To say I'm a fan of Jack the Ripper would make me sound like a psycho, but I would say I'm intrigued by this frigid case. The whole story about Jack the Ripper has always been an interest of mine, but I had lost touch with the topic because there really was no new material on the subject matter.
Then comes Dr. Gullion. I have to admit, I never knew there were 253 suspects in the Ripper case. But I find a little humor in the five that Dr. Gullion and his group narrowed it down to.
Since nobody really knows who Jack the Ripper was or what he looked like, four out of the five top Gullion suspects looked pretty much alike and how we have all envisioned Jack to look like. Then they throw a wrench into the whole story by accusing a woman of the grizzly crimes! But it's so genius! A bitter doctor's wife who, apparently got a prostitute pregnant. And it could be possible! Police and detective work was, top notch at the time, but so antiquated compared to the technology we have now. And, so were medical procedures. Which would explain how the doctor's wife, Mary Percy, would know medical techniques by watching her husband operate. Very interesting tale, indeed! I think I want to look up all the cold case records and start looking into this myself.
They did mention one Doctor has a watch and inscribed it with "I am Jack the Ripper", but that could very well be a copycat. I'm sure someone just wanted attention. In my opinion, Jack would not make himself so obvious.
Ya same here I almost bough a book about jack that was before I come to wesleyan. nobody really knows who Jack the Ripper was or what he looked like, four out of the five top Gullion suspects looked pretty much alike and they did mention one Doctor that has a watch and inscribed it with "I am Jack the Ripper", maybe he real was jack but to solve this the police would have to go back and look at every case from the beginning and look for little thing that he lift everyone one makes mistakes he chould have lift something back them by mistakes. Don't rule out any suspects boy r girl even young adult don't just look for a doctor look at everyone one. I think that's the only way to solve this cold case.
I have always been fascinated by stories of Jack the Ripper. I recently read a book written by Patricia Cornwell that listed a completely different person than those presented in the UCD presentation. Of those presented, I believe that Mary Pearcy is the only obvious choice. Patricia Cornwell presented a famous artist named Walter Sickert as the killer. She presents a good case filled with supposed forensic evidence regarding this case. The truth is that we don't have a clue now nor will we ever. This case will remain as the greatest unsolved, talked about case of all time.
I attended the Jack the Ripper session on University College Day and found the information very interesting and the presentation well done. Dr. Gullion and several students discussed five possible suspects who could have committed the White Chapel murders. The evidence was presented so well I came away thinking they all did it. A very interesting theory I heard was that the killer may have been a member of the aristocracy, and the police knew about it and did nothing. An even more interesting idea is that Jack was actually a Jill--Jill the Ripper. Her husband impregnated a prostitute, and Jill killed them both and cut out the baby. Because of this, maybe she wanted to punish other prostitutes as well--pretty gruesome! Dr. Gullion talked about all the books written on the whole topic of Jack the Ripper, from the serious to comic books, featuring Jack the Ripper versus Dracula. Even on a Star Trek episode, Jack was an evil, alien spirit who roamed the universe, stopping in periods of time to do his evil deeds, but, of course, Captain Kirk took care of him. With over 200 suspects on a still-growing list of possible killers, the murders in White Chapel will probably never be conclusively solved, but it's fun to speculate and see Greg Gullion in his crazy Snidely Whiplash outfit. All that was missing was a handlebar moustache.
In the Portrait Of A Killer: Jack The Ripper -- Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell, she add Walter Richard Sickert to the list of suspects that could be Jack The Ripper. Patricia explains physical evidence discovered by modern forensic science and expert minds, she shows that Sickert, who died peacefully in his bed in 1942, at the age of 81, was not only one of Great Britain’s greatest painters but also a serial killer, a damaged diabolical man driven by totalitarianism and hate. She exposes Sickert as the author of the infamous Ripper letters that were written to the Metropolitan Police and the press. Even though in her book Sickert’s upbringing present a casebook example of how a psycho killer is created, there no real evidence that he was Jack the Ripper. In the UCD presentation they present different people who could have been Jack the Ripper. The case of the Whitechapel slaughters will go down in history as the greatest unsolved mystery of all time.
I think we all did an excellent job in presenting JACK THE RIPPER to the university on UCD. We had a full house. Jack has always been one of my favorite murderers. It sounds bad, but if it has taken over 100+ years to figure something out then he did or good ol’ job, or maybe SHE did a good ol’ job. The question remains a mystery. Was it Jack or Jill. The fiction that is put on the books, movies, etc, has faded the REAL facts about the case, making it that much harder to find the truth.
Jack the ripper is very inrtesting person in crime history ,we have no clue who did it but pepole still want to find out its kinda like the lost city of el dorido,it has that kinda myth power . the cold case brings new looks and new suspect all the time .I will have to agree with Dr G that this case will never be sovled.
This was a great presentation. I could easily see Dr. G making a short documentary out of this, and it being good. He could even act in the dramatizations. I never knew much about Jack the Ripper aside from what you see on tv, and I’m usually skeptical about what I hear on television. I thought it was really interesting that there was a woman as one of the suspects. Although this sounds like it could be an interesting plot for a movie, I find it highly unlikely a woman would have carried out so many murders in this manner. The story kind of makes sense that she would be mad at a prostitute, but all of them!? Seems a bit much. Plus, going after a prostitute because your husband is unfaithful sounds like a crime of passion, not a meticulous murder like the Ripper murders were. I do love the idea of Jack the Ripper being an evil alien in need of the ol’ one-two-punch from James Tiberius, himself. That is what I call entertaining.
