I feel that the public latched onto the idea that Montague was Jack because it provided a sense of relief. He was dead, and could no longer prey on the women of Whitechapel. I don't personally believe he was Jack from my research of the case. He doesn't fit the profile, and never showed any knowledge of anatomy or surgery. Given how upper class families worked in those days, I sincerely doubt he ever learned anything from or assisted his father.
@@marienbad2 There was a very well done documentary about a man who was not only a butcher, but worked as a driver for a butchery. He even fit the description and would easily be able to get away with having blood on his clothes. I can't remember what his name was. It was a Smithsonian documentary. They were even able to explain the double killing, and the motive possibly being he was forced to visit his own mother that night. It was truly a *chef's kiss* doc.
@@skyefirenails I just found the documentary based on your description and it was fascinating. It’s called “The Missing Evidence: Jack the Ripper” from The Smithsonian. I won’t spoil it for anyone who wants to go look it up, but it was a Swedish journalist who put the pieces together. Go watch it and you’ll probably be convinced, like me, that the man they identified is Jack the Ripper.
@@kat.w.RBF444 yes! He really delves into the evidence, and I believe he actually identified the Ripper. After years of being interested in the case, and doing my own research, that doc BLEW MY MIND.
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Much has been written about Druitt, much of that speculative, due to the public fascination with JtR. I appreciate that you stuck with the chronological facts. As to actually being JtR, not only were the timing of his cricket matches problematic, but also his ongoing work as a barrister. For me, the timing of Druitt's death simply made him a convenient fall guy for authorities seeking to appease a frightened populace. Edit: spelling
Idk.. I don’t think it was him, but I think it coulda someone on a similar trajectory.. The timing of his suicide actually leads me away from Druitt because I think Jack killed himself shortly after the Kelly murder..
no, i dont feel he was jack. he seemed the type that would have wriiten down from guilt. and more evidence would have been found. just timing, sad timing the mentally fragile take no account of such goings on. he was just ready to commit suicide, or was he perhaps murdered , but not robbed... he had the note tho of his despair. i dont feel he was jtr
I agree as well. I do not think he was Jack the Ripper. Like was mentioned in the video, he had a cricket game the next day after two of the murders and it would have been very problematic to travel that distance within that time frame. Sadly, I think he committed suicide. It is curious why he was dismissed from the school. I would like to know the reason for that.
@@rmonson5002 Hmm, he was a teacher at a school for privileged children, and was later accused by a lord of being Jack. Lord was "inappropriate" with a daughter attending the school maybe? Or some other misbehaviour by an entitled whosit that he witnessed, and became a victim of the character assassination that British nobility so loved to engage in?
I really enjoy watching your videos, they are so interesting and entertaining. I feel like we forget too often that there is a lot of research and work involved in making them. And yet they are completely free for us to watch! That's something we shouldn't take for granted. Thank you, Brief Case, for the work and time you invest to provide us with your amazing videos😊😊
Thank You, Brief Case, for another EXCELLENT case!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I don't think it was him. Severe Depression,and Severe Anxiety, tend to make a person withdrawn, rather than angry/violent. I think Montague was Severely Depressed, and, with such a strong background of Severe Mental Illness, and being afraid, of getting worse, he decided to end his life. I feel he was Suffering terribly. Stay Safe , Brief Case, and Family!💚🌞🤗😊👻👻💐🌟🪐🦋🕸️🕷️
Working 6 days a week, especially weekends has me all backwards on what day it is. Honest to God Monday morning’s (Chicago), Brief Case is what always lets me know it’s a new week!💜😆💜
Ah, a Monday mystery. Jack the Ripper, one of the most notorious murderer's in history. Montague Druitt? Not by my reckoning. Brief case does it again. Good show, mate.
The Polish Suspect yo refer to is Aaron Kosminski , a very credible JTR suspect - The DNA result you refer to is very disputed , from what I know the DNA found can only rule out suspects but not necessarily rule them in, it is mitochondrial DNA and thousands of people have the same mitochondrial DNA, I know very little about DNA but there are many good articles about this evidence availible on the internet. The headlines obviously said JTR revealed etc but it will need more than mitochondrial DNA from a shawl that may or may not have belonged to one of the victims
I wonder about the high prevalence of depression and insanity amongst upper class Europeans. A lot of Kings and Queens throughout Europe have gone insane. The incidence of severe mental illness amongst them is seemingly disproportionate to the population as a whole. This trend seems to have trickled down to other elites as well, and is even showcased in works such as Jane Eyre. Perhaps it doesn't always pay to be a member of a distinct recognized minority population, EVEN if your distinguishing feature is great wealth and power.
@@evelynzlon9492Royalty practiced inbreeding for many generations and so did the upper classes in Europe & UK in order to preserve wealth & property and sometimes also to merge businesses. Even the current British king is married to his second cousin, who himself was the offspring of second cousins marrying. In 16 out of 50 States in the US, it is legal to marry your cousin. In the middle east, close relatives also are allowed to marry. So the practice is still fairly common despite the known degenerative risks to their children.
I don't think that he could have been JTR, if he was miles away playing cricket let's not forget the time it took to travel back in the day. Thanks for letting me know what day it is BC, I wouldn't know without.... Good wishes to you, all you love and followers Worldwide Xxx 🙏🏼 ❤️ 🗺️ 🍀 🏴🌈💐💐💐🌸🌺🌻
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Hey BC! Hoping u r well, I’m amazed; you’ve caught me on a day when I’m not doing my shopping! I am, however, doing stacks of washing so it is appreciated to have you narrating in my ear while I am folding etc! Thank you for all your videos! Much love from the West Midlands! 🤗
I am not the type to just sit around and listen to Audiobooks But I really enjoy listening to Brief case. I try to listen to one a day, I end up listening a to a few of them. I hope you keep producing more so I don't run out.
Montague tied a wicked full Windsor knot! Too bad that his name was sullied with the Whitechapel area murders. Daily prayers for you and your viewers' safety, Casey
Brief, your writing is getting so much stronger. It is a joy to see. This story is very poignant, but from what you say, Montague is not a psychopath, whereas JR certainly is. Thanks for another very enjoying story.
