Ripperologist Magazine : July 2011 # 121

[Adam Wood]

The cover of the forthcoming issue of Ripperologist magazine features an original painting by artist Cameron Hampton, who worked to produce a likeness of Annie Farmer based on the sole newspaper sketch.

The issue features an in-depth examination of the attack on Annie Farmer by J G Simons, as well as contributions from Paul Begg, How Brown, Jan Bondeson and Jeff Mudgett.

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[Howard Brown]

Adam:

Thanks for the preview of issue 121.
That's a very good likeness to Farmer.
Looking forward to that article that Jon Simons put together too.

[Jennifer Shelden]

Hi Adam,

wow that cover is fab. Great artist.

Jenni

[Tom_Wescott]

Wow, what a great cover. And I'm chomping at the bit to read the Simons piece. If it's half as good as his Coles piece, it will be a must read.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[Adam Wood]

Ripperologist 121 out now!

EDITORIAL: I WAS BORN WITH THE DEVIL IN ME
by Adam Wood

PANIC IN GEORGE STREET
by J G Simons

INSPECTOR MALLON AND FREDERICK BUSSY ON SIR ROBERT ANDERSON
by Paul Begg

JACK IS HOLMES
by Jeff Mudgett

WHITECHAPELS OF THE AMERICAN WEST
by Howard Brown

ALTERED: ART BASED ON JACK THE RIPPER
by Cameron Hampton

AMAZING DOGS
by Jan Bondeson

SPITALFIELDS LIFE
by The Gentle Author

JACK THE BLOGGER
by Mike Covell

VICTORIAN FICTION: LOT NO. 249
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

THE TRUTH
by Glen L Bledsoe

CHRIS SCOTT’S PRESS TRAWL

I BEG TO REPORT: NEWS ROUNDUP

REVIEWS
Jack the Ripper: The Making of a Myth and more!

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[Rbaynton]

Haven't read it all yet but a whopping 131 pages!
That should keep even me quiet for a while.
Great Value

[Raven]

Gareth's review of the Cardiff Job was wonderful!

[Chris G.]

Haven't read it all yet but a whopping 131 pages!
That should keep even me quiet for a while.
Great Value

Thank you, Roger. We indeed try to give good value.

Cheers

Chris

[Paul Kearney A.K.A. NEMO]

I'll have to swot up on HH Holmes

I didn't realise he was in London 1888, that his henchmen tortured and killed for him, that JtR was looking for ovaries etc etc

[Paul Kearney A.K.A. NEMO]

Apologies, I didn't realise it was total fiction

Phew! I thought he was being serious for a moment there...

[Big Jon]

Thanks to Gareth for a brilliant report on the Cardiff Job which left me chuckling throughout.

My navigational skills are now world renowned!

Also I'm glad I'm inspiring articles elsewhere in this edition - was it Adam who braved Jack's razor?

[Chris G.]

Apologies, I didn't realise it was total fiction

Phew! I thought he was being serious for a moment there...

Hello Nemo

To clarify, although, yes, Jeff Mudgett's book Bloodlines is indeed a fictional book about his great-great-grandfather, H. H. Holmes aka Herman Webster Mudgett, he does genuinely believe that his forebear was in London at the time of the crimes and did carry out the murders in the East End.

Jeff argues that there is a gap in time during which Holmes's movements are not certain and that could have allowed for him to have been in England. That is, although some say that Holmes was in Chicago while his "Murder Mansion" was being built, Jeff's argument is that Holmes could have left orders with the builders while he took a trip abroad.

Maybe... We might recall the question of whether, similarly, Deeming was in Lancashire while the renovations to Dinham Villa, Rainhill were carried out, or if he was elsewhere and had just left instructions on what work should be done.

While Bloodlines is fiction, it lays out Jeff's theory of how Holmes could have done the murders, and floats the balloon of his ancestor's candidacy as the murderer while he continues to gather possible proof of the veracity of his theory such as the handwriting matches he claims have been found between "Ripper" letters and Holmes's correspondence.

All the best

Chris

[Paul Kearney A.K.A. NEMO]

Thanks for the explanation Chris

I'm about halfway through Bloodstains so I'll comment further on that when I've finished it

Although Holmes is up there with the worst of them, there's no way I can see him carrying out the Ripper crimes on the street with very limited time. He had more sense and control than that

Jeff should have gone for the Torso murderer, who may still have written some Ripper letters

I can't see it at all really

I'll start a thread and see what others think

[Howard Brown]

Bump UP

Very nice report by Gareth Williams on the Cardiff Job which appears to have been a success in all ways concerned.
Good to have seen Jon Rees actually doing work ( in the photos).


Another fine article by Jon Simons. I like the format Jon uses to tell a story.


Anyone else have some input on issue 121 ?

[Big Jon]

Good to have seen Jon Rees actually doing work ( in the photos).

What you can't see if that I was on FB in those pictures!