Comments for BillyE's Jack the Ripper: Fact and Fiction http://blog.casebook.org/billye A discussion of the facts of the case and the multi-media the case has influenced. Thu, 17 May 2012 03:45:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 Comment on Michael Caine and Jack the Ripper: Part I by S @ BBCAmerica http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/08/03/michael-caine-and-jack-the-ripper-part-i/#comment-1565 S @ BBCAmerica Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:36:45 +0000 http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/08/03/michael-caine-and-jack-the-ripper-part-i/#comment-1565 Hi – I work for BBC America, the U.S. cable television channel. I came across your website and wanted to reach out, because BBC America is premiering a new series, WHITECHAPEL, on WED OCT 26 that I think would be interesting to you & your readers. WHITECHAPEL is set in modern-day East London where a copycat killer is terrorizing London – and it'll take everything these police officers have to keep history from repeating. The force is faced with the brutal and bloody history of their streets, from echoes of the 19th century & Jack the Ripper to the infamous 1960s crime twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray. Can these officers "solve the unsolvable and catch the most famous serial killer that ever lived"? WHITECHAPEL is from the producers of the Emmy Award-winning Downton Abbey and starring Rupert Penry-Jones (MI-5, Cambridge Spies), Phil Davis (Sherlock, Bleak House) and Steve Pemberton (The League of Gentlemen, Viva Blackpool). Don’t miss WHITECHAPEL every Wednesday at 10/9c starting Oct 26 only on BBC America. Can’t find BBC America on your cable dial? Use the Channel Finder in the top-navigation bar on bbcamerica.com. PLUS: • Watch the extended trailer now: http://bbca.me/WhitechapelTrail • Get an exclusive look Inside the Making Of… WHITECHAPEL: http://bbca.me/MakingWhitechapel • Watch a special advance sneak peek of the series premiere: http://bbca.me/WhitechapelPeek Cheers! Hi –

I work for BBC America, the U.S. cable television channel. I came across your website and wanted to reach out, because BBC America is premiering a new series, WHITECHAPEL, on WED OCT 26 that I think would be interesting to you & your readers.

WHITECHAPEL is set in modern-day East London where a copycat killer is terrorizing London – and it’ll take everything these police officers have to keep history from repeating. The force is faced with the brutal and bloody history of their streets, from echoes of the 19th century & Jack the Ripper to the infamous 1960s crime twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray. Can these officers “solve the unsolvable and catch the most famous serial killer that ever lived”?

WHITECHAPEL is from the producers of the Emmy Award-winning Downton Abbey and starring Rupert Penry-Jones (MI-5, Cambridge Spies), Phil Davis (Sherlock, Bleak House) and Steve Pemberton (The League of Gentlemen, Viva Blackpool).

Don’t miss WHITECHAPEL every Wednesday at 10/9c starting Oct 26 only on BBC America. Can’t find BBC America on your cable dial? Use the Channel Finder in the top-navigation bar on bbcamerica.com.

PLUS:
• Watch the extended trailer now: http://bbca.me/WhitechapelTrail
• Get an exclusive look Inside the Making Of… WHITECHAPEL: http://bbca.me/MakingWhitechapel
• Watch a special advance sneak peek of the series premiere: http://bbca.me/WhitechapelPeek

Cheers!

]]> Comment on Truely “From Hell” by Lisa Munro http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2011/01/24/truely-from-hell/#comment-1319 Lisa Munro Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:13:39 +0000 http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2011/01/24/truely-from-hell/#comment-1319 Nothing scared me more in this movie than the shot from under the ripper's carriage and the steps unfolding with a loud alarming sound. It is a Hitchcock moment in thriller and suspense. The Hughes brothers scared the sh*t out of me with just that shot. Nothing scared me more in this movie than the shot from under the ripper’s carriage and the steps unfolding with a loud alarming sound. It is a Hitchcock moment in thriller and suspense. The Hughes brothers scared the sh*t out of me with just that shot.