That was a wonderful story to start my day. I do not believe that Montague Druitt was Jack the Ripper. I think he got depressed and committed suicide because he lost his job that he loved. Have a great week and Thanks for the story!!👏👏👏👏👏
It's amazing how long this mystery has captured our attention. And how many hours spent by many, many people have been spent in trying to solve it. That's a mystery right there! Thanks dude! You never disappoint.
I enjoyed your this story about, Montague Druitt possibly being "Jack the Ripper." I personally don't believe he was, I would have to have more evidence that he did these horrific murders. In regards to his suicide he could been under alot of stress due to numerous factors not just hereditary mental illness. Great investigating, as usual.
Does anyone else listen to these over and over? Even though it has disturbing and sad stories, they are interesting and soothing to me. BC voice is grand. 😍
More Brief Case! You and Forgotten Lives are my favorite two non-horror narration channels that I enjoy listening to. Every video you published is always fantastic, your voice just lends to these videos well. The crimes presented are something disturbing, how horrible us humans can be. ☹
Druitt is covered in one of the few Jack The Ripper books in which I can place much trust: The Ripper File, by Elwyn Jones and John Lloyd, televised as a 6-part serial with fictional detectives Barlow and Watt [which I think is available on You Tube]. They note that Druitt was named as a Ripper suspect *only after the police knew that he was already dead*, and could therefore not be questioned about it: the other two suspects named on the list were obscure Polish Jews. The return ticket has always bothered me. If he went to London to commit suicide, why buy a return ticket? That indicates to me that whatever he went for, he intended to return. And why go to London just to chuck himself in the Thames? There were plenty of rivers, lakes, and ponds nearer to home. There was more going on in London at that time than the Ripper murders: the notable one was the Cleveland Street Scandal, a male brothel which was frequented by men "high in society", perhaps even royalty. The place was [eventually] put under police observation, but the owner of the premises still left for France *with all his furniture*. And the sentences handed out to the boys who worked there were much heavier than that given to the man who recruited them. I think that Druitt went to see someone in London, maybe someone "high in society", who refused to help him: he may have made some threats about what he could tell, and was silenced in the most terminal way possible.
I’m just amazed at the details and facts you’re able to uncover about these people when you’re making these videos! Keep up the great work, I can’t get enough Brief Case
@@faeriesmak I would die! I couldn't believe they actually sent them in person, when they closed school last March it hadn't even hit our area. it's getting kinda bad here now, they are breaking the elementary school in half and doing four day weeks giving Friday a at home day to do school cleaning. vaccinated all teachers a couple of weeks ago,. they was supposed to go back Jan 4 after Christmas then they prolonged till today 🤞🏼
@@mrfearsmom8857 That's great! It sounds like your schools are being pro active. The ones here are not. Teachers are not vaccinated and they have been fully in person since the start of this school year. They even are still having full contact sports and extra curriculars. Most people in my community don't believe in masks either. I went to the grocery store in town last week and was the only person out of about 12 customers in the store wearing a mask. It has made it really difficult to do every day things here. I ended up keeping my son home. He has to be on Zoom for 7.5 hours a day with the school and it isn't working well for him because he has some special needs. My elderly Mother lives with us and I am just trying to keep her from contracting COVID. I hope that I will be able to send my son back in person next year for his Freshman year.
@@faeriesmak I'm truly sorry 😐 my youngest has autism. the schools here (southwest va) truly are trying! as round September October some of our more schoolers were catching it from their teachers is why we took off from Thanksgiving. I couldn't imagine having a special needs child on zoom all day! we did hour meetings with class then of course I had to help with the school work but second grade work is easier than fifth grade, when my older son started fractions I was happy we had a second teacher/helper he could call. I'll pray for your town and your sanity. there HAS to be an end 😭 there just has to be! 🤞🏼🙏🏼😢🤪
@@mrfearsmom8857 Thanks for the prayers. I appreciate it. My eldest is also on the autism spectrum. He is 20, though, and in tech school so I don't have to over see his schooling! That's what we were trying to explain to the school. That he was having issues being on Zoom from 7:35 to 2:44 and their response to that was to either send him back in person or to transfer to a different school. We were just looking for a few small breaks and maybe a reduced work load! Thanks for taking the time to respond. It really means a lot to hear from other parents navigating these weird times.
I love Brief Case but do not an ANY way subscribe to the theory of Druitt as the murderer - the poor man was clearly overtaken by his family inherited depression and your last 2 cricketing dates clearly place him outside the list of Ripper suspects. Poor, poor man whose memory has been trashily tarnished by later and lazy, writers
@@lazyhomebody1356 The case against Druitt rests on the most slender evidence principally that after he died, there were no more Ripper murders. On the dates of most of the murders Druitt was proven to be far far away on his Cricketing travels, all documented
@@janew2108 That's based on the original bad journalism. Which was sloppily repeated over and over. Druitt had arrived back in London hours before that one murder
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Being into psychology, it sounds like the standards of his family were incredibly high. Being a schoolmaster and a barrister was alot of responsibility. His Father may have been over demanding, hence the anxiety in the family. Loss of family and worry about his extended family may have led to his despair . It's sad to hear with all he had achieved that this happened. All of his family's issues could have stemmed from the surgeon patriarch. Mother and sisters being abused and an overwhelmed son of the family. History always says mental illness instead of why they were all suffering.
Good points Lu Lu. There's a context for everything. Some doctors that I've been to are clueless in that regard, even now, so in the 19th century the majority would have had little clue. Oh yeah, that was when male doctors thought that women's uteruses moved around inside them causing 'hysteria'😳 This of course rendered women incapable of voting.
There is also no mention of any romantic connections for poor Monty, so it might have been possible his depression was compounded by loneliness as well. Maybe he was unable to interact well with ladies and grew increasingly frustrated and sad. There is also no mention of dependency issues, which maybe reinforces the genetic cause.
Long time fan chiming in to say hello 👋 and also how fascinating it is to hear about these old forgotten cases. Always a treat to see a new video uploaded on this channel. Cheers
What an interesting presentation BC! Thank you! I was kept wondering until the last sentence. Your wonderful narration, the details that you unpacked, and the photo montage made for an engrossing experience. As always.❤️ I feel great empathy for my fellow humans who have experienced and struggled with depression, especially before we had medicine to treat it. What a lonely death, to be found floating in the Thames. Very sad. I was reminded of the beginning of Charles Dickens' 'Our Mutual Friend'. Druitt seems to not have shown any sociopathic tendencies during his life, and he wasn't easily able to have committed the murders according to the timeline, so I feel that he was unlikely to have been the Ripper. Thank you again.
