Thinking about Adam Wood’s upcoming talk, Jack the Ripper: The Forgotten Victims, got me wondering to what extent there are any ‘forgotten’ victims.
Can we say that Tabram and Coles have been forgotten when full-length books have been written about them? And as for Alice McKenzie, there...
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Thinking about Adam Wood’s upcoming talk, Jack the Ripper: The Forgotten Victims, got me wondering to what extent there are any ‘forgotten’ victims.
Can we say that Tabram and Coles have been forgotten when full-length books have been written about them? And as for Alice McKenzie, there...Today, 12:14 PM -
I'm not going to upload all the gory details as it deals with sexual violence, but sometime back I noticed that there is a long, handwritten statement by Albert Bachert's sister, Augusta Collinson, still in existence. She was attempting to divorce or become legally separated from her husband, William...January 12, 2023, 09:57 AM
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This is an excerpt from Florence Fenwick Miller's letter published in the Daily News on October 2, 1888 entitled "Woman killing no murder". I have marked in bold the names of judges and magistrates.
"...May I briefly justify these hard sayings, that may seem too hard, if...Yesterday, 12:35 PM -
Sometime between 1883 and about 1888
Frederick John Tabram, the oldest son of Martha Tabram, puts behind him living on the streets of London and moves to Wales.
(Reynold’s Newspaper, April 12 1896, page 4, in combination with inferences from later entries)
Why and how this relocation...May 25, 2023, 10:53 AM -
Forum for discussion on this murder victim and background here....March 13, 2006, 08:31 PM