Crime novelist Patricia Cornwel thinks she knows who the real Jack the Ripper is, and unlike most other "stabs" at it she has seemingly solid science behind her suspect (HA!)
The notion that Sickert was part of a conspiracy, (spotter=Sickert, plus driver and killer (Dr. Sir William Gull) has been put out in "Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution" - It's available in the UK - rare in the US - and sorry, but I don't recall the author. Great book though. P.S. The movie "Murder By Decree" with Christopher Plummer and James Mason is based on this.
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The book 'From Hell' goes with this scenario also (The notion that Sickert was part of a conspiracy, with killer Dr. William Gull)>. Good stuff!
Posted by: maru on October 29, 2002 08:00 PM