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I still think William Bury is a very interesting suspect. I have a fairly strong feeling he is not Jack but I am not entirely sure. I think it is also possible that he drank so much that he may have believed he was JtR and that impelled the odd departure from London, etc.The wickedness of the world is the dream of the plague.~~Voynich Manuscript -
March 7, 2018
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One of the claims made about Bury is that he was at one time a horse-slaughterer. I've never been able to find the evidence for that and looking at his other occupations, it seems somewhat implausible to me.
Horse slaughtering was a skill often learned at your father's knee, the idea that someone who had been a factors clerk would turn up at a knackers yard and ask if the had an opening for a trainee horse-killer seems unlikely.
I'm not saying it's impossible, just unlikely from what I know about the industry. However, given the strict laws governing the trade, large horse-slaughtering firms may well have employed the services of a dedicated clerk who had no involvement at the sharp end of the poleaxe.
In the absence of evidence to the contrary, I'm inclined to think that Bury may have worked for a horse-slaughter - as a clerk - rather than as one.Comment
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August 29, 2018
Film review of the Trial of William BuryComment
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January 24, 2019
Schwartz and Eyewitness Memory
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February 13, 2019
William Bury’s Height
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February 15, 2019
Two Knives and the Double Event
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There is some really interesting stuff on the blog. Excellent!
It would be interesting to learn if Bury, his horse and wagon, did business in or out of Dutfield's Yard. I know some researchers have done a great job explaining all the premises in the yard and as I recall there were stables. I wonder if Bury provided sawdust for the floors of the workingmen's club?
I always thought a good possibility for JtR, the phantom of the night, was a man who had a cart or wagon. Instead of having to escape much distance he could stand by the cart. At least two of the C-5 murders happened near markets that were about to open.The wickedness of the world is the dream of the plague.~~Voynich ManuscriptComment
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February 16, 2019
Did Bury Pose the Bodies?
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February 23, 2019
Was William Bury Delusional?
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March 1, 2019
Halse, Warren and BuryComment
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March 5, 2019
Bury and the Stride Murder
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Review of the Trial Of Jack The Ripper ? ( Steve Earp )
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The Trial of Jack The Ripper?
In 1888 and 1889, a vicious serial killer haunted the streets of London. Five prostitutes were brutally murdered in Whitechapel, and all except one of the five victims - Elizabeth Stride - were horribly mutilated. And those are only the murders officially linked to the killer; it’s likely he took the lives of many more. To this day the identity of the murderer is unknown, but he has a name – Jack The Ripper.
One theory is that he was the convicted killer William Bury. Unlike most of the suspects, Bury was hanged for murder after brutally killing and disfiguring his wife. The similarities between the brutalities inflicted on Mrs Bury and those suffered by the Ripper victims are remarkable. And when Bury handed himself in to police in Dundee, claiming that his wife had committed suicide, he said he was worried that people might think he was Jack the Ripper.
Today we re-stage the trial with new witnesses and new evidence. In the very same courtroom that Bury was tried in, we sit as the jury on the case with modern technology and forensic experts. HistoryHit.TV have teamed up with the forensic science unit at the University of Dundee, and legal teams from the University of Dundee and the University of Aberdeen to see if we can, at long last, find the truth. Did William Bury, hanged for the murder, kill his wife? And was he Jack the Ripper?
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