JTRForums.com - THE place to be for All Things Ripper http://www.jtrforums.com/ This is a message board dedicated to Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel Murders. en Fri, 18 May 2012 22:10:03 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.jtrforums.com/images/styles/silverblue/misc/rss.jpg JTRForums.com - THE place to be for All Things Ripper http://www.jtrforums.com/ Jack the Ripper: CSI Whitechapel http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14949&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 09:30:52 GMT I am happy to announce the appearance on Amazon of the forthcoming book 'Jack the Ripper: CSI Whitechapel', written by Paul Begg and myself.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jack-Ripper-...7332995&sr=8-1

It is due to be published by Andre Deusch/Carlton Books in October or November this year.

Retelling the story of the Whitechapel murders from Emma Smith to Frances Coles, it focuses on the crime scenes, using over 130 archive and modern photographs (many published here for the first time), bespoke maps showing the movements of victims and where witnesses made their sightings and excitingly, over 30 specially comissioned artworks by the incomparable Jake Luukkanen showing the crime scenes and other relevant locations as they were in 1888, in full colour.

Carlton's production values are second-to-none and this will be the most lavishly illustrated Ripper book to date!

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]]> Ripper Non-fiction John Bennett http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14949 From The Glasgow Herald ( 10-1-1888) http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14948&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 20:30:59 GMT Glasgow Herald October 1, 1888 ************* Image: http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac287/HowieNina/Forums%202012/glasquote.jpg Glasgow Herald
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]]> Quote of the Week How Brown http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14948 Novelists Of The Present Day http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14946&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 18:37:13 GMT Glasgow Herald September 22, 1888 **************** Image: http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac287/HowieNina/Forums%202012/newg1.jpg Image: http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac287/HowieNina/Forums%202012/newg2.jpg Image:... Glasgow Herald
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]]> East End and Victoriana Books How Brown http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14946 *** 54 Radio Episodes Rathbone/Bruce On Line Free*** http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14945&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 18:22:18 GMT http://www.rathboneandbruce.net/the-new-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-old-time-radio-episode-list.html Listening to one now ( *The Viennese Strangler *) Enjoy !!! http://www.rathboneandbruce.net/the-...sode-list.html

Listening to one now ( The Viennese Strangler )

Enjoy !!! ]]> Old Radio How Brown http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14945 James Spilsby http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14944&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 00:15:02 GMT I'm wondering if anyone has ever looked into this fellow before...

In Casebook's press reports, there's a brief mention of Spilsby in the Irish newspaper, the Munster News..from September 12th, 1888.

"One man named James Spilsby has been arrested on suspicion..."

The Munster paper doesn't mention that Spilsby was under suspicion for stabbing women, as found in the article in the Glasgow paper.


However, I located a little more about him in the Glasgow Herald from the 10th of September....





Nina is going to help out in the hunt... ]]> Suspects and Theories How Brown http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14944 Nichols Theorized To Have Been Killed Indoors http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14943&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 23:12:28 GMT Glasgow Herald September 1, 1888 *************** Image: http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac287/HowieNina/Forums%202012/gh3.jpg Glasgow Herald
September 1, 1888
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]]> How Brown http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14943 <![CDATA[Passenger record for Tumblety's flight to USA in December 1888]]> http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14941&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 21:29:37 GMT Here is another source document relating to Tumblety I hadn't seen before. This relates to Tumblety's flight from the UK, first to France and thence to the USA. He sailed on the La Bretagne from Le Havre and arrived in the USA on 3 December 1888. He sailed under his oft used alias of Frank Townsend.
The record of his sailing reads as follows:-
Name: Frank Townsend
Arrival Date: 3 Dec 1888
Birth Year: abt 1843
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race/Nationality: American
Place of Origin: United States of America
Port of Departure: Le Havre, France
Destination: New York
Port of Arrival: New York
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States
Ship Name: La Bretagne

Below is a copy of the passenger list for that day and I will post some enlargements of the relevant sections
The Townsend entry for Tumblety is rrecord number 36
Chris
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]]> Chris Scott http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14941 Zodiac Killer Identified At Last...!? http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14940&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 14:53:00 GMT The Zodiac killer 'identified': Infamous Sixties murderer is a 91-year-old man still living in California, claims author after 40-year investigation