]]> Comment on Deadly Art: Walter Sickert as a suspect by SickD http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/12/14/deadly-art-walter-sickert-as-a-suspect/#comment-1236 SickD Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:49:47 +0000 http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/12/14/deadly-art-walter-sickert-as-a-suspect/#comment-1236 I believe Jack and at least one of his victims could have been in Sickert's circle or close to people in the circle. Just look at how many multiple murders and their victims have celebrities directly related to their crimes Manson: Polanski... Hillside Stranglers: Peter Lorre's daughter And not just California: Yorkshire Ripper: Bruce Jones Ted Bundy: Blondie There are many other examples of celebrities connected to the criminal but not the crimes, like TEd Bundy and Ann Rule and several with Manson...Then we have a true celebrity and toast of the art world in SK Jack Unterwegger...So much for not fitting in... I believe Jack and at least one of his victims could have been in Sickert’s circle or close to people in the circle. Just look at how many multiple murders and their victims have celebrities directly related to their crimes
Manson: Polanski…
Hillside Stranglers: Peter Lorre’s daughter
And not just California:
Yorkshire Ripper: Bruce Jones
Ted Bundy: Blondie
There are many other examples of celebrities connected to the criminal but not the crimes, like TEd Bundy and Ann Rule and several with Manson…Then we have a true celebrity and toast of the art world in SK Jack Unterwegger…So much for not fitting in…

]]> Comment on Michael Caine and Jack the Ripper: Part II by Uriah Hexam http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/11/23/michael-caine-and-jack-the-ripper-part-ii/#comment-1126 Uriah Hexam Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:02:54 +0000 http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/11/23/michael-caine-and-jack-the-ripper-part-ii/#comment-1126 I enjoyed this piece. Insightful, cognizant of the reality of acting and movie-making and not the usual semi-hysterical bleating by people who think all movies are documentaries. Very well done. I enjoyed this piece. Insightful, cognizant of the reality of acting and movie-making and not the usual semi-hysterical bleating by people who think all movies are documentaries.
Very well done.

]]> Comment on Deadly Art: Walter Sickert as a suspect by WRS http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/12/14/deadly-art-walter-sickert-as-a-suspect/#comment-1119 WRS Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:38:13 +0000 http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/12/14/deadly-art-walter-sickert-as-a-suspect/#comment-1119 I think could definitely be considered mysogynist with regard to the modern woman in the same way that Picasso was. Picasso drew woman like art objects he could manipulate, put in a cubist style, and do anything with, and Sickert drew them defaced and dead. Such is artistic expression. I won't comment specifically on Sickert's candidacy per se as it's too easy to poke holes in any suspect theory. The best way I think to objectively discuss the theory is only in comparison to other ones. To me, Druitt could be eliminated from discussion by the same token but Druitt is still discussed in the mainstream field. I think could definitely be considered mysogynist with regard to the modern woman in the same way that Picasso was. Picasso drew woman like art objects he could manipulate, put in a cubist style, and do anything with, and Sickert drew them defaced and dead. Such is artistic expression.
I won’t comment specifically on Sickert’s candidacy per se as it’s too easy to poke holes in any suspect theory. The best way I think to objectively discuss the theory is only in comparison to other ones. To me, Druitt could be eliminated from discussion by the same token but Druitt is still discussed in the mainstream field.

]]> Comment on Deadly Art: Walter Sickert as a suspect by BillyE http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/12/14/deadly-art-walter-sickert-as-a-suspect/#comment-1057 BillyE Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:17:53 +0000 http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/12/14/deadly-art-walter-sickert-as-a-suspect/#comment-1057 Jessa, I don't see how his artwork makes him a mysoginist. The womon of the "Camdentown Murders" series was a victim of an actual crime. I can't say he wasn't a mysoginist, but I can't say he was either. Starr, the most you could say Cornwell proved with her exersize is Sickert may have written one or two of the Ripper letters, which most experts agree none came from the actuall killer. Only the "Lusk" letter has the slimmest chance of being genuine. At any rate, this far removed from the crimes, and the fact Sickert was cremated, prevents us from gathering more evidence, so it's all speculation anyway. Thank you both, Jessa and Starr, for taking the time to read my blog. Jessa, I don’t see how his artwork makes him a mysoginist. The womon of the “Camdentown Murders” series was a victim of an actual crime. I can’t say he wasn’t a mysoginist, but I can’t say he was either.

Starr, the most you could say Cornwell proved with her exersize is Sickert may have written one or two of the Ripper letters, which most experts agree none came from the actuall killer. Only the “Lusk” letter has the slimmest chance of being genuine.

