The Robert D’Onston Stephenson Story

1851 census

135 Church Street, St. Paul, Kingston upon Hull
Richard Stephenson-head-44-Bone (?) Crusher and Merchant-b. Hull
Isabella-wife-41-b. Hull
Elizabeth A.-daughter-18-b. Hull
Isabella D.-daughter-13-Scholar at home-b.Hull
Robert D.-son-9-Scholar at home-b. Hull
Margaret W. Sission-governess-25-Resident Governess
Rachel Stephenson-servant-23-Housemaid

Courtesy- Chris Scott & Nina Brown

The December 1st, 1888 article written under the nom de plume of “One Who Thinks He Knows” for The Pall Mall Gazette:

http://www.casebook.org/press_reports/pall_mall_gazette/18881201.html

According to the premises found in the written works of Melvin Harris ( first in 1988 ) and Ivor Edwards ( in 2002 ), Stephenson’s original complaint ( neurasthenia ) which caused him to go to the London Hospital on July 26th, 1888 was untrue and concealed the true nature of Stephenson’s journey from Brighton to London, which, according to these two authors, was to commit the subsequent murders which comprised the Whitechapel Murders…..yet for different motivations.

Harris felt Stephenson, by virtue of several instances in the fabric of Stephenson’s life pointed towards Stephenson being a sexual serial killer.

Edwards, on the other hand, maintains that Stephenson was not a sexual serial killer, but that the murders were committed for purposes of “black magic”.

More to come.

All purpose thread for those Ripperologists and ‘civilians” alike who may need quick answers to any question they may have regarding Stephenson in any period or aspect of his life.

Feel free to make requests.

Thank you.

Thread with a listing of all the myths and fabrications which have accumulated over the last 120 years regarding Stephenson’s life…made by him and made by others.

Pre 20th century: Inspector Thomas Roots; Mabel Collins; Vittoria Cremers; George Marsh; W.T.Stead; R.D. Stephenson

Pre 2005 : Melvin Harris; Andrew Aliffe; Peter R.A.Birchwood ; Ivor Edwards; Jean Overton Fuller; Bernard O’ Donnell ; Aleister Crowley

Post 2005 : Mike Covell; Chris Scott; Robert Linford; John Savage; Mark Franzoi; Graham Wilson; David Knott; Spiro Dimolianis; Stewart P. Evans ; Nina Brown ; Howard Brown

One of the most pressing problems that fellow Stephensonian researcher Mike Covell and I, as well as other individuals who have helped put together the bulk of post-2005 data on Stephenson, together has been the absenceof sources for much of Stephensons’s life.

In the next post, a list of those who were pre-2005 and post-2005 references will be displayed.

Stephenson’s life and times during the Autumn of Terror and throughout the year 1888

A complete list of all available references to Stephenson, either on websites or in literature will be made available.

The last quarter century of Robert Stephenson’s life will be discussed in this section.

Included in this section will be references and discussion of the 1904 book written by Stephenson, entitled, The Patristic Gospels.