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Identity of Jack The Ripper Revealed? Researchers Say Disputed Diary Is Authentic

Identity of Jack The Ripper Revealed? Researchers Say Disputed Diary Is Authentic

For several months spanning from August to November of 1888, a serial killer known only as Jack the Ripper tormented the Whitechapel area of London. During that time, the Ripper murdered five prostitutes, savagely mutilating all but one, a woman by the name of Elizabeth Stride. Now, nearly 130 years later, the identity of Jack […]

7y ago

H.H. Holmes: Did The ‘Devil In White City’ Fake His Own Execution?

H.H. Holmes: Did The ‘Devil In White City’ Fake His Own Execution?

H.H. Holmes was executed by hanging on May 7, 1896. Per his request, the convicted killer’s body was buried 10 feet deep and his coffin was encased in concrete. More than 120 years later, Holmes’ grave is being exhumed amid rumors that he faked his own execution and subsequent death. A native of Gilmanton, New […]

7y ago

Jack The Ripper Identified: ‘Definitive Conclusion’ To $7 Million Investigation

Jack The Ripper Identified: ‘Definitive Conclusion’ To $7 Million Investigation

Jack the Ripper may have killed as many as fifteen individuals. Such of the findings of a mystery writer who has spent a considerable amount of her own money in an attempt to solve one of history’s most confounding and magnetic mysteries — the identity of the man who committed the Whitechapel murders. After years […]

7y ago

‘Time After Time,’ This Season’s Second Time Travel Show, Airs Sunday On ABC

‘Time After Time,’ This Season’s Second Time Travel Show, Airs Sunday On ABC

Time will tell if ABC was smart in delaying the start of its new show, Time After Time, as a mid-season replacement series. NBC has done well with its freshman series, Timeless which began last fall, but is there room for another time travel series? Despite the similarity of the series subject matter, Time After […]

7y ago

Jack The Ripper’s Identity Is Not Francis Thompson? 2015 Suspects Include Michael Maybrick, Francis Spurzheim Craig

Jack The Ripper’s Identity Is Not Francis Thompson? 2015 Suspects Include Michael Maybrick, Francis Spurzheim Craig

Jack the Ripper’s identity has long been a subject of debate. An English teacher named Richard Patterson believes that respected poet Francis Thompson is the best suspect, declaring the mystery solved. Other modern day investigators may declare “not so fast Jack” since other 2015 Jack the Ripper suspects include renowned singer and songwriter Michael Maybrick […]

9y ago

Jack The Ripper: Francis Thompson Pegged As Jack The Ripper — And The Evidence Is Compelling

Jack The Ripper: Francis Thompson Pegged As Jack The Ripper — And The Evidence Is Compelling

The infamous serial killer “Jack The Ripper” has baffled the world for more than a century. He was blamed for killing nearly a dozen women in Whitechapel in 1888. Because no one was ever positively identified, efforts continue nearly 130 years later to try to figure out just who the Ripper truly was. Numerous suspects […]

9y ago

Hipster Cafe Attacked In London, ‘Class War’ Will ‘Shut Down’ Jack The Ripper Museum Next [Video]

Hipster Cafe Attacked In London, ‘Class War’ Will ‘Shut Down’ Jack The Ripper Museum Next [Video]

A British political party calling itself Class War had a hipster cafe attacked simply because because the two owners of Cereal Killer Cafe saw fit to charge rich prices for a single bowl of cereal. Now, Class War has announced plans for a second so-called “F**k Parade,” and they plan on shutting down the Jack […]

9y ago

How To Spot A Serial Killer Using Only Five Key Traits

How To Spot A Serial Killer Using Only Five Key Traits

We’ve all seen them in movies and television. They walk towards the camera with their head down, handcuffs on, showing an emotionless face. But since the rise in technology, both criminologists and forensic psychologists have started to put together the pieces on predicting future serial killers. As the Daily Mail reports, serial killers, or psychopaths, […]

9y ago

Jack The Ripper Identity Remains A Secret—Why Does This Serial Killer Still Fascinate?

Jack The Ripper Identity Remains A Secret—Why Does This Serial Killer Still Fascinate?