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...erty-book.html ]]> The Zodiac Killer Chris Scott http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14940 The wrong Carlos: how Texas sent an innocent man to his death http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14939&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 09:49:12 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/15/carlos-texas-innocent-man-death http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...cent-man-death ]]> The American Way String http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14939 New Here http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14938&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 07:13:35 GMT Hello, I'm new and wanted to introduce myself. I'm a writer and editor, and my husband and I are writing a novel dealing with JtR. I hope to learn a lot here that will make our story realistic and compelling. I love historical novels, and I think part of the magic lies in creating a realistic backdrop for the action to take place.

I'm sure I'll be asking questions all over the place, and I welcome all the help I can get. Just know that while I intend to learn as much factual evidence as I can, I may end up fictionalizing some here and there to make the story. :)

So, all that being said, I hope I get to know many of you well. Anyone who ends up being particularly useful will get a mention in our acknowledgements, unless you'd rather not.

~Toni ]]> Newcomers Forum Toni http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14938 Tabram Wounds Self Inflicted Theorizes Medical Man http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14936&goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 21:19:08 GMT An excerpt from an article in the Wrexham Advertiser..... Image: http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac287/HowieNina/Forums%202012/self.jpg An excerpt from an article in the Wrexham Advertiser.....

]]> Martha Tabram How Brown http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14936 Blog about Druitt http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14935&goto=newpost Sun, 13 May 2012 22:54:35 GMT http://mjdruitt.blogspot.co.uk/

Hasn't been updated for a long time but quite a bit there to read ]]> M.J. Druitt Chris Scott http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14935 Marriage licence application 1881 http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14934&goto=newpost Sun, 13 May 2012 22:28:26 GMT This was new to me and has another sample of Maybrick's signature
Chris

Maybrick application for marriage licence

DIOCESE OF LONDON
19th July 1881
Appeared personally, James Maybrick, Esquire, of the Parish of Saint James, Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex, a Bachelor, of the age of twenty one years and upwards, and prayed a Licence for the Solemnization of Matrimony in the Parish Church of Saint James, Piccadilly, aforesaid, between him and Florence Elizabeth Chandler of No. 18 Avenue d'Antin, in the City of Paris, in the Republic of France, a Spinster, a Minor of the age of Nineteen years and upwards but under the age of twenty one years, and made oath that he believeth that there is no impediment of Kindred or Alliance, or of any other lawful cause, nor any Suit commenced in any Ecclesiastical Court to bar or hinder the Proceedings of the said Matrimony, according to the tenor of such Licence. And he further made oath, that the said Appearer hath had his usual place of abode within the said Parish of Saint James, Piccadilly, for the space of Fifteen days last, and he lastly made oath that the said Minor hath no Father living or Testamentary Guardian to her lawfully appointed or Mother unmarried or Guardian to her appointed by Her Majesty's High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, having authority to Consent to such intended Marriage.
(Signed) J W Maybrick
Sworn before me,
F S May, Surrogate.
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]]> James Maybrick Chris Scott http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14934 <![CDATA[Tumblety's Prisoner of War Record]]> http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14933&goto=newpost Sun, 13 May 2012 21:47:16 GMT Civil War Prisoner of War Records:-
Record No.: 121
Names: Tumblety, Francis
Rank: Physician
Regiment, or county and state: St John's M.
Co:
Where captured: St John's M.
When captured: May 5
Sent for exchange - When: Released unconditionally, order Secretary of War
Sent for exchange - Where:
When exchanged: May 31 '65
Remarks: Complicity in the assassination; to be held for orders Secretary of War ]]> Chris Scott http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14933 Breeding Of Bloodhounds http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=14932&goto=newpost Sun, 13 May 2012 20:02:33 GMT Morning Post October 19, 1888 ************** Image: http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac287/HowieNina/Forums%202012/breed1.jpg Image: http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac287/HowieNina/Forums%202012/breed2.jpg Image: http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac287/HowieNina/Forums%202012/breed3.jpg Morning Post
October 19, 1888
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