FACT AND FICTION--Jack
the Ripper, an infamous serial killer began his bloody rampage in the Autumn of
1888 in London. That timeframe matches
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation the now world famous fictional detective we all
know and love as Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlock appeared in various publications and novels during the late
Victorian era. But, Doyle never had
Holmes go after Jack—at least by name.
Jack the Ripper has been pinned with five murders. The cases remain unsolved.
Sherlock never got the case.
Enter a retired Brit police agent named Trevor Marriott, who
has penned several books claiming his research uncovered Jack the Ripper’s true
identity. At first, you had to buy his
books to learn the ID.
He soon learned it only took one book buyer to post his
revelations on the Internet.
With a count of 200 possible suspects logged since 1888,
Author Marriott believes Jack the Ripper is non other than German merchant
sailor Carl Feigenbaum.
Convicted of murdering his landlady in Manhattan, Feigenbaum
died in the electric chair in New York's Sing Sing prison in 1894. His lawyer
suspected him of the Ripper murders too.
No photos of Feigenbaum exist.
Now, that the new Sherlock PBS series begins tonight, we are
left only to ponder what Sherlock would have done to solve the world’s most
famous cold case.
Here are a few Internet links to what’s up with Jack the
Ripper:
BIO OF ARTHUR CONAN
DOYLE, INCLUDING A 1920s NEWSREEL:
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