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I don't believe he was Jack for one second. As someone that is a bit Ripper obsessed, I firmly believe it was Charles lechmere. Thanks for covering Druitt though, he was definitely on the list for authorities
@@tommymorgan4677 It's still Druitt! I hope you're not suggesting it was all a ruse to kill one person! No one is that clever (or crazy) Maybe Jack was building up to her as his main goal though. I HAVE read all about the victims but I didn't figure that out
@@saltylevi2672 I've always thought it was him and only wondered because of the "he was out of town at a handball tournament" argument. But it turns out he took a train back and got back hours before the murder. He ran up walls to work out and The Ripper ran up a wall to escape when cornered. The killings stopped when he drowned himself. His brother was convinced it was him. I read a long essay by Stephen [ can't remember his last name!!] in a photo book about the Ripper and he mskes SUCH a convincing case. Plus his nickname was Jack. (I get a sailor being a "Jack" but I prefer that he signed his real name)
I always look forward to your videos however I always fall asleep because it’s relaxing to listen to your voice. I have to watch your videos at least 2 times to get through it. Great job BC
Good morning! And what a delight to find an episode in time to start my Monday right. It was a pleasure to find Mr. Druitt was today's subject as many many years ago when Jack the Ripper first tweaked my interest and I considered him a candidate. Mind you, that was quite early on in my study and I had yet to discover the list of other likely suspects. You've done much better research on him than I ever attempted at the time-- but of course that's no surprise as you continue to do excellent work on your channel! I cannot thank you enough for your diligence and uncanny ability to completely and concisely present your chosen subjects with style and understanding. Thank you again for another excellent presentation.
Brief Case is always on point with every case presented! Stumbled upon the channel this past summer and was hooked immediately! Ty for always making my day so much better 💗😁👍🇺🇲💗
BC I ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ your voice & agree with the others about not needing to be brief. Would listen/watch regardless of how long the videos. Thank you so very much for all your hard work you put into these videos for us.
This was a wonderful episode. I had heard of him, but did not know his story. Thank you for your videos. They are always wonderful and i enjoy them very much.
There's so many sinister killers that have been accused of being Jack the Ripper. But yet history still can't tell us who the real Jack was or what Being Among Us his bloodline runs through.
I'd be able to deduce a bit better if I knew why they thought the Ripper drown after Mary Kelly's murder. So, I'm still not convinced. I wasn't expecting this to be about Jack the Ripper, though. Very interesting theory. Also, very possible. As always, thank you, Mr. Case for starting my Monday off with a bang. Or just coffee and an awesome story. ❤️
I am weird. Saw name for vid, first thoight was 'This is how we Druit' then start thinkig about looking up lyris to song 'This is how we do it' so can try reworking tobfitvdetails of case.
This makes me feel better--I think I'm usually the one leaving these comments! It's nice to have company in the random-association theme-song/title instinct. :)
Excellent BC it makes one think, but I don't think it was him. He didn't have medical training & it appears the Ripper had. Very interesting. Love from Africa 🐘
Thanks BC. Interesting case and well researched by you. This is and always has been a mystery that I feel will never be solved. Again, thanks for all you do.
A worthwhile story as always. The Druitt family was noted for something else. A quarter of a century later, Montague’s brother, the eminent Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Druitt of the Royal Engineers, was chosen to chair the inquiry into the Quintinshill rail disaster of 1915. It was Britain’s worst railway accident of all time. About 227 people were killed, almost all of them young Scottish soldiers on their way to fight in World War I. Nearly 200 more were injured. Montague’s story is sad indeed. Some authors on the Ripper mystery have called him a “failed” barrister, noting that a young man starting in the profession often found it hard to attract enough briefs to make a living at first. This suggested that financial and professional failure may have been behind his depression and suicide. However, other researchers have found that he left somewhat more money in his will than might otherwise have been expected, indicating that he probably was finding some modest success in his field. So his suicide should presumably be put down to mental issues of some kind, akin to those his mother suffered from, perhaps severe chronic depression of organic origin. Like others here, I do not believe he was the Ripper. The real mystery about Montague is the exact nature of the “serious trouble” he got into that led to his dismissal from the Blackheath school where he taught. What did he do to warrant it? Melville MacNaghten in his famous “memorandum” named Montague as a Ripper suspect for two reasons, apart from the coincidence of his suicide three weeks after the final Ripper killing (of Mary Kelly). According to MacNaghten, Montague “was sexually insane and from private information I have little doubt but that his own family believed him to have been the murderer.” Why on earth his family believed him to be the murderer--if indeed they did--can only remain a topic for wild speculation. It’s not as if they’d caught him coming home with blood on his clothes, since he wasn’t living with them anyway. People will believe all kinds of crazy things based on suspicion and rumor alone. More interesting is the allegation that Montague was “sexually insane.” What precisely did that mean? No doubt the real Ripper could be labeled “sexually insane,” since his murders were indulging a monstrous sexual perversion. But what about Montague? Was the allegation even true? Did he have some kind of sexual “kink,” harmless or otherwise? Was he a victim of accusers who wrongly believed that “someone who would do odd things like THAT will do ANYTHING”? The most obvious idea that comes to mind is that Montague may have been homosexual. Or at worst, an ephedophile--that’s to say, not a “pedophile” who assaults little children, but a man attracted to boys and young men in their teens. I’ve tried to inquire whether “sexually insane” might have been a Victorian euphemism for “homosexual,” but I never got a definitive answer. So who knows what MacNaghten meant, or believed, when he wrote that? I’m driven to this as a likely conclusion because it seems to fit well with the notion of the “serious trouble” Montague got into at the Blackheath school. What kind of trouble? Was he embezzling funds? Unlikely that he had access to any. Did he help pupils cheat on exams? Maybe, but with his family values in those days, and as an honest cricketer too, cheating would be “Not Playing the Game.” And why did the nature of this “trouble,” despite being so “serious,” also seem so unmentionable? Some sexual offense does seem to fit the case. At worst, he may have been the subject of a complaint about an actual sexual assault. But I don’t know if that was true. I must regard him as “innocent unless proven guilty,” and anyone deserves the benefit of the doubt. At best, rumors that he was “gay” (a word that meant very different things in Victorian times) may have come to the ears of school authorities, and he was dismissed on suspicion alone. Or he may have been engaged in some kind of consensual relationship with one of the older boys, which came to light and resulted in his dismissal. It need not even have been a physical relationship; possibly an innocent emotional one based on shared sympathies between a man and a boy both prone to depression: “teenage angst.” It only had to be enough for the school authorities to say “We can’t have this kind of thing going on; it’s not manly! Out you go!” The only argument against that is that in his suicide note he wrote “Since Friday I felt I was going to be like mother, and the best thing for me was to die.” The implication is that the “trouble” for which he was dismissed from the school had to do with acting “like his mother.” If so, that wasn’t about any sexual offense. Did he do weird things, like walking the corridors naked? Did he have a wild outburst of rage for some reason that caused him to be regarded as a “danger” at the school? Unfortunately we shall probably never know. If some general “mental issues” were the cause, no doubt they could have been medically treated more effectively today, and his problems regarded more sympathetically, than they were back then. His is a tragic story of a man who, but for circumstances, could have been a success like his father and brother. May he rest in peace!
