Who do you think Jack the Ripper was?

Question

Just a simple question. Who do you think Jack the Ripper actually was, and why?

Answer 1

Although we will probably never know with any degree of certainty I have always thought the best and most likely suspect was Montague J. Druitt.

The case that Patricia Cornwell made for Sickert in her book was rather thin and she began with the premise that he was the killer and then set about proving that it was him. This is a rather backwards manner of conducting an investigation and there is strong evidence that Sickert wasn't even in England during two of the murders. Cornwell maintains that he disguised himself and slipped across the channel to kill then returned to France, also undetected. Not impossible but really stretching the bounds of probability to the breaking point. Cornwell also seem to think that the burden of proof is now upon those who question her theory and not the other way around. She might be a first rate writer of crime fiction but she doesn't take criticism very well. Most serious historians and criminologists have largely discounted her book as being very creative but with little else of substance to recommend it.

Maybrick was a nice suspect until the fellow who "discovered" the famous diary where in he identified himself as the Ripper finally admitted that he had faked the whole thing and was himself the author. With that diary removed as evidence there is absolutely nothing to suggest that Maybrick was the Ripper.

The case for Druitt is, like everything else in this story, largely circumstantial but still compelling enough to warrent a second look. Druitt was a barrister but had attended medical school and would have studied anatomy and dissection. His offices were very close to Whitchapel and would have provided him with a convienent place from which to base his murderus stalkings. There was a history of insanity in his family and some members of his own family seem to have suspected that he might be the Ripper He was considered one of the chief suspects back in the day by both the Metro Police and Scotland Yard and it's always been suspected that there might have been additional information implicating Druitt that was destroyed after the investigation was closed, and finally, Druitt died,,,and the murders stopped.

The Ripper killed five, possibly four, prostitutes during his regin of terror. Although some claim that he killed far more five is the usual number quoted. The notion that the Ripper woke up one morning and said, "Well I've been acting kind of kooky haven't I" is a little much to accept. The mutilations were getting progressivly worse with each killing, almost as if the Ripper were building up to an explosion. After the last, Mary Kelly who was mutilated in a horriffic manner, the killings simply stopped. Something happened to stop him and I have always suspected that it was his own death. The other major suspects went on living at large for years but Druitt died and the murders stopped. Circumstancial to be sure but difficult to get around.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

interesting question frankly no one knows who JACK THE RIPPER was , some say prince Edward, some say a Russian, some say, a Jew ect.. and yes there are even those who say he was American go figure ? humm makes one wonder, Anyway JACK THE RIPPER was real and a killer a darn clever one. now there are other rippers too
JACK THE STRIPPER
AND THE RED RIPPER
THE ROSTOVE RIPPER
ECT.....
ANS THE YORKSHIRE RIPPER
has thee been and American version of JACK THE RIPPER ?
who knows. ONLY JACK HIMSELF KNOW WHO HE IS AND HE'S NOT TALKING

Answer 4

Jack the Ripper was a serial killer who murdered prostitutes in an impoverished part of England. To this day he remains anonymous, though there are many theories as to his identity.

Answer 5

HE HAD DOCTORS SKILLS SO THINK IT WAS A DOCTOR PROBABLY TO THE ROYAL FAMILY

Answer 6

My two favourite suspects at the moment are Montague Druitt and James Kelly. Francis Tumblety is still an interesting suspect.

Sickert was almost certainly not the Ripper--Patricia Cornwell's book is very weak. Likewise there is no proof at all that he was a surgeon to the Royal Family.

He was likely local, and of a class similar to his victims. It's very possible that he had some anatomical knowledge, but not necessarily enough to be a doctor.

Answer 7

The Liverpool bloke James Maybrick

http://www.casebook.org/suspects/james_maybrick/may.html

Answer 8

Of the named suspects I think the most likely ones are Aaron Kosminsky or Severin Klosowski [a.k.a. George Chapman], but so little of the primary evidence survives I doubt it'll ever be known for sure.

Answer 9

I think he was a dr. in England. Just think of what he done to the women after he killed them. If he wasn't a dr. then he had some medical training or he had read a lot of books on the subject. Anyway he was a very sick man to do this and I have always wonder how they never caught him. Do you think that maybe he ws paying off the police? Just a thought.

Answer 10

I just watched a prog on that

I think he was just an ordinary bloke. A complete nutter but ordinary all the same.
All these theorys about him connected to royalty and being a surgeon are abdolute rubbish.

Answer 11

Montague John Druitt
Well because after his death, which was ruled suicide, the Whitechapel murders ceased. Although perhaps he did have a copy cat by the name of J.K. Stephen.