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A private forum for those of you who Are Curious But Yellow. Visit frequently to see what all you are missing by not being a registered member.

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Finally, a reason to look forward to Mondays! Contests end each Monday and a new one then begins for the week.

Sub-Forums: Another Weekly Caption Contest

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Sub-Forums: The One On One

No one is more trivial than the Proprietor.

Every so often we run across some Words To Live By or some really profound statement or saying that we feel incumbent to share.

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Assorted and miscellaneous discussion of History's Most Infamous Serial Killer that does not lend itself well to one of the other discussion forums.

Sub-Forums: Popular Misconceptions About the Case, CASE PROGRESS: 1988-2008, Ripper Kitsch

In 1888, 6-7 women were considered to be victims of JTR. Were there more...or were there less?

Sub-Forums: Mary Ann 'Polly' Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, Mary Kelly, Other Possible Victims

Contained herein are 32 motives and reasons why JTR may have committed the Whitechapel Murders. If you disagree, there's room for 33.

Sub-Forums: 1. True Psychopath and/or Sociopath, 2. Sexual Deviant, 3. Criminally Insane, 4. Product of Environment, 5. Hatred and/or Anger, 6. Revenge, 7. Occult, 8. Drug-induced Psychosis, 9. Brain Tumor, Syphilis, or Other Mental Condition, 10. Evil, 11. Political and/or Ideological, 12. Misogynist, 13. Sexual Frustration or Dysfunction, 14. Jealousy and/or Unrequited Love, 15. Religious Fervor, 16. Liberal Social Reformer, 17. Imp of the Perverse, 18. Profit, 19. Just for Jolly, 20. Schizophrenia, 21. Idee Fixe, 22. Walter Mitty Syndrome, 23. Public Service, 24. Cover-up for Other Crime(s) or Action(s), 25. Somnambulism, 26. Atavistic Throwback, 27. Business, 28. A Cry for Help, 29. Paranormal, 30. Royal Cover-up, 31. Combinations or Variations of the Above, 32. Unknown, 33. Other

To date, over one hundred have been proposed...many are considered...but only one [ or was it two? ] was Jack The Ripper.

Sub-Forums: The Lodger(s), James Kelly, George Hutchinson, Walter Sickert, David Cohen, Thomas Cutbush, Joe Bloggs, "Dr." Francis Tumblety, Le Grand of the Strand, James Maybrick, Mechanics of Diary Forgery, The Maybrick Diary Forum, The Maybrick Watch Forum, Steve Powell and the Maybrick Saga, D'Onston Stephenson, M.J. Druitt, Joseph Barnett, Aaron Kosminski, Dr. Alfred Pearson, WaCkY RiPpEr ThEoRiEs, FUNNY Ripper Theories

The companiion website to JTRForums.com, wherein resides the O'Donnell Manuscript and assorted of Howard Brown's ripper ravings, rantings, and pontifications.

Sub-Forums: The O'Donnell Manuscript, Introduction, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10

Inquest testimonies and how they have influenced Ripperology...from Cadosche to a cry of "Oh,Murder !"....from the Goulston Street Graffito to those letters from Hell.

Lacking any forensic sciences as a tool,we're as well off as the contemporary detective was . That won't deter us,as we continue to investigate those scenes of madness....or calculated acts...

Forum for discussion of the coroner's reports and inquest reports for the various victims of the Whitechapel Murders, including the observations and autopsy reports by the attending physicians

Sub-Forums: Dr. Thomas Bond, Dr. Bagster Phillips, Dr. Frederick Brown

Forum for discussing the many 'Ripper Letters'. Beware of Cornwell cooties!

Forum for discussing the police and authorities in London circa 1888.

Sub-Forums: Sir Robert Anderson, John Littlechild, Frederick Abberline, Donald Swanson, Sir Melville Macnaghten

Mysteries within The Great Victorian Mystery that still puzzle and remain controversial to this day.

Sub-Forums: JTR's Mechanics and Methodology, The Double Event, Random Victims or Not?, Was it Really Mary Kelly?, Why the Mutilations?

Audio, video, and the Ripper Magazines are to be found here,

Sub-Forums: Ripper Books, Ripper Non-fiction, Ripper Fiction, Ripper Reference, Ripper Magazines, Ripper Notes Magazine, Ripperologist Magazine, Whitechapel Society 1888, Ripperana Magazine, Ripper Films, Ripper-Related Films, Ripper Television, Ripper Tours, Ripper Video, Ripper Radio, Ripper Audio, Ripper Newspapers, Ripper Blogs, Ripper-related Photographs

Ripperologists love to vote...at least in these kind of polls...No Kerry or Bush or even a Blair to choose from...just polls on Ripper-based matters....

Sub-Forums: Jack, Victims, Motives or Reasons, Suspects, Places, Evidence, Things, Authorities, Methodology, Miscellany, Ripperology, JTRForums.com

Just when you think you know it all, you find that you really don't.

Sub-Forums: Ripper Research URL's, More Ripper URL's

Selected articles,essays,and various writings related to the Whitechapel Murders. Obsolete forums may also be found in here.

Sub-Forums: UK Rippercon - October 2005, Baltimore USA Rippercon - April 2006, U.K. Convention 2007

There are many other serial killers throughout history that should interest Ripperologists. Herein are the most infamous and mysterious.

Sub-Forums: The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run

Forum dedicated to assorted felons of interest to Ripperologists

URL's that link to sites concerning other crimes and serial killers that should be of interest to Ripperologists.

Forum for discussion of the forensic sciences as they may apply to the Whitechapel Murders.

Since we have more of these folks than we can handle....this Forum is for them from Down Under....

Sub-Forums: The East End of London, People, East End and Victoriana URL's, East End and Victoriana Books, 1888, People, Places, Things, Events

Welcome to the site's Fibber McGee closet. Whatever doesn't fit anywhere else can be placed in here.

Sub-Forums: Food and Wine, Recipes, Restaurants, Pubs, Brands, Shops, Spitalfields Marketplace

Forum for material such as would be found in Fortean Times - mysterious disappearances, cryptozoology, paranormal, and so forth

Sub-Forums: Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear, Old Television, Old Movies, Old Radio, Films and Film Reviews, Non-Ripper Related Films, Films in General, Book Reviews, Other Non-fiction, Other Fiction, Other Reference, Miscellaneous, Videos and Short Subjects, Non-Ripper Photographs, Non-ripper Polls

Sub-Forums: Non-Ripper URL's, Totally Useless URL's

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