Hmmm... fascinating. There are a lot of things going against the theory that he was Jack the Ripper. Although Jack obviously was cool headed and Druitt seemed to be just that. But then when he felt he was going the same as his mother, he ended his own life. That doesn't sound like Jack the Ripper. I've read of others who, in my opinion, fit the profile better than Druitt. But I can also see why the police would say he was. They were under a lot of pressure to solve that case. I don't know, too many "ifs" in this. God only knows who actually was Jack.
There were quite a lot of people under suspicion. Some of those were women. One of the men is thought to have moved to america because the same types of murders started happening after they stopped in England
Shame it is not known what he was dismissed as a teacher for. I dont think he was JTR, just a depressed guy having a bad time who had seen his mothers spiral into madness.
I've been interested in the Jack the Ripper case for years. but this is the first I've heard of this Druitt person. This why I subbed to this channel. He doesn't keep rehashing the same old stories.
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I feel that the public latched onto the idea that Montague was Jack because it provided a sense of relief. He was dead, and could no longer prey on the women of Whitechapel. I don't personally believe he was Jack from my research of the case. He doesn't fit the profile, and never showed any knowledge of anatomy or surgery. Given how upper class families worked in those days, I sincerely doubt he ever learned anything from or assisted his father.
@Cali Girl In Costa Thank you very much! It's from around 10 years ago.
Out of interest, who are your top suspects?
@@marienbad2 There was a very well done documentary about a man who was not only a butcher, but worked as a driver for a butchery. He even fit the description and would easily be able to get away with having blood on his clothes. I can't remember what his name was. It was a Smithsonian documentary.
They were even able to explain the double killing, and the motive possibly being he was forced to visit his own mother that night.
It was truly a *chef's kiss* doc.
@@skyefirenails I just found the documentary based on your description and it was fascinating. It’s called “The Missing Evidence: Jack the Ripper” from The Smithsonian. I won’t spoil it for anyone who wants to go look it up, but it was a Swedish journalist who put the pieces together. Go watch it and you’ll probably be convinced, like me, that the man they identified is Jack the Ripper.
@@kat.w.RBF444 yes! He really delves into the evidence, and I believe he actually identified the Ripper. After years of being interested in the case, and doing my own research, that doc BLEW MY MIND.
Sometimes i wish Brief Case videos were not so brief. I'd love them to go for longer! Cheers 😃
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I'm certain we have consensus here. 😂 I'm also certain we Yanks start developing accents after binging on these great cases.
I feel so bad for this man. Lost so much in life, died in a horrid way, remembered as a suspected killer. Some people have no luck.
No, just police trying to calm
The public.
Omg I can’t believe they just pinned those crimes on this poor soul. Omg
Poor Guy. I don't believe he was Jack. Beautifully Narrated as always Briefcase. 🌠
Thankyou :)
I don’t either. I actually don’t believe it was ANYONE from any sort of “upper” class. I personally make the butcher, myself. Kosminski?🤔
Briefcase knows how to relate these golden oldies! Really enjoying this! 👍Hope everyone is having a good day.. 💼😻🌹💀🤗🌼🙋🏻♀️🇮🇹
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Yes indeed, Janet!! You have to celebrate the life of good ole Rabbie Burns!! 🏴📖📚👍🤗 Have fun!! *Enjoy that haggis!*
Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it..
But we hae meat and we can eat
And sae the Lord be thankit
Much has been written about Druitt, much of that speculative, due to the public fascination with JtR. I appreciate that you stuck with the chronological facts. As to actually being JtR, not only were the timing of his cricket matches problematic, but also his ongoing work as a barrister. For me, the timing of Druitt's death simply made him a convenient fall guy for authorities seeking to appease a frightened populace. Edit: spelling
No!!! The travel times were wrongly reported over and over. It's been proved he was back in London in plenty of time
Idk.. I don’t think it was him, but I think it coulda someone on a similar trajectory.. The timing of his suicide actually leads me away from Druitt because I think Jack killed himself shortly after the Kelly murder..
no, i dont feel he was jack. he seemed the type that would have wriiten down from guilt. and more evidence would have been found. just timing, sad timing the mentally fragile take no account of such goings on. he was just ready to commit suicide, or was he perhaps murdered , but not robbed... he had the note tho of his despair. i dont feel he was jtr
I agree, there no real evidence pointing directly at him. Just circumstantial.
I agree as well. I do not think he was Jack the Ripper. Like was mentioned in the video, he had a cricket game the next day after two of the murders and it would have been very problematic to travel that distance within that time frame. Sadly, I think he committed suicide. It is curious why he was dismissed from the school. I would like to know the reason for that.
@@rmonson5002 Hmm, he was a teacher at a school for privileged children, and was later accused by a lord of being Jack. Lord was "inappropriate" with a daughter attending the school maybe? Or some other misbehaviour by an entitled whosit that he witnessed, and became a victim of the character assassination that British nobility so loved to engage in?
@@rmonson5002 It wouldn't have been hard at all!! That "fact" about the travelling back from the game is not true at all. It was always misreported.
