Mike Covell’s Blogg

Although many Ripperologists will know of Melvin Harris through his work in books such as “Jack the Ripper, The Bloody Truth”, “The Ripper File” “The True Face of Jack the Ripper” he actually tackled the Ripper earlier than these books!

Harris had a chapter in his 1986 book “Investigating the Unexplained” entitled “I captured Jack the Ripper”, which looks into psychic Robert Lee’s and the claims that were made that Lee’s tracked the Ripper down!

Harris looks at the press reports that claim Lee’s was involved in the case, then quickly demolishes all arguments by re-printing extracts from Lee’s diary.

The book is an excellent read, more so because I am a fan of Harris, Ripperology and the Unexplained but the best treat comes in the final chapter.

It is here that Harris recounts the story of Robert D’Onston Stephenson’s “Dead or Alive” story and demolishes it, using Bernard O’Donnell’s manuscript!!

A great read!!