Chris G.
12-18-2011, 02:21 AM
An exchange I had with a correspondent on a poetry site--
Of course, Chris, WE ALL KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT JACK THE RIPPER. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2yVZCVLK3E)
Hi Quincy
I enjoyed that and it's actually the first time I have seen the clip. Amazing but true! :D There are a number of factual errors in the piece besides the fact that the Ripper murders were certainly not carried out by a Barney-like Scottish sea monster. The Ripper murders did not take place, as the host Henry Silva states, in the West End of London but in the East End. They occurred in the autumn of 1888 and not the winter of 1888. The victims would not have offered themselves for a "quid" as the one prostitute is heard saying. The truth is that the victims and women like them sold themselves for a few pennies to get a bed for the night. Lastly, although I could go on about the "big" customer that the victim takes to a secluded spot, the newspaper with the headline "Jack the Ripper Strikes Again!" doesn't look like an 1888 newspaper. The newspapers of the time did not have big broadsheet headlines like that which is a twentieth century innovation.
Best regards
Chris
Of course, Chris, WE ALL KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT JACK THE RIPPER. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2yVZCVLK3E)
Hi Quincy
I enjoyed that and it's actually the first time I have seen the clip. Amazing but true! :D There are a number of factual errors in the piece besides the fact that the Ripper murders were certainly not carried out by a Barney-like Scottish sea monster. The Ripper murders did not take place, as the host Henry Silva states, in the West End of London but in the East End. They occurred in the autumn of 1888 and not the winter of 1888. The victims would not have offered themselves for a "quid" as the one prostitute is heard saying. The truth is that the victims and women like them sold themselves for a few pennies to get a bed for the night. Lastly, although I could go on about the "big" customer that the victim takes to a secluded spot, the newspaper with the headline "Jack the Ripper Strikes Again!" doesn't look like an 1888 newspaper. The newspapers of the time did not have big broadsheet headlines like that which is a twentieth century innovation.
Best regards
Chris