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To say I'm a fan of Jack the Ripper would make me sound like a psycho, but I would say I'm intrigued by this frigid case. The whole story about Jack the Ripper has always been an interest of mine, but I had lost touch with the topic because there really was no new material on the subject matter.
ReplyDeleteThen comes Dr. Gullion. I have to admit, I never knew there were 253 suspects in the Ripper case. But I find a little humor in the five that Dr. Gullion and his group narrowed it down to.
Since nobody really knows who Jack the Ripper was or what he looked like, four out of the five top Gullion suspects looked pretty much alike and how we have all envisioned Jack to look like. Then they throw a wrench into the whole story by accusing a woman of the grizzly crimes! But it's so genius! A bitter doctor's wife who, apparently got a prostitute pregnant. And it could be possible! Police and detective work was, top notch at the time, but so antiquated compared to the technology we have now. And, so were medical procedures. Which would explain how the doctor's wife, Mary Percy, would know medical techniques by watching her husband operate. Very interesting tale, indeed! I think I want to look up all the cold case records and start looking into this myself.
They did mention one Doctor has a watch and inscribed it with "I am Jack the Ripper", but that could very well be a copycat. I'm sure someone just wanted attention. In my opinion, Jack would not make himself so obvious.
Ya same here I almost bough a book about jack that was before I come to wesleyan. nobody really knows who Jack the Ripper was or what he looked like, four out of the five top Gullion suspects looked pretty much alike and they did mention one Doctor that has a watch and inscribed it with "I am Jack the Ripper", maybe he real was jack but to solve this the police would have to go back and look at every case from the beginning and look for little thing that he lift everyone one makes mistakes he chould have lift something back them by mistakes. Don't rule out any suspects boy r girl even young adult don't just look for a doctor look at everyone one. I think that's the only way to solve this cold case.
ReplyDeleteI have always been fascinated by stories of Jack the Ripper. I recently read a book written by Patricia Cornwell that listed a completely different person than those presented in the UCD presentation. Of those presented, I believe that Mary Pearcy is the only obvious choice. Patricia Cornwell presented a famous artist named Walter Sickert as the killer. She presents a good case filled with supposed forensic evidence regarding this case. The truth is that we don't have a clue now nor will we ever. This case will remain as the greatest unsolved, talked about case of all time.
ReplyDeleteI attended the Jack the Ripper session on University College Day and found the information very interesting and the presentation well done. Dr. Gullion and several students discussed five possible suspects who could have committed the White Chapel murders. The evidence was presented so well I came away thinking they all did it. A very interesting theory I heard was that the killer may have been a member of the aristocracy, and the police knew about it and did nothing. An even more interesting idea is that Jack was actually a Jill--Jill the Ripper. Her husband impregnated a prostitute, and Jill killed them both and cut out the baby. Because of this, maybe she wanted to punish other prostitutes as well--pretty gruesome! Dr. Gullion talked about all the books written on the whole topic of Jack the Ripper, from the serious to comic books, featuring Jack the Ripper versus Dracula. Even on a Star Trek episode, Jack was an evil, alien spirit who roamed the universe, stopping in periods of time to do his evil deeds, but, of course, Captain Kirk took care of him. With over 200 suspects on a still-growing list of possible killers, the murders in White Chapel will probably never be conclusively solved, but it's fun to speculate and see Greg Gullion in his crazy Snidely Whiplash outfit. All that was missing was a handlebar moustache.
ReplyDeleteIn the Portrait Of A Killer: Jack The Ripper -- Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell, she add Walter Richard Sickert to the list of suspects that could be Jack The Ripper. Patricia explains physical evidence discovered by modern forensic science and expert minds, she shows that Sickert, who died peacefully in his bed in 1942, at the age of 81, was not only one of Great Britain’s greatest painters but also a serial killer, a damaged diabolical man driven by totalitarianism and hate. She exposes Sickert as the author of the infamous Ripper letters that were written to the Metropolitan Police and the press. Even though in her book Sickert’s upbringing present a casebook example of how a psycho killer is created, there no real evidence that he was Jack the Ripper. In the UCD presentation they present different people who could have been Jack the Ripper. The case of the Whitechapel slaughters will go down in history as the greatest unsolved mystery of all time.
ReplyDeleteI think we all did an excellent job in presenting JACK THE RIPPER to the university on UCD. We had a full house. Jack has always been one of my favorite murderers. It sounds bad, but if it has taken over 100+ years to figure something out then he did or good ol’ job, or maybe SHE did a good ol’ job. The question remains a mystery. Was it Jack or Jill. The fiction that is put on the books, movies, etc, has faded the REAL facts about the case, making it that much harder to find the truth.
ReplyDeleteJack the ripper is very inrtesting person in crime history ,we have no clue who did it but pepole still want to find out its kinda like the lost city of el dorido,it has that kinda myth power . the cold case brings new looks and new suspect all the time .I will have to agree with Dr G that this case will never be sovled.
ReplyDeleteThis was a great presentation. I could easily see Dr. G making a short documentary out of this, and it being good. He could even act in the dramatizations. I never knew much about Jack the Ripper aside from what you see on tv, and I’m usually skeptical about what I hear on television. I thought it was really interesting that there was a woman as one of the suspects. Although this sounds like it could be an interesting plot for a movie, I find it highly unlikely a woman would have carried out so many murders in this manner. The story kind of makes sense that she would be mad at a prostitute, but all of them!? Seems a bit much. Plus, going after a prostitute because your husband is unfaithful sounds like a crime of passion, not a meticulous murder like the Ripper murders were. I do love the idea of Jack the Ripper being an evil alien in need of the ol’ one-two-punch from James Tiberius, himself. That is what I call entertaining.
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