it was deadly boring (no pun intended). Anyone know the latest thoughts on the matter and whether Cornwell is largely believed to be right?
2006-10-13 07:08:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
There are 29 possible Jack the Ripper suspects. The evidence for William Sickert is largely circumstantial, and so the case is weak. See the website below for more details on Sickert and all the other possible candidates.
2006-10-13 11:05:37 · answer #1 · answered by ♫ Rum Rhythms ♫ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Patricia Cornwell's theory is weak.
Her motive is none-existent and it's very likely that Sickert was in France at the time of the killings.
The best she did was prove that it's possible that Sickert wrote some of the letters attributed to Jack the Ripper, but since no serious researcher believes that the Ripper wrote the letters, it proves nothing.
Also, Cornwell was not even the first person to put Sickert forth as a suspect, so her theory doesn't even have the advantage of originality.
2006-10-18 09:04:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Was William Sickert really "Jack the Ripper?" Patricia Cornwell made a case for it. But the book she wrote @
it was deadly boring (no pun intended). Anyone know the latest thoughts on the matter and whether Cornwell is largely believed to be right?
2015-08-13 14:09:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very few serious Ripperologists rate Cornwell's book as credible. I have read it and think she is trying to force the evidence to fit her theory.
The most likely known suspect in my opinion is Joe Barnett - he was Mary Kelly's partner and the only suspect with a known connection to any of the victims. More likely it was just some twisted wretch that no-one has ever idenitified.
2006-10-14 03:27:35 · answer #4 · answered by Huh? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
'I reckon it's a matter of making the facts fit the theory. The purpose behind this sort of book is to make money from people's morbid curiosity. That's why the murderer is always assumed to be rich and/or famous. After all, how many people would buy a book claiming Joe Soap from Wembley was Jack the Ripper.
2006-10-13 07:27:25 · answer #5 · answered by leekier 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
what really is the thing wit jackdripper? unsolved murder case yes but not one that happened this century or anything.
god its not like any one be charged or something now.
xxx
2006-10-13 07:18:28 · answer #6 · answered by ciaragw 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