tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post3127066874756037150..comments2024-03-09T15:02:20.201-05:00Comments on Murder by Gaslight: Jack the Ripper in America?Robert Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11008320767930927490noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-12120497879036522142021-07-24T15:50:06.588-04:002021-07-24T15:50:06.588-04:00For information related to this case, please visit...For information related to this case, please visit :<br />www.CarrieBrown.NetHoward Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06098294771955443938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-18230229240178480092021-07-24T15:48:51.518-04:002021-07-24T15:48:51.518-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Howard Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06098294771955443938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-75328050635363469362020-02-18T04:55:02.390-05:002020-02-18T04:55:02.390-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jeffrey Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01431708754170047398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-27173250214084169472018-09-30T10:39:46.232-04:002018-09-30T10:39:46.232-04:00We will never know. On that, I agree. However, my ...We will never know. On that, I agree. However, my humble opinion is that Patricia Cornwell did a bang-up job making a case for Walter Sickert being JTR.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275866949357813012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-62415010646614735252016-05-16T16:19:49.955-04:002016-05-16T16:19:49.955-04:00H H Holmes is the most ridiculous and James Kelly ...H H Holmes is the most ridiculous and James Kelly is not? That's a laugh.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08525631660302486326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-55987589512715114372016-02-22T15:56:54.280-05:002016-02-22T15:56:54.280-05:00H.H Holmes is the most ridiculous suspect ever.H.H Holmes is the most ridiculous suspect ever.How to Make Moneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04415864991201523894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-33772718476917155752016-02-05T16:16:14.739-05:002016-02-05T16:16:14.739-05:00On the site "casebook.org," Robert Mann ...On the site "casebook.org," Robert Mann isn't even listed as a suspect. Seen on another television show about another possible suspect. James Kelly continues to fascinate me.How to Make Moneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04415864991201523894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-64186083570804720872014-08-26T16:49:37.499-04:002014-08-26T16:49:37.499-04:00My own personal bet is a gent named Kominsky, who ...My own personal bet is a gent named Kominsky, who died in Colney Hatch Asylum, based on reading English books in which Kelly and the US connection don't even get a mention. That, though, is as maybe. The one thing I feel is quite certain about Jolly Jack's identity though is that the higher up the social ladder new theoreticians place him, the more unlikely it is really going to be - pin the rap on royalty or someone who's still famous and you're more likely to sell books than if its a total nonentity. The truest comment I've seen was to the effect that when, on Judgement Day, someone finally owns up to being Jolly Jack, all the gathered experts will say "Who was he?" John Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13600474032203997995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-60222571830476947272013-11-27T12:04:05.708-05:002013-11-27T12:04:05.708-05:00I find this fraud particularly annoying. Beyond th...I find this fraud particularly annoying. Beyond that it is not worth acknowledging. Robert Wilhelmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11008320767930927490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-80768864016561379272013-11-26T20:05:15.666-05:002013-11-26T20:05:15.666-05:00HH Holmes was Jack the Ripper. In 20 years most Ri...HH Holmes was Jack the Ripper. In 20 years most Ripperologists will agree on this. He is the only suspect with any forensic evidence linking him to the crime and the study into his background and life are only just starting. Do some research on him and you'll understand why so many people are beginning to agree he was probably the Ripper. He was in London at the time of the Whitechappel murders and he is a convicted serial killer who routinely eviscerated his victims. He believed he had been born from hell and his handwritting is a match for the From Hell letters.prague202020https://www.blogger.com/profile/15561781002250719116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-86761578139398464932013-09-26T12:10:34.326-04:002013-09-26T12:10:34.326-04:00The sketch was not from 125 years ago. It is a mod...The sketch was not from 125 years ago. It is a modern sketch based on a written description from 125 years ago. Trust it if you want - I don't.<br /><br />There are dozens of books about JTR and each one presents compelling evidence. If there were a way to objectively compare them, the debate would have ended years ago. Since I am only concerned with American murders, I don't care who Jack the Ripper was, but I can say with significant certainty that neither Jack the Ripper nor Mr. Kelly killed Carrie Brown.<br /><br />Robert Wilhelmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11008320767930927490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-10773060189026560522013-09-26T03:08:30.394-04:002013-09-26T03:08:30.394-04:00To me, the most compelling case against Kelly, is ...To me, the most compelling case against Kelly, is that his wife's killing seems to be exactly what you'd expect of the first kill for JTR, very few shows I watched dealt with the fact that all serial killers start out with simpler kills, then "escalate." Norris (ignoring any drama he added for TV purposes) presents that idea well, first his wife, then some killing that have some hallmarks of JTR killings, but not all of them, then the canonical Ripper killings, and then...he stops, why? No serial killer just stops. Kelly's move to America explains that. As for the "X" being different from all the other killings, serial killers always evolve, and if he did reach ten victims, that might be his way of bragging, without do so in a way that would lead to his getting caught. The hat and mustache on the reversed-aged photo would make lots of people look like the RIpper sketch from 125 years ago, but other features are similar too....the eyes, the nose. I think it's as compelling a case as any, and better than some. Siobhan Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07647751483816731926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-52312162241973699282013-09-25T17:36:40.507-04:002013-09-25T17:36:40.507-04:00A & E had a MUCH better documentary on Jack th...A & E had a MUCH better documentary on Jack the Ripper. It's on YouTube. Check it out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-80038344739259006502013-03-15T01:11:25.748-04:002013-03-15T01:11:25.748-04:00I don't know why they did the "reverse ag...I don't know why they did the "reverse aging" thing...there actually *is* a photograph of James Kelly as a young man. He's a good suspect, but nobody can prove anything at this point.