@@lazyhomebody1356 so you think he's Jack, or you just think this is an irrelevant point?
I really enjoy watching your videos, they are so interesting and entertaining. I feel like we forget too often that there is a lot of research and work involved in making them. And yet they are completely free for us to watch! That's something we shouldn't take for granted. Thank you, Brief Case, for the work and time you invest to provide us with your amazing videos😊😊
Thanks for listening :)
Your voice is soothing I always listen to your story to relax my mind. 👌
Thankyou so much :)
BC has a VERY soothing voice. Would love if he did a few documentaries on European history.
I totally agree! Ironic that the subject matter is anything but relaxing... but THAT voice!😉
Thank You, Brief Case, for another EXCELLENT case!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I don't think it was him. Severe Depression,and Severe Anxiety, tend to make a person withdrawn, rather than angry/violent. I think Montague was Severely Depressed, and, with such a strong background of Severe Mental Illness, and being afraid, of getting worse, he decided to end his life. I feel he was Suffering terribly. Stay Safe , Brief Case, and Family!💚🌞🤗😊👻👻💐🌟🪐🦋🕸️🕷️
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Oscar Wilde once described the London of his time as "the only place you can see the air you breathe."
Working 6 days a week, especially weekends has me all backwards on what day it is.
Honest to God Monday morning’s (Chicago), Brief Case is what always lets me know it’s a new week!💜😆💜
Ah, a Monday mystery. Jack the Ripper, one of the most notorious murderer's in history. Montague Druitt? Not by my reckoning. Brief case does it again. Good show, mate.
Thankyou :)
It's not a mystery. They solved it with dna and descendants from the suspects years ago. It was the Romanian guy.
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I heard they figured it out too. Going to see can I find the documentary on it.
@@BriefCaseOfficial I knew that from years ago. Others may not
The Polish Suspect yo refer to is Aaron Kosminski , a very credible JTR suspect - The DNA result you refer to is very disputed , from what I know the DNA found can only rule out suspects but not necessarily rule them in, it is mitochondrial DNA and thousands of people have the same mitochondrial DNA, I know very little about DNA but there are many good articles about this evidence availible on the internet. The headlines obviously said JTR revealed etc but it will need more than mitochondrial DNA from a shawl that may or may not have belonged to one of the victims
I always felt his lack of medical training ruled him out. He most likely suffered from severe depression. Thanks BC!
Montague was born in Wimborne in Dorset - such a lovely town - thanks for the story BC
When I heard that depression and insanity ran in his family, I knew that this is not going to end well
They didn't run so much as gallop
So true
They are present in all families .
I wonder about the high prevalence of depression and insanity amongst upper class Europeans. A lot of Kings and Queens throughout Europe have gone insane. The incidence of severe mental illness amongst them is seemingly disproportionate to the population as a whole. This trend seems to have trickled down to other elites as well, and is even showcased in works such as Jane Eyre. Perhaps it doesn't always pay to be a member of a distinct recognized minority population, EVEN if your distinguishing feature is great wealth and power.
@@evelynzlon9492Royalty practiced inbreeding for many generations and so did the upper classes in Europe & UK in order to preserve wealth & property and sometimes also to merge businesses. Even the current British king is married to his second cousin, who himself was the offspring of second cousins marrying. In 16 out of 50 States in the US, it is legal to marry your cousin. In the middle east, close relatives also are allowed to marry. So the practice is still fairly common despite the known degenerative risks to their children.
I don't think that he could have been JTR, if he was miles away playing cricket let's not forget the time it took to travel back in the day.
Thanks for letting me know what day it is BC, I wouldn't know without....
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@@anniej1834 Well Hallo!
All well thanks Annie, daughter had to have covid test, all clear PHEW.
All quiet.
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Hi Janet!
@@janetcw9808 That's great news!
I fully believe he was Jack. That travel time "fact" was gotten wrong originally. It has been proved he was back in London in plenty of time
Good morning ☀️🌄 Briefcase and family 🤗. How's your morning going?
Good morning..now just afternoon here in England.
My morning, long story, hope you are OK :)
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@@BriefCaseOfficial Did your morning include having to wake your next door neighbour up approx 07.00 hrs to inform them that they had a burst pipe whilst trying to get the (ancient, thyroid and heart disease affected with possible dementia) cat to spit out the cat litter that she thought was her breakfast?
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Seeing a new video is the best part of Monday!
Thankyou so much :)
It surely is. 👍🏼❤️💐
You can say that again!
A new week, a new great story as always, from Briefcase.
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Hey BC! Hoping u r well, I’m amazed; you’ve caught me on a day when I’m not doing my shopping! I am, however, doing stacks of washing so it is appreciated to have you narrating in my ear while I am folding etc! Thank you for all your videos! Much love from the West Midlands! 🤗
Hello, I do that as well, watch YT while doing stuff, hope you are OK :)
@@BriefCaseOfficial I am thank you, I’ve got my covid jab this afternoon so wish me luck...! 🤣 stay safe poppet! 👍
Greetings from Bonnie Scotland, good wishes with the jag although you'll be fine x
@@janetcw9808 thank you poppet! I may have a sore arm for a couple of days but if that’s the least of it, I’ll take it!!! 🥰
I don’t think he was Jack the Ripper, poor guy
I am not the type to just sit around and listen to Audiobooks But I really enjoy listening to Brief case. I try to listen to one a day, I end up listening a to a few of them. I hope you keep producing more so I don't run out.
Thankyou
Hi everyone! I’m ready for a new great story!
Great videos BCase! I rewatch 3 of your awesome work tonight. Thank you. Good night
Montague tied a wicked full Windsor knot! Too bad that his name was sullied with the Whitechapel area murders. Daily prayers for you and your viewers' safety, Casey
Brief, your writing is getting so much stronger. It is a joy to see.
This story is very poignant, but from what you say, Montague is not a psychopath, whereas JR certainly is.
Thanks for another very enjoying story.
That was a wonderful story to start my day. I do not believe that Montague Druitt was Jack the Ripper. I think he got depressed and committed suicide because he lost his job that he loved. Have a great week and Thanks for the story!!👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks for listening :)
@Angela Deverger You took the words right out of my mouth! 👍
It's amazing how long this mystery has captured our attention.
And how many hours spent by many, many people have been spent in trying to solve it.
