'Fair Comments and 'Cuckoo Land'.
Hi All,
Paul: I think your thoughts on the diary are both fair and understandable. I am really interested though in hearing what evidence Keith Skinner will eventually put forward to link the diary to Battlecrease House. The more arguement I have heard from the anti-diary camp the more I believe in my theory that perhaps the diary we have is a transcript of sorts.
To head for cuckoo land here HA HA I have been reading a book by Pamela Ball lately. Keith Skinner was apparently also involved in a psychic investigation that she performed into the ripper case. Not one to hold a lot of weight with whjat psychics say, I cannot provide any proof to say that they are all fakes either. Interestingly in her book, Ball suggests that James Maybrick was responsible for the Stride murder but she does not feel he had a connection (directly) to the others. She DOES claim however that James seems to have KNOWLEDGE of the other murders. Intreguingly therefore, if any truth at all was in this story, the man whom we call Jack The Ripper may not only have been 2 people not one and quite possibly could have been the 'lookout' that chased Israel Schwartz away (if he did indeed see the man that did kill Stride). Ball comes to the conclusion about the diary that James Maybrick DID write about the murders but she says this was on 'piles of papers'. The diary she feels is a transcript made AFTER James's death by James Maybrick.....HIS SON.
Chris: Do you know of any existing examples of James Chandler Maybricks handwriting? Have these ever been compared to that which is in the diary?
I know this is all pretty 'pigs may fly' but I find it all kind of interesting in a fun way. Has anyone else on here ever had any dealings with a psychic? Can anyone vouch for them?
Maybrick aside, I do think that there is a distinct possibility that the murders may NOT in fact have been by the same hand. If this is true, it would help to explain why the police got nowhere with their investigations at the time and why we've not been able to sucessfully pin all the murders onto a single candidate since. How about, Tumblety did Annie Chapman and Catherine Eddowes, James Maybrick Elizabeth Stride, Joseph Barnett or George Hutchinson Mary Kelly and someone else Martha Tabram and or Polly Nichols!
All the best,
Tony.
'A Jack The Ripper Montage'
Hi Paul, Chris and Everyone!
Well, I've been away from here for a long time haven't I! Still, the JTR discussions can only go so far without new material to 'chew the cud over can't it'. I can confidently predict however that things will soon liven up considerably on that front (mark these words!!). Talking of Jack(poss James) I have been busy working on a lot of projects while I've been away. As well as recording and performing in a vocal group calleed Breeze (see www.fromsidleywithlove.com), I have recorded a solo album 'Songs From The End Of The Pier' and am currently in the process of recording a 'poetry album' called 'In Words, In Music'. The idea of the 'poetry' album is to finally make some use of a lot of the poems/short stories/prose that I have written over the years. My producer Harvey Summers and I have been trying to create a 'collage of words, sounds and music' to take the listener on an emotional journey. Anyway, one of the segments on the album is about Jack The Ripper. It's a three and a half minute piece called 'A Researchers Nightmare' and portrays the story of a guy's scary journey back to his hotel in Whitechapel in the dark after a long day's researching...his mind plays a few tricks on him I can tell you! I think followers of the case like yourselves will like it and find it fun. The albums not finished yet so it's not commercially available but I have offered it to Chris Jones for use on his James Maybrick website so it could appear there soon. I will keep you posted!
Well, hope you are all fine,
All the best,
Tony.
james maybrick and battlecrease house
sorry to say that battlecrease house has been demolished and is now so called luxury apartments. personally i think its a disgrace and whoever sanctioned it should be taken across the road to the cricket club and used as wickets next time lancashire play there.