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| william |
 Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:32 am Post subject: Jack the Ripper, solved...? |
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I just bought a book last night about Jack the Ripper. I haven't read it yet, but thumbing through, it appears the culprit is fingered to be a "Walter Sickert". Apparently this was deduced via modern forensic techniques.
Does anyone know anything about this?
Cheers,
william
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| Guest |
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I'm always wary of books written by authors who collect royalties... 
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| marnixR |
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| Megabrain wrote: |
| I'm always wary of books written by authors who collect royalties... |
don't all authors ?
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| WVBIG |
| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:31 pm Post subject: Jack the Ripper, solved...? |
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There was one written by a woman a few years back that named Sickert as the culprit. But one critic claimed Sickert had already been ruled out & didn't see how the author could've possibly uncovered any new evidence.
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