That's a mystery right there!
Thanks dude! You never disappoint.
Thankyou
I enjoyed your this story about, Montague Druitt possibly being "Jack the Ripper." I personally don't believe he was, I would have to have more evidence that he did these horrific murders. In regards to his suicide he could been under alot of stress due to numerous factors not just hereditary mental illness. Great investigating, as usual.
Does anyone else listen to these over and over?
Even though it has disturbing and sad stories, they are interesting and soothing to me. BC voice is grand. 😍
Thankyou
Morning everyone. Great case brief case. I always look forward to Mondays thanks to you 😁
I don’t think he was Jack the Ripper, just because he dressed nicely and had a mustache didn’t make him the killer.
More Brief Case! You and Forgotten Lives are my favorite two non-horror narration channels that I enjoy listening to. Every video you published is always fantastic, your voice just lends to these videos well. The crimes presented are something disturbing, how horrible us humans can be. ☹
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@@BriefCaseOfficial You're welcome. 😊
Sometimes I wish I could time travel just so I could give some of these poor souls a hug
Me too Rose.
@@caroliner2029 Lovely thought, Rose! And Caroline!
Druitt is covered in one of the few Jack The Ripper books in which I can place much trust: The Ripper File, by Elwyn Jones and John Lloyd, televised as a 6-part serial with fictional detectives Barlow and Watt [which I think is available on You Tube].
They note that Druitt was named as a Ripper suspect *only after the police knew that he was already dead*, and could therefore not be questioned about it: the other two suspects named on the list were obscure Polish Jews.
The return ticket has always bothered me. If he went to London to commit suicide, why buy a return ticket? That indicates to me that whatever he went for, he intended to return.
And why go to London just to chuck himself in the Thames? There were plenty of rivers, lakes, and ponds nearer to home.
There was more going on in London at that time than the Ripper murders: the notable one was the Cleveland Street Scandal, a male brothel which was frequented by men "high in society", perhaps even royalty. The place was [eventually] put under police observation, but the owner of the premises still left for France *with all his furniture*. And the sentences handed out to the boys who worked there were much heavier than that given to the man who recruited them.
I think that Druitt went to see someone in London, maybe someone "high in society", who refused to help him: he may have made some threats about what he could tell, and was silenced in the most terminal way possible.
I've been to that churchyard. Next time I go I'll have a look for him
I have been to all the ripper victims graves, every time I been there has been fresh flowers
I binge listened to all of your videos when I found you, made the work days go by fast , rock on bro
Really nice message at the end Brief Case 😊 thanks again.
Thankyou :)
I’m just amazed at the details and facts you’re able to uncover about these people when you’re making these videos! Keep up the great work, I can’t get enough Brief Case
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Well,that was a twist I wasn’t expecting.
I think Jack the Ripper will always remain a mystery, but it was interesting listening to this theory.
Good Morning Brief Case.
8:16 he cut out her womb? 😨😨 I could never just watch one of these videos they are so addicting good morning everyone from Atlanta Georgia
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Oh man! Congratulations and have a great day. Mine have been home since March. Plz send help.
@@faeriesmak I would die! I couldn't believe they actually sent them in person, when they closed school last March it hadn't even hit our area. it's getting kinda bad here now, they are breaking the elementary school in half and doing four day weeks giving Friday a at home day to do school cleaning. vaccinated all teachers a couple of weeks ago,. they was supposed to go back Jan 4 after Christmas then they prolonged till today 🤞🏼
@@mrfearsmom8857 That's great! It sounds like your schools are being pro active. The ones here are not. Teachers are not vaccinated and they have been fully in person since the start of this school year. They even are still having full contact sports and extra curriculars. Most people in my community don't believe in masks either. I went to the grocery store in town last week and was the only person out of about 12 customers in the store wearing a mask. It has made it really difficult to do every day things here. I ended up keeping my son home. He has to be on Zoom for 7.5 hours a day with the school and it isn't working well for him because he has some special needs. My elderly Mother lives with us and I am just trying to keep her from contracting COVID. I hope that I will be able to send my son back in person next year for his Freshman year.
@@faeriesmak I'm truly sorry 😐 my youngest has autism. the schools here (southwest va) truly are trying! as round September October some of our more schoolers were catching it from their teachers is why we took off from Thanksgiving. I couldn't imagine having a special needs child on zoom all day! we did hour meetings with class then of course I had to help with the school work but second grade work is easier than fifth grade, when my older son started fractions I was happy we had a second teacher/helper he could call. I'll pray for your town and your sanity. there HAS to be an end 😭 there just has to be! 🤞🏼🙏🏼😢🤪
@@mrfearsmom8857 Thanks for the prayers. I appreciate it. My eldest is also on the autism spectrum. He is 20, though, and in tech school so I don't have to over see his schooling! That's what we were trying to explain to the school. That he was having issues being on Zoom from 7:35 to 2:44 and their response to that was to either send him back in person or to transfer to a different school. We were just looking for a few small breaks and maybe a reduced work load! Thanks for taking the time to respond. It really means a lot to hear from other parents navigating these weird times.
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I love Brief Case but do not an ANY way subscribe to the theory of Druitt as the murderer - the poor man was clearly overtaken by his family inherited depression and your last 2 cricketing dates clearly place him outside the list of Ripper suspects. Poor, poor man whose memory has been trashily tarnished by later and lazy, writers
He WAS Jack! I have full sympathy for him, he wasn't a bad man. There is alot BC left out
His schedule clearly gives him a very plausible alibi.
@@lazyhomebody1356 The case against Druitt rests on the most slender evidence principally that after he died, there were no more Ripper murders. On the dates of most of the murders Druitt was proven to be far far away on his Cricketing travels, all documented
@@grahamt33 Falsely documented. Better research has proved that isn't a factor. It wasn't even a cricket match! It was a handball match.
@@janew2108 That's based on the original bad journalism. Which was sloppily repeated over and over. Druitt had arrived back in London hours before that one murder
It's like time
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Being into psychology, it sounds like the standards of his family were incredibly high. Being a schoolmaster and a barrister was alot of responsibility. His Father may have been over demanding, hence the anxiety in the family.
Loss of family and worry about his extended family may have led to his despair . It's sad to hear with all he had achieved that this happened. All of his family's issues could have stemmed from the surgeon patriarch. Mother and sisters being abused and an overwhelmed son of the family.
