Do you think that any of the named suspects in the Jack the Ripper mystery is the guilty party?

Question

It's been over 100 years since the Jack the Ripper murders took place, but people are STILL coming up with theories and suspects. People have suspected, among others, the Duke of Clarence, Montague Druitt, Aaron Kosminski, and the artist Walter Sickert. Do you believe that ANY of the named suspects is the guilty party, or do you think that the Ripper theorists aren't even close? Why?

Quasimodo: Yeah, I read the book about James Maybrick, too. Unfortunately, though, the diary was a fake.

Answer 1

I'm afraid so sloppy by today's standards (little evidence was gathered, scant police notes, little witness statements) that even the march of technology is stopped by this one. It will forever remain the unanswered question.

Answer 2

George Chapman (AKA Severin Koslowski) was Jack The Ripper in my opinion. Although at one time author Lewis Carroll, Lord Lucan, Prince Albert Victor, (AKA,The Duke of Clarence), and Sir John Williams were suspects, and all were much more famous. So in that respect, as far as "Name recognition" goes... I guess you can say all of them may have been more popular suspects. An excellent book on Jack The Ripper is listed below.

Answer 3

You know, I remember reading a book in which some fella named Maybrick or Maybree was involved and that a diary had been unearthed (of course where and how is rather sketchy) that Maybrick (?) detailed the murders.
It revolved around his American wife (who died in 1944-5 and is buried in Kent, Connecticut) who was supposedly having an affair with another person in the upper class of Victorian England. Maybrick would follow her to London where she was carrying on this affair, take some type of medicine with opium in it for his ailments and then wander the streets murdering prostitutes.
It seemed quite plausible at the time and he ended up drinking enough of this opiate-elixir that he killed himself. She caught the heat from the police and was put on trial for murder but was acquitted and left England for Connecticut.
Never did hear anything more about this and if the diary was authentic. Best I can recall the book was named "Diary of Jack the Ripper".
I do know one thing. Whoever killed these women hated females in general. No person mutilates a body like that except for frenzied sexual gratification. Just how the hell you could walk away from these without being saturated with blood is beyond me because there is no way you could have avoided being splattered with blood while committing these vicious attacks.

Answer 4

Sickert was not the RIpper.

Of the people you list, I'd say Druitt and Kosminksi are plausible, and I would add Dr Tumblety, Kelly, and maybe Cutbush.

There is a possibility that it might be one of the lesser known suspects, or someone who hasn't even been named yet.

Answer 5

This is tough. I personally believe it is Walter Sickert.To my mind there is more evidence against him then any of the others. Of course, you may be right and it is someone no one has thought of. We will never know.But, I am going to go on believing it was Sickert, I like closure.

Answer 6

Well apparently the police at the time, had a pretty good idea who it was. The majority of evidence when not searching for conspiracy theories, or psychics etc, seems to point to Kosminski. He was a local, had a history of violence and insanity. It's significant that after his brother had him committed (where he committed suicide) the police eased off their patrols of Whitechapel.

Answer 7

I heard that they had like DNA or something to prove that it was some high up guy...like a government official or something..??