 1944s The Lodger. Laird Cregar played Mr. Slade (Jack or...the fiend) and carried the black bag.
Was there not a myth that the two brass rings were found in the possession of Francis Tumblety?
Also was he not suspected of being the batty street lodger?
Yes, supposedly he was buried with 2 cheap rings. And a woman running a doss house on Batty st (around the corner from where Liz Stride was killed) claimed that an American with a fair mustache who had rented a room with a bloody shirt during the night. Of course, no real evidence of this.
Interesting. Didn't know the top hat was established that early
I take it you don't watch many screen adaptations of Charles Dickens stories? Top hats go back way before 1888
I was hoping to find out the truth on whether or not Jack the ripper was actually the lockness monster. I remember seeing it in a movie and it made alot of sense to me.
Truth or Bullsh*t! presented by Henry Silva! 😆
Charles Letchmere in my eyes after looking at this case isn't innocent , but now i feel like you there was more than one involved 💯
I've always agreed that JTR was a media sponsored serial killer. The news hit the London papers and they ran with it massively. I know that other papers did cover the case but in a much smaller way and without all the sensational artwork. The other murderers you mentioned as preceding JTR but having higher body counts were mostly from the 'provinces' and wouldn't have bothered the London press.
Interesting side note and may also be a myth - Apparently the residents of Rugeley applied to the Home Office to have the town name changed after Palmers conviction due to the notoriety. The Home Secretary at the time shared the same surname so offered to rename the town Palmerston. Small wonder the residents declined. One for you to check out Richard if you are interested.
That is really interesting about the Rugeley name change suggestion, Sharron. I had not heard that, so will definitely check it out. Thanks for alerting me to it.
I wonder if the reason the murders caught the public imagination is because the murderer was never caught
Yes.
No, he had already caught the public imagination greatly through the press.
I'd believe a doctor over MacNaughten any day.
Point 3 is important. He killed more than 5.
At 22:54 Jack the Ripper appears in what he most likely would have looked like & been wearing, a bowler hat. He appears as a larger than life figure looming over the streets he terrorised, disguised as a chimney of some sort! Or maybe it's a chimney disguised as JtR!
I see that too 😅
Still convinced there was no 'Jack' at all. I concede it is possible a couple of them were murdered by the same killer, but there were plenty of murders before and after. The whole thing was hysteria and a media hype circus. That is my take.
That is an interesting take actually, I havent given much thought to it but it would and could make sense.
The doctor's evidence knocks that into a cocked hat.
@@GenusUnknown It makes no sense at all.
I'll state my reasoning why. Attacks on prostitues were pretty common, as arguably as today. Having some fun and taking a few coins was an easy nights entertainment for scumbags in a destitute area. Sticking with the canonical 5 - The first murder was very likely to be Lechmere and what details we know about him, he seemed level headed enough to keep his head down, ruling him out of the others imo. Cutting a throat and removing body parts are 2 different skill sets. Jumping to Mary Kelly, this absolutely screams out ( no pun intended ) as a copycat, by this time hysteria was at its height and just doesnt fit with the others. As for the doctors, forensic medicine was primitive at best, being able to state they were all killed by the same person was impossible. I'm going to say that it was mostly just copycats, they wanted to murder some destitutes. So join in when you have alibi's for the other killings and get away with it.
I am certain whoever the Whitechapel murderer was they were responsible for more than just the 5 deaths that have been attributed to them
Richard, you have such a soothing voice. 😊
I can say with absolute certainty the world's first serial killer was a "caveman".
"the police had dismissed finger printing as a method of getting the killer"
13:37 Jack The Ripper didn’t wear a top hat! Next you’ll be telling me he didn’t have a moustache and didn’t twist the ends of his moustache while waiting in the shadows while waiting for his next victim or after a kill!!!
The killer must have had a field day with all those stories.
They probably did not know each other but I do believe they all knew him. This could be why they weren't afraid of him.
Myth Nine rings true in some respects. Two rings forcibly removed. Something I didn’t know. This had to be the killer. Souvenirs? Ripper known for removing body parts, not personal belongings. But who removed victim’s rings from the murder scene? And why? Why not the doctor or police if they saw potential symbols of Freemasonry? The graffiti at another location was removed by order of police. Was killer(s) laying a false trail - this time pointing suspicion at Freemasonry, and not International Jewery, but the coppers weren’t having any of it?
Great research - though I think a mistake was made regarding the date on a newspaper. At around the 27 min mark, it shows the date on The Eastern Post being in October, not November.
Newspapers reporting wild speculation as fact?! Good thing they stopped doing that :p
Lets build a time machine and go back to may 30th 1888. And stay until December 31st .
These women were attacked from behind, slit open and had their intestines and organs scrambled.
It was a demeaning death for them after a life of suffering and poverty.
I am a total beginner and wish to get an answer here. I always wanted to ask this question: If majority of the canonical 5, the most likely Jack the Ripper murder victims, did not die in Whitechapel (correct me if I am wrong but only Nichols and Stride were found murdered in Whitechapel but the other 3, Chapman, Eddowes and Kelly were not murdered in Whitechapel), why do we still consider Jack the Ripper murders happened in Whitechapel?
2 murders were also committed in Spitalfields (Chapman and Kelly), why don't we consider these murders happened in Spitalfields instead?
Hope to get an insight here. Thanks
Of the canonical 5, only Nichols was killed in the parish of Whitechapel.
