My Ripper Book of the Week 19

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I know it’s been a while since I have posted a book on here, but I have been quite busy with the research and family business. 

It seems like only yesterday when I recieved the first edition of this book, so when I found out that a second edition was on the way I was quite pleased.

The first edition was a materclass of research and investigation, showing that you could create a book on the crimes without forcing a suspect on the public, and still create an exciting read.  This weeks book is the excellent, The London of Jack the Ripper - Then and Now, by Philip Hutchinson and Robert Clack.

Once again the reader is taken on a journey through the East End of London on the trail of the Ripper, through all of the locations associated with the victims, the murder sites, the sites of the inquests, post mortems and much much more.

The first edition was a must have, and it would seem like it was impossible to improve on that, but Philip and Robert do just that, with the text reading better than ever, and the images the sharpest I have ever seen!

5 Responses to “My Ripper Book of the Week 19”

  1. Trevor Lohr Says:

    I am a Mock Trial student/officer for Moore High School in Moore, OK. Our Mock Trial Case that we are taking to competition this year is about a kid cyberstalking another kid. The one who is accused of cyberstalking is a fan of Jack The Ripper and we plan to use information about JTR in our trial to convict the kid. Could you please look into whether the numbers 1150 and 45050 have any meaning to JTR? It would be most appreciated.

  2. Grailer Says:

    45050 adds up to 14 which adds up to five–the number of canonical victims and a Grail number. The Grail can be associated with ROSLYN D’Onston or the alleged Mary Kelly child.

    1150 is the seating capacity of the Royal Aquarium and Winter Garden after it was taken over and renovated by Prince Eddy’s father mistress, Lily Langtry.

    Can you do better, Mike?

  3. RIP Says:

    45050 is the zip code of Monroe Ohio. James Monro was enigmatic head of detective services and involved in the Ripper case. Did he know who the Ripper was?

  4. admin Says:

    Hi Grailer, Robert D’Onston Stephenson did not believe in the canonical 5, he added two extra victims and ruled out Mary Kelly so that theory is flawed. Roslyn was the name of the houses next to Robert D’Onston Stephenson’s grandparents in Hull and had nothing to do with ROSSYLN Chapel.

  5. admin Says:

    Hi RIP.
    Most of the officials had ideas and theories but non were ever proven conclusively. Monro never fully revealed his theory, just that it was “Hot Potatoes”

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