Hello Jericho
Mike Barrett appeared at the Cloak and Dagger Club in April 1999 and gave a very incoherent performance. He has contradicted himself on a number of occasions. He is supposed to appear at the Maybrick Trial in May at the Liverpool Cricket Club.
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Chris Jones, organizer of the 19–20 May 2007 event at the Cricket Club says: ‘Michael Barrett, the man who brought the so-called Ripper Diary to the attention of the world, is to attend the Trial of James Maybrick. Mr Barrett who, by his own admission, led a rather turbulent and troubled life since the diary came to light, now feels that his problems are all behind him and he wants to put the record straight. He wants to tell the full and truthful story of how he came into possession of the diary and how the pressure of the world’s media affected his health. He is also prepared to answer questions from the audience.’ We will just wait and see.
Barrett's written confessions admittedly do sound as if he could have been very organized in going about the hoax, however, as I say, everything he says does not quite pan out. The authors of
Ripper Diary: The Inside Story (Sutton Publishing, 2003),
Seth Linder, Caroline Morris, and Keith Skinner, don't put much store in what Barrett says and they maintain that the origins of the Diary remain murky despite all the indications that it is a forgery.
Chris
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