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Setting the record straight when and where necessary

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.

Help support the site AND get your hands on some unique ripperological merchandise. All at the same time!

Areas in which Jack The Ripper was an influence...and not limited to the realm of serial murder.

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

Nothing better to stimulate a Ripperologist's dormant writing skills than a free sub to The Rip or Rip Notes !!

Sub-Forums: The One On One

No one is more trivial than the Proprietor.

Produced & Directed by Jeff Leahy and written by Paul Begg & John Bennett. The making of the first documentary ever written and produced by Ripperologists.

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

Thread/Forum for the discussion of the much anticipated October event.

Forum for discussing the U.K. Convention in 2011.

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The revised edition of the seminal work compiled by Paul Begg,Martin Fido, and Keith Skinner.

Forum established by Stewart P. Evans in 2010 which focuses on Scotland Yard's contemporary files.

JTR Forums's Q & A with a variety of members of the Ripper community and beyond...from authorities to newcomers.

Book and articles reviewed...Theories analyzed....You know what they say about opinions...they're like Ripperological viewpoints....everyone has one.

Sub-Forums: Points To Ponder, The Buddy System

"Scotland Yard was really no wiser on the subject than it was 15 years ago.."-F.G.Abberline,1903. The question is...are we ?

Sub-Forums: Research-2012, Whatever Happened To..........?

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: Murder Most Foul, Popular Misconceptions About the Case, CASE PROGRESS: 1988-2011, Ripper Kitsch, The Contemporary Theorists

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, Martha Tabram, Alice Mackenzie, Frances Coles, Carrie Brown, The Prostitution Forum

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: Contemporary Theories, The Lodger(s), George Chapman, James Kelly, George Hutchinson, Walter Sickert, Prince Albert Victor, David Cohen, Thomas Cutbush, William Bury, 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, William Grant Grainger, D'Onston Stephenson, Michael Ostrog, M.J. Druitt, Joseph Barnett, Aaron Kosminski, Frederick Deeming, Dr. Alfred Pearson, Dr. Neill Cream, WaCkY RiPpEr ThEoRiEs, FUNNY Ripper Theories, Jack-Out-of-the-Box

The companion website to JTRForums.com, wherein resides the O'Donnell Manuscript and an assortment of 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 Albert Cadosch 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, Thomas Roots, Other Police and Authorities, The British Bobby, Victorian Police Equipment, Uniforms, Firearms, Restraints, Miscellaneous, Criminals and Miscreants

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?, Questions Without Answers

Ripperology is a jewel with many facets, and ripperologists are a varied breed indeed. Some find pleasure, others pain. Some are serious students of the case, others are mere dilettantes. Forum for matters pertaining to the hobby/blood sport/religion.

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, The Examiner, Ripperologist Magazine, Whitechapel Society 1888, Ripperana Magazine, New Independent Review, Ripper Films, Ripper-Related Films, Ripper Television, Ripper Tours, Ripper Video, Ripper Radio, Ripper Audio, Ripper Newspapers, Ripper Blogs, Ripper-related Photographs, Ripper Games, Ripper Poetry

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, The Whitechapel Murders, Victims, Motives or Reasons, Suspects, Places, Evidence, Things, Authorities, Methodology, Ripperology, Ripper Media, JTRForums.com, Miscellany

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, URL's From the Crypt, Flawed Ripper Sites

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

Sub-Forums: The Reporters, Year By Year : In The News, UK Rippercon - October 2005, Baltimore USA Rippercon - April 2006, U.K. Convention 2007, 2008 USA Ripper Conference

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, The Zodiac Killer, The Yorkshire Ripper, The Axeman of New Orleans, BTK-The Other Wichita Lineman

Forum dedicated to assorted felons of interest to Ripperologists

Sub-Forums: Dr. Hawley Crippen, Dumb Criminals

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, Asylums, East End and Victoriana URL's, East End and Victoriana Books, 1888, People, Places, Things, Events, Eminent Victorian Women, LVP Miscellaneous

Whatever doesn't fit well anywhere else can be placed in here.

Sub-Forums: Food and Wine, Recipes, Restaurants, Pubs, Brands, Shops, Spitalfields Marketplace, Howie's Bizarro World, Neatest Trick of the Week, Just Neat Stuff

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

Sub-Forums: Ghosts and Apparitions, Mysterious Events, Cryptozoology, Paranormal, UFO's, Places, Human Oddities, Miscellaneous, Forteana URL's, Into Thin Air

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, Crime Blogs

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

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