On The Track Of The Ripper

[poliphilo]

My bro-in-law has just published a fascinating novel about the Jack the Ripper murders- and is backing it up with an LJ devoted to Ripperology. His LJ monicker is nashey1888 

Here's Tenniel's contemporary view of the police investigation.

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ripper

[seraphimsigrist.livejournal.com]

well I haven't watched this episode
in full(aware of it because I have the set
on dvd and have watched some of them)
but it is all there on youtube in several
segments of 8 minutes each or so...
I doubt he finds a conspiracy the kolchak
modus operandi was more to find that something
which the police etc try to explain naturally
was supernatural so I would expect that it is
just that, well, this guy is somehow jack
the ripper and he is more or less immortal
for some reason except fortunately that
he can be electrocuted if a chance presents
itself...a rarity in daily life when you think
of it but fortunately hard pressed by the ripper
kolchak is able to do it.

rather as james bond does with odd job,an
otherwise intractable problem, towards the
end of goldfinger.