Six years ago, I published a book outlining the evidence for and against 333 Jack the Ripper suspects. Since then, the number of people accused has risen again. My most disturbing finding was the number of plausible candidates, men capable of committing such terrible atrocities. Given the lack of direct evidence my preference is to […]
In 1960 author and researcher, Colin Wilson, wrote a series of articles for the London Evening Standard about Jack the Ripper. Afterwards he received several letters, three of which intrigued him. One alleged that Jack the Ripper had died in an asylum run by the writer’s father. Another recounted a story from artist, Walter Sickert, […]
A collection of items relating to Jack the Ripper murders were auctioned in Exeter on 22 March. They belonged to Inspector Joseph Helson who, as Head of J Division, led the investigation into the murder of Mary Ann Nichols, often regarded as the Ripper’s first victim in 1888. The collection included a photograph of Nichols […]
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