At any rate, this far removed from the crimes, and the fact Sickert was cremated, prevents us from gathering more evidence, so it’s all speculation anyway. Thank you both, Jessa and Starr, for taking the time to read my blog.

]]> Comment on Deadly Art: Walter Sickert as a suspect by Starr http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/12/14/deadly-art-walter-sickert-as-a-suspect/#comment-1017 Starr Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:55:02 +0000 http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/12/14/deadly-art-walter-sickert-as-a-suspect/#comment-1017 I wonder at all the criticism thrown Cornwell's way all the time(not just here-everywhere). I have read most of the other books on the subject, studied the information that is at my disposal quite extensively, and I am more impressed with her conclusion than any other's by far. And she explains how he could have done it rather easily. Finally, her basis for calling him JtR has more to do with the "letter's", forensic evidence, and(to me this is the most compelling as it stands up very well with our understanding of modern-day serial killers who operate like Jack)the personality and personal history of Sickert. I wonder at all the criticism thrown Cornwell’s way all the time(not just here-everywhere). I have read most of the other books on the subject, studied the information that is at my disposal quite extensively, and I am more impressed with her conclusion than any other’s by far. And she explains how he could have done it rather easily. Finally, her basis for calling him JtR has more to do with the “letter’s”, forensic evidence, and(to me this is the most compelling as it stands up very well with our understanding of modern-day serial killers who operate like Jack)the personality and personal history of Sickert.

]]> Comment on Deadly Art: Walter Sickert as a suspect by Jessa http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/12/14/deadly-art-walter-sickert-as-a-suspect/#comment-1001 Jessa Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:07:48 +0000 http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/12/14/deadly-art-walter-sickert-as-a-suspect/#comment-1001 While I don't believe Sickert is JtR, I did find "Case Closed" an interesting read. I've always thought the guy was a bit of a mysoginist (based on his works) and I know I will become the scorn of the art community by saying I think, as far as artists go, he was a bit of a hack. Still, kudo's to him for making himself (a small) part of a legend. While I don’t believe Sickert is JtR, I did find “Case Closed” an interesting read. I’ve always thought the guy was a bit of a mysoginist (based on his works) and I know I will become the scorn of the art community by saying I think, as far as artists go, he was a bit of a hack.

Still, kudo’s to him for making himself (a small) part of a legend.

]]> Comment on Deadly Art: Walter Sickert as a suspect by BillyE http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/12/14/deadly-art-walter-sickert-as-a-suspect/#comment-1000 BillyE Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:30:26 +0000 http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/12/14/deadly-art-walter-sickert-as-a-suspect/#comment-1000 I really probably should have mentioned Fuller's book, but I unfortunately haven't read it, and therefore could give no informed opinion on it. I keep promising myself to someday track down that book. Thank you for making the readers aware of it. And thank you for the link to the Sickert art. Really glad you're reading my blog. I really probably should have mentioned Fuller’s book, but I unfortunately haven’t read it, and therefore could give no informed opinion on it. I keep promising myself to someday track down that book. Thank you for making the readers aware of it. And thank you for the link to the Sickert art. Really glad you’re reading my blog.

]]> Comment on Deadly Art: Walter Sickert as a suspect by JJ Plant http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/12/14/deadly-art-walter-sickert-as-a-suspect/#comment-998 JJ Plant Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:00:44 +0000 http://blog.casebook.org/billye/2010/12/14/deadly-art-walter-sickert-as-a-suspect/#comment-998 Surely some credit should be given to Jean Overton Fuller, who, in her Sickert and the Ripper Crimes (1990) was, I think, the first to accuse Sickert of being JtR. Knight has him as a probable accomplice, and McCormick does no more than raise the possibility of some connection. May I also draw attention to the Courtauls Gallery exhibition of Winter 2007/8 of Sickerts Camden Town paintings. The catalogue is still available, and is worth looking at. http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/exhibitions/2007/sickert/index.shtml Surely some credit should be given to Jean Overton Fuller, who, in her Sickert and the Ripper Crimes (1990) was, I think, the first to accuse Sickert of being JtR. Knight has him as a probable accomplice, and McCormick does no more than raise the possibility of some connection.

May I also draw attention to the Courtauls Gallery exhibition of Winter 2007/8 of Sickerts Camden Town paintings. The catalogue is still available, and is worth looking at. http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/exhibitions/2007/sickert/index.shtml

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