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02441839717187205020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-10886172192032548452012-08-04T16:48:42.688-04:002012-08-04T16:48:42.688-04:00That is correct, we shall never know. A new "...That is correct, we shall never know. A new "case closed" book comes out every year, each more far-fetched than the last. And the public swallows it all.Robert Wilhelmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11008320767930927490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-10679912809966699202012-08-04T13:51:20.127-04:002012-08-04T13:51:20.127-04:00We shall all never know.....We shall all never know.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-14457045551514062892012-08-04T13:42:51.056-04:002012-08-04T13:42:51.056-04:00James Kelly may very well have been the Ripper -
P...James Kelly may very well have been the Ripper -<br />Patricia Cornwell put out a fascinating case, and did prove that Walter Sickert apparently wrote one of the hundreds of letters received by the police at that time.<br />But that's a long way off from proving Sickert is actually the Ripper.<br />Kelly does seem a perfect fit in many ways - I do wonder why he would return to the asylum in England and turn himself in after 40 years, he must have been off his rocker, perhaps I missed the reason when I watched the show.<br />Whoever is was, they were definitely mentally unbalanced, a psychopath with violent tendencies, and it's always bothered me that the murders suddenly ceased.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-39496035676322891362012-08-04T02:49:52.837-04:002012-08-04T02:49:52.837-04:00James Kelly was indeed Jack The Ripper. No questi...James Kelly was indeed Jack The Ripper. No question about it... Case closed... Next?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-16161206509211902542012-07-27T11:14:58.349-04:002012-07-27T11:14:58.349-04:00Have they ever compared the handwritng from the co...Have they ever compared the handwritng from the confession of Kelly to that of the Ripper?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-13663768417232036912012-04-23T00:26:19.928-04:002012-04-23T00:26:19.928-04:00I don't know if I buy the Ripper coming to Ame...I don't know if I buy the Ripper coming to America, but some of the murders of the period look really similar--Alice Walsh and Carrie Brown for instance were both prostitutes that were heavily mutilated in hotels in Manhattan. Maybe the same hand?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-26380791896158532052012-03-03T11:54:55.756-05:002012-03-03T11:54:55.756-05:00Its long been thought that the Ripper came to Amer...Its long been thought that the Ripper came to America...even the TV show Bonanza did a little nod to it....many legends have some basis in fact. The Ripper came to America idea has been around for a long time.<br />Sickert at the very least had an unhealthy interest in the ripper killings and inserted himself into the investigation...His painting Jack The Rippers Bedroom...Just a little thought provoking, dont ya think?<br />Robert Greysmiths novel about who he thinks the Ripper was is interesting too...set in San Francisco...and an innocent man was put to death for the killings....<br />there are just so many theorys and all of them seem good...I watched the TV show too and yes the detective was a little over the top but I thought the method was sound and I cant fault it...but until there is some sort of DNA match or we find some real proof every theory is just that...a theoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-19892405932636803052011-11-08T15:30:56.193-05:002011-11-08T15:30:56.193-05:00Herman Webster Mudgett (H.H. Holmes). Read the boo...Herman Webster Mudgett (H.H. Holmes). Read the book "Bloodstains" by Jeff Mudgett, his great great grandson and then see what you think...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-85682720318950597222011-04-26T13:58:42.637-04:002011-04-26T13:58:42.637-04:00i really like the letters he is sending to people ...i really like the letters he is sending to people i would like to get one of these and i would eat whatever came in it and prepare it with vinegar and olives. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-11174062104419500782011-01-23T12:09:05.148-05:002011-01-23T12:09:05.148-05:00It is definitely important that no one can agree o...It is definitely important that no one can agree on the number of victims or which letters are real and which are hoaxes. It allows each investigator to work with his or her own set of “facts.” Over the past 10 years there have been at least 18 “case closed” or “revealed at last” books about Jack the Ripper with very little overlap in suspects (2 authors like Jams Maybrick, 2 like William Bury, 2 like Walter Sickert, the rest are all one-offs.) If you can cherry-pick your evidence you can prove anyone guilty.<br /><br />James Kelly is certainly a suspect, but so are a number of other people. What make the case enduring is that more objectively you analyze the evidence, the further you get from certainty.<br /><br />In any case, no one should make a judgment based on one televisions show.Robert Wilhelmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11008320767930927490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906786397374372561.post-87976423127072286642011-01-22T18:20:07.761-05:002011-01-22T18:20:07.761-05:00I recently saw the Norris piece and was very intri...I recently saw the Norris piece and was very intrigued. It's difficult to argue that Kelly's timeline would mirror that of The Ripper, if his admissions once he turned himself in were true - a big if there. I do find the "X" theory to be reaching. The one thing I find most interesting is how nobody can seem to agree on which murders The Ripper was actually responsible for. It sure seems that many Ripper Rip-Offs popped up around the same time, thus muddling the situation for London authorities. I wouldn't be surprised if Kelly really was The Ripper and 4 or 5 of the "suspects" committed similar murders in an attempt to pin the blame on The Ripper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com