History always says mental illness instead of why they were all suffering.
Good points Lu Lu.
There's a context for everything.
Some doctors that I've been to are clueless in that regard, even now, so in the 19th century the majority would have had little clue.
Oh yeah, that was when male doctors thought that women's uteruses moved around inside them causing 'hysteria'😳
This of course rendered women incapable of voting.
There is also no mention of any romantic connections for poor Monty, so it might have been possible his depression was compounded by loneliness as well. Maybe he was unable to interact well with ladies and grew increasingly frustrated and sad. There is also no mention of dependency issues, which maybe reinforces the genetic cause.
@@toughbutsweet1 Or, he was homosexual, which would have been the reason that he was fired as school master. He was probably exposed.
Long time fan chiming in to say hello 👋 and also how fascinating it is to hear about these old forgotten cases. Always a treat to see a new video uploaded on this channel. Cheers
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What an interesting presentation BC!
Thank you!
I was kept wondering until the last sentence. Your wonderful narration, the details that you unpacked, and the photo montage made for an engrossing experience. As always.❤️
I feel great empathy for my fellow humans who have experienced and struggled with depression, especially before we had medicine to treat it.
What a lonely death, to be found floating in the Thames. Very sad. I was reminded of the beginning of Charles Dickens' 'Our Mutual Friend'.
Druitt seems to not have shown any sociopathic tendencies during his life, and he wasn't easily able to have committed the murders according to the timeline, so I feel that he was unlikely to have been the Ripper.
Thank you again.
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Hello from Jack and I over here in Dallas, Texas! Loved this one 🖤
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Best one yet done on Druitt, I have seen or read many. Well done as always Brief Case. Bravo! Please keep them coming.
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I don't believe he was Jack for one second. As someone that is a bit Ripper obsessed, I firmly believe it was Charles lechmere. Thanks for covering Druitt though, he was definitely on the list for authorities
Monday night and in bed watching briefcase look forward to this time. Love these stories keep it up x
Druitt is not in the slightest someone I'd suspect as Jack the Ripper
He was though. I've read everything. He was.
@@lazyhomebody1356 Nopp, don`t read about the suspects, read about the victims and you will understand that the last victim Mary Kelly was the target.
@@tommymorgan4677 It's still Druitt! I hope you're not suggesting it was all a ruse to kill one person! No one is that clever (or crazy) Maybe Jack was building up to her as his main goal though. I HAVE read all about the victims but I didn't figure that out
@@lazyhomebody1356 why do you think he was and not stronger suspects like Charles Cross or Aaron Kosminski
@@saltylevi2672 I've always thought it was him and only wondered because of the "he was out of town at a handball tournament" argument. But it turns out he took a train back and got back hours before the murder. He ran up walls to work out and The Ripper ran up a wall to escape when cornered. The killings stopped when he drowned himself. His brother was convinced it was him. I read a long essay by Stephen [ can't remember his last name!!] in a photo book about the Ripper and he mskes SUCH a convincing case. Plus his nickname was Jack. (I get a sailor being a "Jack" but I prefer that he signed his real name)
I always look forward to your videos however I always fall asleep because it’s relaxing to listen to your voice. I have to watch your videos at least 2 times to get through it. Great job BC
Thankyou :)
Poor guy is depressed and commits suicide and he becomes a Jack the Ripper suspect? 😮
Good morning! And what a delight to find an episode in time to start my Monday right. It was a pleasure to find Mr. Druitt was today's subject as many many years ago when Jack the Ripper first tweaked my interest and I considered him a candidate. Mind you, that was quite early on in my study and I had yet to discover the list of other likely suspects. You've done much better research on him than I ever attempted at the time-- but of course that's no surprise as you continue to do excellent work on your channel! I cannot thank you enough for your diligence and uncanny ability to completely and concisely present your chosen subjects with style and understanding. Thank you again for another excellent presentation.
Thanks for listening :)
Si ! , good timing . muchos gracias senior BC. & buenos nochas .
Brief Case is always on point with every case presented! Stumbled upon the channel this past summer and was hooked immediately! Ty for always making my day so much better 💗😁👍🇺🇲💗
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I was intrigued with the idea of queen Victoria’s grandson or the other theory her doctor being Jack the Ripper.
BC I ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ your voice & agree with the others about not needing to be brief. Would listen/watch regardless of how long the videos. Thank you so very much for all your hard work you put into these videos for us.
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Interesting but he was not the Ripper,still a mistery although 2 detectves claim to have solved Stay safe everyone🍀🍀🍀👍👍
This was a wonderful episode. I had heard of him, but did not know his story. Thank you for your videos. They are always wonderful and i enjoy them very much.
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Good morning Brief Case.
the quality of your research and historical visuals keeps going up!
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Hello Brief Case and Gong Xi Fa Chai! Happy Chinese New Year in advance! Would you do a case on Patty Cannon please? Thank you!
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Always entertained from these amazing stories from the past. Thanks for your efforts in producing these videos .
Glad you like them!
There's so many sinister killers that have been accused of being Jack the Ripper. But yet history still can't tell us who the real Jack was or what Being Among Us his bloodline runs through.
Atleast Druitt didn't have children
I’m going to say it’s because they don’t know….come on seriously 😐
Great case, thank you Brief Case for all the work you do for these cases.🤗
I'd be able to deduce a bit better if I knew why they thought the Ripper drown after Mary Kelly's murder. So, I'm still not convinced. I wasn't expecting this to be about Jack the Ripper, though. Very interesting theory. Also, very possible. As always, thank you, Mr. Case for starting my Monday off with a bang. Or just coffee and an awesome story. ❤️
Thanks for listening :)
What a fascinating story! Thank you for this video!
You always bring me back in time!👍😊
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Of all the ripper suspects I have heard of he sounds least likely to have done the crimes .
Good story as usual and happy new year to you .
Cool I just finished a video from Kirsty Skye, her latest Doe case. Now time for BC. Morning!
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........ I have literally watched every single one of your episodes since the initial Covid lockdown lol love it. Thank you for wonderful content!
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Hi BC! My thoughts about JTR are all over the place.
