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Jack the Ripper’s identity may finally have been revealed as a Polish barber

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 2:33 pm
by megman
JACK the Ripper who stalked London more than 130 years ago was a demon barber with a taste for human flesh, according to startling new scientific evidence.

A blood-covered shawl found at one of the murder scenes is believed to contain DNA from both butchered victim Catherine Eddowes and the world's most infamous serial killer.

Researchers at Liverpool John Moores University conducted genetic tests on the sample long-thought to have belonged to the Ripper himself, who they now believe to be Pole Aaron Kosminski.

“We describe for the first time systematic, molecular level analysis of the only surviving physical evidence linked to the Jack the Ripper murders,” the authors wrote in the Journal of Forensic Sciences.

“Finding both matching profiles in the same piece of evidence enhances the statistical probability of its overall identification and reinforces the claim that the shawl is authentic.”

The bloody shawl is linked to the double murder of victims three and four, Elizabeth Stride and Eddowes, on the night of Sept. 30, 1888 in Whitechapel.

Stride’s throat had been cut, but the rest of her body was mostly intact - unlike most of the infamous killer's victims.

It's long been thought that meant the Ripper - said to have killed anywhere between five and 18 women - had been interrupted in his work and was still on the hunt for more unfortunate victims.

An hour later he butchered Eddowes tearing her apart and taking her kidney as a trophy - before sending the sickening 'From Hell' letter in which he claimed he had eaten it.

Five women — Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly — are widely held to have been victims of the Ripper, although later murders were attributed to him.

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Re: Jack the Ripper’s identity may finally have been revealed as a Polish barber

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 2:38 pm
by Reservoir Dog
WTC will be along shortly to clear this up.

Re: Jack the Ripper’s identity may finally have been revealed as a Polish barber

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 2:41 pm
by megman
Reservoir Dog wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2019 2:38 pm WTC will be along shortly to clear this up.
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Re: Jack the Ripper’s identity may finally have been revealed as a Polish barber

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 2:47 pm
by Geist
That would make sense that a serial killer is actually just a Polish barber trying to do his job.

Re: Jack the Ripper’s identity may finally have been revealed as a Polish barber

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 3:09 pm
by JackRabbit_Slim
This all sounds familiar... sweeney todd?

Re: Jack the Ripper’s identity may finally have been revealed as a Polish barber

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 3:57 pm
by VinceBordenIII
Kind of a letdown.

Re: Jack the Ripper’s identity may finally have been revealed as a Polish barber

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 8:13 pm
by CHEEZY17
Fackin Polacks.

Re: Jack the Ripper’s identity may finally have been revealed as a Polish barber

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 8:50 pm
by WestTexasCrude
Reservoir Dog wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2019 2:38 pm WTC will be along shortly to clear this up.
And no more proof is necessary that I permanently live in your skull.

Re: Jack the Ripper’s identity may finally have been revealed as a Polish barber

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 3:21 pm
by crash273
That makes next to no sense. Over the years all the profiles built about JTR have lead pretty much everyone to the conclusion that the killer was either a doctor or had doctor training. JTR didn't just rip things from the victims but rather used surgical tools and had knowledge of anatomy (which was very rare for that time). Now they claim to have DNA from a polish barber on a PROSTITUTES shawl and figure it had to come from the killer and not the 100 other contact points? Also they have found many other DNA samples from victims that lead to other killers.

Personally I like the HH Holmes theory. A lot of it fits but there is no (pun intended) smoking gun to cement him.

Re: Jack the Ripper’s identity may finally have been revealed as a Polish barber

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 3:35 pm
by Blast
crash273 wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2019 3:21 pm That makes next to no sense. Over the years all the profiles built about JTR have lead pretty much everyone to the conclusion that the killer was either a doctor or had doctor training. JTR didn't just rip things from the victims but rather used surgical tools and had knowledge of anatomy (which was very rare for that time). Now they claim to have DNA from a polish barber on a PROSTITUTES shawl and figure it had to come from the killer and not the 100 other contact points? Also they have found many other DNA samples from victims that lead to other killers.

Personally I like the HH Holmes theory. A lot of it fits but there is no (pun intended) smoking gun to cement him.
Don't forget that in the good old days barbers would perform basic surgery and dental work. A barber may have the knowledge needed.

Re: Jack the Ripper’s identity may finally have been revealed as a Polish barber

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 4:58 pm
by crash273
Blast wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2019 3:35 pm
crash273 wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2019 3:21 pm That makes next to no sense. Over the years all the profiles built about JTR have lead pretty much everyone to the conclusion that the killer was either a doctor or had doctor training. JTR didn't just rip things from the victims but rather used surgical tools and had knowledge of anatomy (which was very rare for that time). Now they claim to have DNA from a polish barber on a PROSTITUTES shawl and figure it had to come from the killer and not the 100 other contact points? Also they have found many other DNA samples from victims that lead to other killers.

Personally I like the HH Holmes theory. A lot of it fits but there is no (pun intended) smoking gun to cement him.
Don't forget that in the good old days barbers would perform basic surgery and dental work. A barber may have the knowledge needed.
That's true I didn't take that into account. However I do counter with the use of medical knives are difficult to use properly and not all the common back in the day. But you are correct.