I live in a small town in the Midwest with a population of about 1,000. We don't know everyone in town. I remember talking to a neighbor who had grown up here commenting in how there were a great many people living here that she didn't know. We are nowhere near as populated as that area in Whitechapel.🇺🇸
It was obviously someone local - George Hutchinson for instance . Central. It's a long walk from Romford after a days work and walking back again and hanging around Dorset street in the rain 🤔
I would argue the saddest myth about the Whitechapel killings is that the victims were all prostitutes. It's touched on briefly here, but Hallie Rubenhold's 'The Five' does a very good job of stating the case that only Mary Jane Kelly was what we either now, or what the police at the time, call a prostitute. The other 4 of the Canonical 5 were just poor women who went through some terrible struggles, but would probably be massively offended that we now deem them prostitutes.
My opinion. Jack the ripper was a group of killers, everyone forgets about the woman who was attacked by the 3-5 people before the rest of this happened.
Agreed, I've always thought that Jack only killed one of the double event victims and that Mary Kelly was done in by her boyfriend.
Jack the ripper was insane but also very intelligent. He would have known that a couple of men had gotten lynched by carrying a black bag he would be an imbecile to carry one. The reason I believe he is so smart is there was no way for him to get out of the alley but somehow he alluded the police after the first murder. I believe Charles linchmere who was seen leaning over the body and pulling the skirt down might have been Jack the ripper. If he was however he was even more intelligent than I give him credit for as he fooled the cops. The reason I think he might have been the man is every prostitute with the exception of Mary Kelly that was done indoors was done on a path that he would have been using and at the time he would have been using the path. Add to this the fact that there was no blood when Bob Paul came by about 5 minutes after lechmere and Bob Paul thought she might have been sleeping and suggests they prop her up. Lechmere who may have known she was dead said I am not touching her. So there was no blood a few minutes later when Bob Paul was really looking for a police officer in lechmere acted like he was another officer independently found the body. Although this was only a couple of minutes later he knew instantly that she was dead as there was blood all underneath her head. What this shows is before Bob Paul came on the scene she had only been dead for minutes maybe even seconds. By the time the police officer came three minutes later all the blood had leaked out suggesting that all the cuts were done after death. The cop even said I don't understand how Jack the ripper got away well I propose that he didn't get away that he was standing right there with the police. However I am not ignorant of the fact that a fellow Jew positively identified Aaron kosminski as the man seen talking to one of the murder victims moments before she was murdered. He said there was no doubt about it and he is absolutely certain that that was the man. When he found out the man was a fellow Jew he refused to testify against him. Add to that the DNA evidence that also identified cause Minsky and that makes him a very very strong suspect too like lechmere. And I will never believe Martha tabram was a victim of Jack the ripper first of all she lived for days after her attack if I'm not mistaken. Also her and her friend were in the presence of a couple of soldiers and they believe the weapon that killed Abram was actually a bayonet both soldiers possessed bayonets.
I wonder how much criminal profiling went on at the time, I imagine not much. It seems pretty obvious the torso murders were not by the same person, given how they just don't fit the clear pattern. It is more blurry on earlier victims though, as these sprees tend to start crude and escalate into very elaborate types of killings as they perfect their 'monstrous art'.
FWIW: There is an interesting 'take' on The Ripper in the episode _"Comes The Inquisitor"_ {Season/Series 2, Episode 21} of the science fiction TV show *BABYLON 5.*
Mr Sebastian of 14b Heresford lane, taken by the vorlons and brought into their service
Have you ever addressed the suggestions of Hallie Rubenhold that the targets of the Whitechapel Murderer were killed while sleeping rough? I found the idea very interesting.
None of the evidence suggests that though. The killer was seen with victims talking to them on 4 of the 5 occasions.
Excellent
However I don’t think that many people really think his name was Jack.
That isn't how he meant it. He's talking of the dear boss letter where the writer pens himself the name jack the ripper. The letter obviously fake.
The most popular myth about Jack "The Ripper" is that the identity has been verified.
My favourite myth is that there is no proof one person was responsible for all 5 five murders.
Over 135 yrs of fascination, interest and curiosity about a serial killer that may never existed at all
I was just thinking about Public Houses. They seem to be open all night. Were pubs open 24 hours a day in this period?
It would be a pisser if his real name was Jack though.
Are there no photographs of Inspector Aberline? I remember seeing only sketches.🇺🇸
As wayward as the myths and tropes were(are), there can't be anyone who was not dazzled and have their interest in the case, at least in part, because of them.
They are a great play on the imagination.
That's where the interest begins.
So I guess I’ll have scrap the short story I’m working on about a doctor called Jacques de Ripper who travels around by coach and horses through the thick London fog at night, dressed in a topper, ready to grab his Gladstone Bag as the driver comes upon another fallen woman! Ah well!
Sounds a great story to me Keith. I think you should press on with it.
it would be apparent ,this ripper chap needed an umbrella,at some stage,during the night,and a decent overcoat.good to know what the weather was doing in 1888.
Anymore watch the docu recently with prof David Wilson & Emilia Fox using today's police procedure which the most likely person is Kosminski to be jack the ripper, pretty fasinating how they came to this conclusion but it did make sense to me how they came to this conclusion. Worth watching if your interested in the Ripper.
We will never know.
I have an AI app in which there are multiple drawing styles available.For sheets and giggles I put in "if Jack the Ripper was a vampire. Almost all had the top hat and a cape-like jacket. One was a cat for some reason.
The guy who lied to the police about his name and fixnt eant the other guy to move the body so I think its charles cross aka Alan lecmore or what his name is
How do you know his real name wasn't Jack the Ripper, that kind of off-hand sloppiness led to him not being caught 👈😑