Hope you are good :)
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Not so good today, hope you are OK, yes lots of JTR suspects, one of his victims Elizabeth Stride was Swedish
@@BriefCaseOfficial Oh im so sorry to hear you are not good, hope you are ok soon, poor women :(
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I am weird. Saw name for vid, first thoight was 'This is how we Druit' then start thinkig about looking up lyris to song 'This is how we do it' so can try reworking tobfitvdetails of case.
Thanks. Can't un-hear that now 😂😂😂
🎶Thiiiis is how we druiiiit🎶
This makes me feel better--I think I'm usually the one leaving these comments!
It's nice to have company in the random-association theme-song/title instinct. :)
@@ingridfong-daley5899 i just see/hesr a word, especially names, and just hits my mind and start matching to song or a famous line from book or movie.
Not Howie Druitt but Monty Druitt.
Absolutely brilliant format.
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Excellent BC it makes one think, but I don't think it was him. He didn't have medical training & it appears the Ripper had. Very interesting. Love from Africa 🐘
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Thanks BC. Interesting case and well researched by you. This is and always has been a mystery that I feel will never be solved. Again, thanks for all you do.
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A worthwhile story as always. The Druitt family was noted for something else. A quarter of a century later, Montague’s brother, the eminent Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Druitt of the Royal Engineers, was chosen to chair the inquiry into the Quintinshill rail disaster of 1915. It was Britain’s worst railway accident of all time. About 227 people were killed, almost all of them young Scottish soldiers on their way to fight in World War I. Nearly 200 more were injured.
Montague’s story is sad indeed. Some authors on the Ripper mystery have called him a “failed” barrister, noting that a young man starting in the profession often found it hard to attract enough briefs to make a living at first. This suggested that financial and professional failure may have been behind his depression and suicide. However, other researchers have found that he left somewhat more money in his will than might otherwise have been expected, indicating that he probably was finding some modest success in his field. So his suicide should presumably be put down to mental issues of some kind, akin to those his mother suffered from, perhaps severe chronic depression of organic origin.
Like others here, I do not believe he was the Ripper. The real mystery about Montague is the exact nature of the “serious trouble” he got into that led to his dismissal from the Blackheath school where he taught. What did he do to warrant it?
Melville MacNaghten in his famous “memorandum” named Montague as a Ripper suspect for two reasons, apart from the coincidence of his suicide three weeks after the final Ripper killing (of Mary Kelly). According to MacNaghten, Montague “was sexually insane and from private information I have little doubt but that his own family believed him to have been the murderer.” Why on earth his family believed him to be the murderer--if indeed they did--can only remain a topic for wild speculation. It’s not as if they’d caught him coming home with blood on his clothes, since he wasn’t living with them anyway. People will believe all kinds of crazy things based on suspicion and rumor alone.
More interesting is the allegation that Montague was “sexually insane.” What precisely did that mean? No doubt the real Ripper could be labeled “sexually insane,” since his murders were indulging a monstrous sexual perversion. But what about Montague? Was the allegation even true? Did he have some kind of sexual “kink,” harmless or otherwise? Was he a victim of accusers who wrongly believed that “someone who would do odd things like THAT will do ANYTHING”?
The most obvious idea that comes to mind is that Montague may have been homosexual. Or at worst, an ephedophile--that’s to say, not a “pedophile” who assaults little children, but a man attracted to boys and young men in their teens. I’ve tried to inquire whether “sexually insane” might have been a Victorian euphemism for “homosexual,” but I never got a definitive answer. So who knows what MacNaghten meant, or believed, when he wrote that?
I’m driven to this as a likely conclusion because it seems to fit well with the notion of the “serious trouble” Montague got into at the Blackheath school. What kind of trouble? Was he embezzling funds? Unlikely that he had access to any. Did he help pupils cheat on exams? Maybe, but with his family values in those days, and as an honest cricketer too, cheating would be “Not Playing the Game.” And why did the nature of this “trouble,” despite being so “serious,” also seem so unmentionable?
Some sexual offense does seem to fit the case. At worst, he may have been the subject of a complaint about an actual sexual assault. But I don’t know if that was true. I must regard him as “innocent unless proven guilty,” and anyone deserves the benefit of the doubt. At best, rumors that he was “gay” (a word that meant very different things in Victorian times) may have come to the ears of school authorities, and he was dismissed on suspicion alone. Or he may have been engaged in some kind of consensual relationship with one of the older boys, which came to light and resulted in his dismissal. It need not even have been a physical relationship; possibly an innocent emotional one based on shared sympathies between a man and a boy both prone to depression: “teenage angst.” It only had to be enough for the school authorities to say “We can’t have this kind of thing going on; it’s not manly! Out you go!”
The only argument against that is that in his suicide note he wrote “Since Friday I felt I was going to be like mother, and the best thing for me was to die.” The implication is that the “trouble” for which he was dismissed from the school had to do with acting “like his mother.” If so, that wasn’t about any sexual offense. Did he do weird things, like walking the corridors naked? Did he have a wild outburst of rage for some reason that caused him to be regarded as a “danger” at the school?
Unfortunately we shall probably never know. If some general “mental issues” were the cause, no doubt they could have been medically treated more effectively today, and his problems regarded more sympathetically, than they were back then. His is a tragic story of a man who, but for circumstances, could have been a success like his father and brother. May he rest in peace!
Hmmm... fascinating. There are a lot of things going against the theory that he was Jack the Ripper. Although Jack obviously was cool headed and Druitt seemed to be just that. But then when he felt he was going the same as his mother, he ended his own life. That doesn't sound like Jack the Ripper. I've read of others who, in my opinion, fit the profile better than Druitt. But I can also see why the police would say he was. They were under a lot of pressure to solve that case. I don't know, too many "ifs" in this. God only knows who actually was Jack.
I thought the suspicion was Jack the Ripper was actually the doctors wife
There were quite a lot of people under suspicion. Some of those were women. One of the men is thought to have moved to america because the same types of murders started happening after they stopped in England
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Shame it is not known what he was dismissed as a teacher for. I dont think he was JTR, just a depressed guy having a bad time who had seen his mothers spiral into madness.
It was a boys school so the obvious reason was homosexuality.
I've been interested in the Jack the Ripper case for years. but this is the first I've heard of this Druitt person. This why I subbed to this channel. He doesn't keep rehashing the same old stories.
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