Jack the ripper - identity revealed

[Lilith7]

Perhaps, but it may never be able to be proved.


https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/uk/3009287...al-records

"A former police volunteer claims to have discovered the identity of the figure behind some of the most shocking crimes in British history, unmasking the 19th-century murderer who terrorised the nation as Jack the Ripper.

Sarah Bax Horton – whose great-great-grandfather was a policeman at the heart of the Ripper investigation – has unearthed compelling evidence that matches witness descriptions of the man seen with female victims shortly before they were stabbed to death in 1888 in the East End of London.

Her detective work has led her to Hyam Hyams, who lived in an area at the centre of the murders and who, as a cigar-maker, knew how to use a knife. He was an epileptic and an alcoholic who was in and out of mental asylums, his condition worsening after he was injured in an accident and unable to work. He repeatedly assaulted his wife, paranoid that she was cheating on him, and was eventually arrested after he attacked her and his mother with “a chopper”.

Significantly, Bax Horton gained access to his medical records and discovered dramatic details. She told The Telegraph: “For the first time in history, Jack the Ripper can be identified as Hyam Hyams using distinctive physical characteristics.”

Witnesses described a man in his mid-30s with a stiff arm and an irregular gait with bent knees, and Bax Horton discovered that the medical notes of Hyams – who was 35 in 1888 – recorded an injury that left him unable to “bend or extend” his left arm as well as an irregular gait and an inability to straighten his knees, with asymmetric foot dragging. He also had the most severe form of epilepsy, with regular seizures."

[king1]

add that one to the many many other theories out there... but i'm not sure similar physical characteristics to that described by witnesses is enough on its own. It's unusual but by no means unique

[Wainuiguy]

Nah read the book by Richard Laymon called Savage - explains exactly what happened to Jack the Ripper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_(Laymon_novel)

[harm_less]

Nah read the book by Richard Laymon called Savage - explains exactly what happened to Jack the Ripper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_(Laymon_novel)

Are you not familiar with what 'novel' means?

[R2x1]

Nah read the book by Richard Laymon called Savage - explains exactly what happened to Jack the Ripper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_(Laymon_novel)

Are you not familiar with what 'novel' means?

Yeah.  "New"

[Kenj]

Unique?

[harm_less]

Are you not familiar with what 'novel' means?

Yeah.  "New"

The Wikipedia reference was in regard to a book so was used in the noun sense: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/novel

[R2x1]

Well, almost "nounsense".

The adjectival form is more - interesting, different, new, novel. 

Funnier too.

[king1]

This was a good movie on the subject

[Wainuiguy]

Nah read the book by Richard Laymon called Savage - explains exactly what happened to Jack the Ripper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_(Laymon_novel)

Are you not familiar with what 'novel' means?

Pretty sure novels are books are they not?  Richard Laymons take on it it about as good as this woman's.

[harm_less]

Are you not familiar with what 'novel' means?

Pretty sure novels are books are they not?  Richard Laymons take on it it about as good as this woman's.

Did you actually read the link you posted? "1993 historical fiction horror novel"

[Wainuiguy]

Pretty sure novels are books are they not?  Richard Laymons take on it it about as good as this woman's.

Did you actually read the link you posted? "1993 historical fiction horror novel"

Yes and have read it too.  Great book.  And a theory as valid as in the OP.

[king1]

There is a lot of theories about who Jack the Ripper was ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper_suspects

[Lilith7]

We'll probably never know his identity after such a long time.

[R2x1]

If they DO identify him, the trial may be a farce, as many witnesses will likely fail to appear.

[Lilith7]

If they DO identify him, the trial may be a farce, as many witnesses will likely fail to appear.

I just spluttered my cup of tea everywhere!

[king1]

If they DO identify him, the trial may be a farce, as many witnesses will likely fail to appear.

the defendant is quite likely to have absconded by now as well...

[R2x1]

The man's a bounder! . . .