It was reported in September that “Jack The Ripper” had been identified at long last. The Daily Mail shared the discovery as an “exclusive.” The Mail on Sunday can exclusively reveal the true identity of Jack the Ripper, the serial killer responsible for at least five grisly murders in Whitechapel in East London during the […]

10y ago

Jack The Ripper: ‘Serious DNA Error’ Allegedly Undermines Identity Claim

Jack The Ripper: ‘Serious DNA Error’ Allegedly Undermines Identity Claim

Allegations made earlier this year that Jack the Ripper had finally been unmasked thanks to DNA evidence are now being called into question as some experts assert that an error may have been caused by a misplaced decimal point in the calculations. Dr. Jari Louhelainen claimed to have identified Jack the Ripper, after examining genetic […]

10y ago

Aaron Kosminski: Why No Jury Would Convict Him Of Jack The Ripper Crimes

Aaron Kosminski: Why No Jury Would Convict Him Of Jack The Ripper Crimes

COMMENTARY | Aaron Kosminski was Jack the Ripper, or so a new book says based on mitochondrial DNA research. While we’ll certainly admit that the evidence presented so far is compelling, and the latest find is probably the most important to happen in “Ripperology” for a very long time, no honest jury could convict him […]

10y ago

Jack The Ripper Was A 23-Year-Old Polish-Jewish Barber, Author Claims

Jack The Ripper Was A 23-Year-Old Polish-Jewish Barber, Author Claims

Jack the Ripper’s identity has now apparently been revealed by an author named Russell Edwards who claims he has been able to establish the infamous serial killer’s identity from DNA evidence. Edwards, who describes himself as an “armchair detective,” believes he has identified the Victorian serial murderer for the first time, as reported by the […]

10y ago

Not So Fast: Jack The Ripper DNA In Doubt

Not So Fast: Jack The Ripper DNA In Doubt

New DNA evidence has revealed the identity of Jack the Ripper as Polish immigrant Aaron Kosminski, a primary suspect at the time of the 1888 murders. However, doubt has been cast on the Jack the Ripper DNA findings of amateur sleuth Russell Edwards and his forensics specialist Dr. Jari Louhelainen. Despite their confidence, many questions […]

10y ago

Identity of Jack The Ripper May Not Be Correct, ‘No Actual Evidence’ Exists, Says Expert

Identity of Jack The Ripper May Not Be Correct, ‘No Actual Evidence’ Exists, Says Expert

Jack the Ripper, the infamous serial killer whose identity has been a mystery for over a century, has been identified, according to one scientist. However, a closer look at the highly publicized claim has raised some serious doubts to Jack the Ripper’s real identity. According to a post by Daily Mail, Jack the Ripper was […]

10y ago

DNA Evidence Reveals Identity Of Jack The Ripper

DNA Evidence Reveals Identity Of Jack The Ripper

We’ve all heard the story of Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer who was famous for the Whitechapel killings in London in 1888. Though there were hundreds of suspects thought to be the real Jack the Ripper, no one was ever convicted for the murders. Now, with the help of the latest developments in […]

10y ago

Jack The Ripper Was A Woman: New Book Makes Staggering Revelations About Famous Serial Killer

Jack The Ripper Was A Woman: New Book Makes Staggering Revelations About Famous Serial Killer

Jack the Ripper is probably history’s most famous serial killer, but could bloody Jack have actually been a bloody Jill? That’s the intriguing new theory put forward in a groundbreaking new book about the Victorian psychopath who terrorized the streets of Whitechapel in a bloody reign of terror without equal. Such was the brute savagery […]

10y ago

Jack The Ripper Mystery Finally Solved: Turns Out, He Never Actually Existed

Jack The Ripper Mystery Finally Solved: Turns Out, He Never Actually Existed

Bad news, amateur Jack the Ripper enthusiasts. The Whitechapel mystery that gripped imaginations all over the world for 125 years has finally been solved. The results, though fascinating and unexpected, are a little disappointing. Jack the Ripper never existed. Even though there are over one hundred theories about the Ripper’s identity, that he never even […]

11y ago

BBC’s ‘Ripper Street’ Adds To Cast For Season 2

BBC’s ‘Ripper Street’ Adds To Cast For Season 2

The BBC announced on Monday that it has added several new actors to it’s line up for Ripper Street Season 2. Matthew Macfadyen (Anna Karenina) as Inspector Reid, Jerome Flynn, Game of Thrones as Sergeant Drake, and Adam Rothenberg (Elementary) as Captain Jackson will be joined by some Game Of Thrones and The Wire actors. […]

11y ago

Is ‘Jack The Ripper’ Finally ID’d For Good?

Is ‘Jack The Ripper’ Finally ID’d For Good?

The true identity of the Victorian serial killer dubbed “Jack the Ripper” has been debated by academics and amateurs since the start of his murder streak in 1888, and the killer’s at-large status and grisly M.O. have spawned hundreds of pop culture interpretations and fictions ever since. As of now, over 100 potential “Jack the […]

12y ago

Was Jack The Ripper a Female? Author Says Maybe

Was Jack The Ripper a Female? Author Says Maybe

The Ripper murders in the United Kingdom are among the most well know n in the world. They are also, even after more than 100 years and loads of evidence, unsolved. Suspects for Jack The Ripper have ranged from an itinerant Polish laborer to the eminent Victorian doctor Sir William Gull, and even the painter […]

12y ago

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